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Troy Castellano Music Makeover: Make them Feel what YOU Feel

A few months ago, I did some video critique reviews for winning artists in a Broadjam competition. Here is one of those videos, my thoughts on the artist’s performance, and recommendations for how they can make it even better.

In this video, Troy Castellano and his band are playing a song that had yet to be formally recorded at Midway Stadium in St. Paul. His band had been fortunate enough to win a battle of the bands to open for Cheap Trick and Styx! (Nice!)

I thought it was a good song, and I really liked Troy’s voice. But one of the problems: there was nothing happening visually. You’ll see it’s not a ‘running around the stage’ kind of song – more of a Touching Moment opportunity. So what can they do to help people “see” the song as well as hear it?

At an indoor venue I might put the guys on stools for this song, visually telling the audience just to ‘listen’ – it’s going to be more about the lyric. But there are some things they can do with the song arrangement that will even work in an outdoor venue like this.

Check out their video below, and you’ll see what I mean… then read more about some of my specific suggestions for the band: … Read More, Watch, Comment – Backstage Pass Required