Birthing Your Inner Rock Star

Shut up, and sit down. Welcome to Being On Stage, the only podcast that gives you motivation, inspiration, and confidence to be better on stage. No matter how you entertain, sing, dance, band, comedian, public speaking, MC, drag, burlesque, performance art, or street performer, this is the show for you. Hey, rock stars. Reggie Dawson here, host of the show. Welcome back to the Being On Stage podcast. If you're tuning in for the first time, welcome, welcome. We talk all about performing on stage in front of your audience, giving them an experience, and stepping into the performer that you're supposed to be. And that's kind of what we're talking about today, hence the title, Giving Birth to Your Inner Rockstar. I haven't decided on the title yet, but I know it's about birthing your inner rock star. And I actually got to give credit to inspiration to this. I just hopped off the phone with one of the people I've been coaching for a little while, and she's going through this process. And you know who you are. You know who you are. I'm not going to name drop today, but you know who you are. It's October 10th at 11.30 p.m. Eastern Time. And we just got off the phone, and you were in the process of birthing your inner rock star. And so you know who you are. And so, you know, listen, I was so inspired by this conversation and the desire to birth your inner rock star. I had to share this process online. On the podcast. And I know she doesn't mind. She's told me before I can share stuff from our calls. I'm just not going to get specific with her information today. But listen, when we talk about birthing your inner rock star, you know, think about what that could possibly mean. Really. You know that part of you that's deep down inside. Like, you're on stage. You get on there. You perform in front of people. You do okay. People applaud for you. They tell you how great you are at what you do. That's great. But there's this piece of you. There's this part of you way deep down somewhere between your heart and your gut. There's this piece of you that is just dying and crying to come out. That is your inner rock star. Believe me, it's a scary, scary place to go. Because usually your inner rock star, you know, it involves a completely different look. A completely different style. A completely different image than what you portray. You portray on a day-to-day basis. And that can be scary as hell to go through that process. But it feels amazing once you've accomplished it. So after we hung up our call and everything, I'm thinking, I'm thinking, I'm thinking. I'm like, man, when did I give birth to my inner rock star? And I thought about it. I was like, you know, it was probably about 2008, actually. And I entered this contest. And I spent hours and hours and days. Creating this performance. I mean, months. Well, probably like a month. Weeks. I spent every waking moment working on this performance for this contest. I made it to the finals. It was phenomenal. I had 11 people contribute to my show. And it was, I mean, when I say stunning, it was stunning. The outfit was on point. The presentation was there. The story. I told a really good story in the performance. It was phenomenal. The entire audience was engaged. There was fake money falling from the ceiling. And sirens. And it was, it was fake sirens. It was crazy. It was insane. And the reason I feel like that's when I birthed my inner rock star is because that's the first time when I was on stage that I really gave myself permission to be that person. I gave myself over to the performance, if you will. And that is a powerful thing to do. That's when you're no longer holding yourself back. And everyone experiences. I still experience it, too. You reach a point where. You feel it in your body. You know, you're the blood's pumping in your veins. You're getting goosebumps all over your heart, starting to pound your stomachs, doing flip flops. You know that this big moment in your show is coming and then it hits and nothing happens and you're just there and you hold yourself back. You, you, you hold back. You pull back because you don't have permission to go there or you're scared or you're nervous. You're not. You're not sure how it's going to come across, but it comes across phenomenally. I'm going to tell you that right now. What you envision in your head and what you see in your head, you know, think about yourself. You know, just let's you know what? Let's do this exercise. Unless you're driving. Do this with me. Close your eyes. Really envision yourself on stage. What do you look like? What are you wearing? What are people saying about you? What are the faces people are making when they see you, hear you, experience what you're doing? What is, what is that vision that you see now? Why aren't you that person? And that's the question I want to ask today. Why aren't you the person that you vision in your head? Because the only thing standing between where you are now and what that vision is that you see is you and the steps that you need to take to make it happen. So giving, giving, oh my God, birthing your inner rock star is such a. Such a fantastic way of putting it. It's, it's when you go through a process of becoming the vision that you see and, you know, let it, letting go on stage and kind of like not holding back. That's one part of it. But you have to remember your, your performance, your, the person you are on stage is more than a singer, a guitar player, a dancer, a magician, a comedian, a speaker. It's more than that. You're more than what you do. You are an experience. Part of that experience is visual. It is connection. What are you doing to create that visual and create that connection? What you see when you really think about yourself on stage, like sky's the fricking limit. Okay. When you really envision yourself on stage, why can't you have that image? Why can't you get yourself there? Is it fear? Is it money? Is it time? Is it commitment? What is it? Because you got to figure out what it is because until you figure out what is standing in your way, and I promise everything that's standing in your way is 100% in your head and your head, my friend and your head. There's nothing holding you back from going through this journey. Absolutely nothing. You can start tomorrow. Dye your hair, buy new clothes. Listen, I have made outfits from everything from $60. Shirts to a $10 outfit at Goodwill. So you don't need a ton of money to create this image. You don't need a ton of money to, to put together the, the, the vision that you see. And more importantly, that image that you want to portray, not just the vision, but the attitude and, and how you carry yourself and how you walk and how you talk and how you get into your performance is all part of this image. This rock star image. This rock star image that get the crazy part, you get to create how ever you want to create it, you get to create the vision that you see in your head, no matter what it is. If you want to walk out stage wearing a big bird outfit with a Grover mask, you can create that image and that is just that's feathers and fuzz, whatever that you can do it. The only thing standing in your way is whatever in your head is telling you don't do it. Because whatever comes after that, because chop it off of their sentence and put the period, just chop it off. You don't, you don't need it. You don't need the, because you, I can't do that because I don't have the money. So you can use the clothes you got, change them, add to them. I'm actually sitting here. I podcast in my closet. That sounds really crazy. I got one of those, like where you just have the accordion doors over the closet and it's just like an indentation. I built a desk into that closet. It's not a walk-in. It's nothing crazy. It's just like a piece of wood sitting on top of, uh, uh, oh my God, cleats. So I'm sitting next to a couple of clothes hanging. And next to me is one of the vests I wore in, in a performance from two, actually that performance from 2008 that I mentioned at the beginning, the, the find my inner rockstar performance that I did. I'm sitting here next to this vest. And as I sit here, I'm looking at him like, you know, this vest is, is it was purchased from Goodwill. And the, the items that are on this vest that enhance it was, um, glitter paint and cheap rhinestones. And that's it actually glitter paint and cheap rhinestones. Um, oh, and some regular paint, some regular acrylic paint, just like, but it's not a big thing to create an outfit, you know? And furthermore, the image, the attitude that comes with it, that's free. That, that letting that. Attitude and that person come out now, unless you're going to be an ass. I mean, if you're going to be a cruel jerk, then keep that locked away or just, you know, chuck it. Um, but that, that person that you envision in that attitude and that just that whole package, that's free. You can just step into that. The easiest way, the 100% easiest way to give birth to your inner rockstar is to just. Do it. You're going to notice a pattern on my podcast if you haven't listened before. I'm a very just do it kind of guy. If you have the vision and you have the drive and you know what you want, why aren't you there? There are things you can do to get there very, very quickly. You can, you can, like I said, you can buy clothes at Goodwill and make them work for you. Salvation Army, mustard seed, whatever you have where you are. Well, thrift stores can be kind of expensive sometimes, but like, it's not hard. And the, the attitude that you have and that, that, that person, that, that persona that you want to portray, that's just as simple as flipping a switch. You have permission to be whoever you need to be on stage. And I think that, that is where I'm going to end this podcast. But before I end, before I end, I mentioned, I got off this call with somebody. If you want to hop on a call with me and kind of work through some stuff that you're going through, get a plan together and jumpstart that next step. And as I always say, explode into your dreams. We can do that. You can hop on my calendar, go to beingonstage.com slash calendar, B-E-I-N-G-O-N-S-T-A-G-E.com slash calendar. And you're going to put in your name, you put in your email, you pick a date, you pick a time. I think there's like a little code you got to put in, like to prove you're human. You hit submit. And then I call you on the date and time that you selected. And we just chat. You, it's like you get your own personal podcast targeted specifically to what you need and where you're at. So let's do it. Let's get after, let's get after your dreams in like the biggest way possible. And if I can be a part of that, I am more than happy to do so. And I would be honored. Keep on shining.