Things You Should Do Before Performing a Song

Are you going to sing a song on the stage but you do not know what you should prepare for that? It is not really complicated, actually. You only need to do several things that will  build up your singing performance.

First of all, you should choose a right song for you. A right song here means a song that suits your timbre or your tone color. Choose a song that you can adjust your timbre to the song easily without straining your vocal cord so that the song will sound good and natural. For example, if you have a thin and quite weak voice, choose an easy-listening song that will not make you sing with a powerful voice so that you don’t need to strain your vocal cord. You also need to choose a song that suits your feeling or mood. Since singing is conveying a message, choose a song that you think you can both sing and deliver the message. Don’t try to sing a happy song when you are terribly gloomy because you will break the soul of that song. In addition, sometimes you are asked to sing in a themed stage, party or ceremony. So, you have to select a song that can suit the wanted atmosphere. It will be ridiculous if you sing a welcoming song in a farewell party or a jealousy song in a wedding party.

After picking out a right song, you should practice singing that song. In this section, you may need a vocal coach or someone that has a good sense of music because you need to find several things here. The most important thing of all is to find the key of the song that suits your comfort zone. Comfort zone here means the note area or range of the song that is the same as your vocal range. If you think that the key of the song is too high for you, make it lower and vice versa. Singing too low notes will make your voice sink in the music and singing too high notes will strain your vocal cord or, moreover, you will crack your voice. Another thing that you should do in the practicing ortraining section is to nail the song which means that you have to sing it perfectly and give the soul to the song. When you are practicing singing, try to feel the meaning of the song and then try to deliver that meaning through your body language and facial expression. Likewise, you should try to make an improvisation to the song. Find some notes that you can change and improve to make themsound different from the original version so that the song will be like your own song. It will be amazing if you can sing better than its original singer. But be careful. Don’t do improvisation too much because the song will lose its beauty and soul if you change many parts of the song.

After training to sing the song, it is time to do rehearsal on the stage. It will help you perform the song well if you know the stage. While rehearsing, you can check the sound system whether it is good or not. You may ask the soundman to equalize the sound system so that its sound will suit your voice. The performance of the sound system will influence the output of your sound that is really vital. Never skip the rehearsal if you want the sound system to improve your voice quality. For instance, if your voice is weak and edgy, you can ask the the soundman to add the bass in the sound system so that your voice will sound stronger. If your voice is husky and you want to make it sound smooth, you can ask the soundman to give an echo effect to the sound system. Another use of rehearsing is to help you get used to the stage. If you know the stage, you can take possession of it so that you will be able to perform your song like a profesional.

Another thing that will support your singing performance is your outfit. Choose an outfit that suits your body shape and your skin color. You should look the best of you. Also, the right outfit will help you to deliver the song. If you are going to sing a song with an upbeat tempo, use a sporty outfit because it will ease you to move and follow the groove of the song. Don’t wear something that will give you a problem moving. If you are going to sing a ballad song, use a tuxedo for male or a gawn or another beautiful outfit for female because ballad songs really uphold the beauty of music so that the beautiful outfit will help you to deliver the beauty of music in a complete package of both sound and look.

The last thing that you should do is vocal warming-up right before performing the song on the stage. You have to do this to improve the quality of your voice and to prevent voice injury. According to Cari Cole, a celebrity vocal coach and artist development expert, the first vocal warm up that you can do is lip trills. Just simply create a sound by loosely placing your lips together or you can try to voice some note by this way. This helps you to relax your lips and warm up your voice. Then, you can do the next vocal warming-up called humming. You can just simply hum. Hum from the low note then go higher and higher. Humming help relax your vocal cord as well as warm-up your voice. The last step that you can do is warming up with an arpeggio. Try to voice the sound [a] in the notes of do mi sol do! sol mi do. Repeat for many times and make the notes become one-note higher in each repetition. This helps you to expand your vocal range and complete your vocal warming-up.

Those are several things that you should do to be able to perform and nail the song on the stage. If those things are done well, your performance will be able to be listened well as well as be watched. Show the world that you can sing like a professional!