Okay. You have your music. You've written the words and you are ready to share your song with the world. The question is, can you perform? Do you understand what it means to engage the audience? A lot of artists feel they have to start off their performance with a extreme level of energy. Which may be true for up and coming artists, however, can you maintain that level of energy? Often times the audience gets bored because the artist has lost their "umph" mid song. Or the energy level does not match the song. (weak or whack) There are many reasons the audience will begin to text, go get drinks or just look at the artist with that "this is some bullsh**" face.
After a year or so of seeing the same kind of "performances" I began to look at other things to find out what happened to the art of performance. The answer is simple and plain. Artist Development. Or the lack thereof. Many aspiring singer/rappers have no clue what they should be doing when on stage and they definitely have not done any research on how to prepare. Singing the whole song with their eyes closed and/or looking at the ground and ceiling and spending most if not all of the song rapping to their own "hype man" seems to be the norm. What happened to practing, rehearsing....training! The mirror is and always will be a good tool to use to measure your performances. And it's free!!
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