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Videotape Your Performance: A Common Answer

“Videotape your performance.” A very common answer that isn’t necessarily the best advice. So what’s the question?

I’ve been on music industry panels many times, in the US and Canada, at conferences and colleges, with well-known major players and the not so well-known. Invariably, the question arises from one of the artists in the audience, “how do we make our live show better?” And the most common answer that gets thrown out there: “Videotape yourself onstage… then watch yourself afterwards.”

This is a great recommendation, IF you know what to watch for and IF you know what you’re doing!

Majoring in the Minors

OK, so let’s say you videotape your show and watch it afterwards. What will you be looking for? Do you know and recognize the things that will make a major difference in your show? It’s important to understand what will make a difference creatively to your live show! … Read More, Watch, Comment – Backstage Pass Required