This week, let's talk about something no less, and sometimes more, important than vocal technique — stagecraft.

When people say
I want to learn to sing

they most often mean technique: breathing, support, clean intonation. This is the foundation, without which it's really hard to move forward. But at some point, it becomes obvious that this is not enough.

The audience does not break down a performance into elements.
They do not note
Here the support is good, here the intonation is clean

(unless, of course, it's a vocal teacher or sound engineer with professional deformation😄).

They are either engaged and held, or not.

You can sing technically correctly and not hold attention. Or you can make inaccuracies and still not let go of the audience, because there is a feeling of living the song.

Stagecraft involves not just "playing an emotion," but the ability to be in the material and manage attention — your own and the audience's — as well as the state in which you step on stage.

Let's first figure out what is included in the concept of "vocalist's stagecraft":

🔹a well-thought-out image and its integrity;

🔹understanding the meaning of the song and the ability to convey it to the audience;

🔹the ability to hold attention on what is truly important;

🔹contact with the audience;

🔹mastery of the rules of good stage etiquette;

🔹naturalness, feeling at home on stage.

And these very moments often become that transition when "sings well" turns into "you want to watch and listen to them."

Throughout the week, we will delve into this topic in more detail.

And what is more important to you in a performance — technique or stage presence❓

Share your opinion in the comments👇🏻