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Question: Auditions for musicians/singers- Help!?
OK!.!.!. I'm a legitimately talented baritone with the voice to have an international carrier as an opera singer (no bullshit)!. I have a specular teacher, whom I can't study with often due to location!. I'm devoted, driven, and want to be successful!. However, I bomb almost all of my auditions!. I've turned into that "guy with a beautiful voice, but man does he choke"!. I don't feel nervous before an audition, and my preparation seems to give me the confidence necessary to get through my arias with no mishaps!. But, the slightest little thing can throw my focus off, I'll start listening to myself, question stupid gestures, rack my brain on what the judges are thinking, all while singing!. I really need some insight, besides the obvious, on what I should do to quiet my brain or focus that intense energy on what I need to focus on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Poor you, when i am in auditions all i can hear is my voice and the screaming "I'm going to faint" in my head!. If i do lose focus i just tell my brain to shut up and get on with it!. Try staring at an inanimate object somewhere in the room or focus particularly on one technique in your singing!. When i have a problem like that i just concentrate fully on my support and try to get it right in all the right places, it keeps me focused and improves my singing!. If that doesn't work and i am still thinking about stuff i try to drown it out with the lyrics of the song as they come!. So, as i am singing i am thinking of the lyrics to the song very loudly to drown out all the rest of the rubbish my brain comes up with!. If i know my brain's going to start off on one before i enter the audition i try doing exercises, my drama teacher at school taught me one that actors use before performances to focus their minds and get their energy up!. Basically, you stand perfectly still, don't move your eyes or say anything, just move your little finger on your right hand!. Then also move your little finger on your left hand, move up the fingers like this on each hand until all your fingers are moving, but don't move your wrist!. Then move your right wrist but not the elbow, then the left!. Then elbows without moving your shoulder, then shoulders, then neck then waist, then hips then knees and then ankles and finally toes!. It really focuses your mind and you can use it before you walk into your audition!. Hope these tips helped, good luck in future auditions!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I just have a a two second memory, If I mess up I move on as if it never happened!.

Getting into character can help with the mid-performance thoughts!. If you fully get into your character you can focus on what your character is thinking and not what you or the judges are thinking!.Www@QuestionHome@Com