Aspects of Performance
Aspects of Performance
ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE
In the following report I will focus on two factors of performance, they are
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS ON PERFORMANCE
Nerves / stress, including manifestations
Relationships between members
Communication with audience
Audience response
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL GROUP
Choice of members
Program selection
Rehearsal strategies
Setting up
Venue / audience
Final performance
Each of these aspects effects performers and to deal with all these things will ensure a successful group who do their jobs well and love doing it.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR BAND
I am a part of an eight, member band, who at one time or another have been playing together for five years. The first three years I performed with four of the eight members in a class and an all girls band, this year I have reunited with them again and four other members as a new group. Our band consists of three lead vocalists. Our ranges are all fairly large and quite different, giving good variety in voices for a range of different styles of music. Our ranges are Db3 – Gb5 (break at C5), Gb3 – C6 (break at Bb4) and E3 – B5 (break at Gb4). We have one lead guitarist, two rhythm guitarists, (one who is in year 11 and the other is our music teacher), a bass player, and a drummer, (who is also in year 11). We are a covers group and like to experiment with all types of styles, pop, rock, disco, alternative / grunge, reggae, soul, jazz, RNB, blues and some international pieces from various countries like Greek, Spanish, Latin American and French. We rehears five times a week, three periods of class time and two lunch times. As a group we believe that practice makes perfect. We expect each member to rehears solo parts at home and to have private tuition for extra help. We all love to perform and do it as often as possible, our gigs range from school fetes, festivals, concerts and speech nights to an interstate tour to different schools every year.
ASPECT 1
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS ON PERFORMANCE
Every performer, no matter how long theyve been in the business will be effected by psychological setbacks. These effects can cause major upsets to the level of a performers performance, so something must be done to control these feelings. All performers have different techniques to cope with these symptoms, and in this next section I will provide some of these.
NERVES STRESS BEFORE AND DURING PERFORMANCE
PHISICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Needing to go to the toilet
This is a common feeling one gets right before a performance
Butterflies
When nerves set in an empty feeling occurs in your stomach, this some times makes you feel, what is called Butterflies, or worse still nausea.
Sweating perspiration
You can experience hot flushes with nerves and as a result you perspire. This can effect your performance, especially when playing an instrument and can make both singers and instrument players feel self conscious in front of an audience.
Shaking
This can really letdown your performance, having shaky hands can interferes with your playing and a shaky voice can ruin a song.
Anxiety
Performers can experience anxiety attacks prior to appearing on stage. This can cause hyperventilation, and an increase in heart rate.
Dry mouth
This can effect a singers voices, making it sound scratchy. It also can damage vocal chords if they are not well lubricated.
Memory lapses