Speaker 1Shut 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 Rockstars, your host Reggie Dawson here. Today I just kind of wanted to go off the cuff and just kind of have a conversation about a couple of things. My viewpoints, just kind of get some things out there. One thing people may or may not know about me, and you may have realized this if you have followed me on social media, I'm actually just getting into Instagram and Twitter. I was a little hurt when MySpace faded out, and I was a huge fan of MySpace. It took me a while to even get into Facebook. And then Twitter and Instagram came along, and I've been very, very. very resistant to it. But I'm starting to get into it. I especially like Twitter. I was chatting up with Vincent over on Twitter, at VinMarx, V-I-N-M-A-R-X-X, and he had a post. You cannot be mediocre on stage. You literally go big or just don't perform. Your job is to give the audience a show and capture the essence of the character or story that you're telling. Convince them, reel them in, transform on stage. And I have to say, man, this spoke to me. You know, sometimes that character is just playing yourself, depending on what you do, how you perform on stage. Sometimes you are stepping into a different role as a character, a different persona. But one of the things about being on stage is you do have to. You do have to go big. It is all about the audience. This is about sharing yourself with the audience and giving them a piece of you. And, yes, that can be scary, and I know there's a lot of fear associated with that, performance anxiety, stage fright, whatever else. You. You call it or however you describe it. Yeah, it's scary. I mean, you're sharing a piece of yourself, like a part of your soul, because the talent that you have, the gifts that you've been given and what you're going to deliver on stage, it's exactly that. It's personal. It's a talent. Like, it's connected to the deepest parts of your soul, and that can be scary. Like, no matter what you're doing on stage, even if you're lip-syncing to someone else's music, even if you're dancing to someone else's music, no matter how you're performing on stage or what type of performance you're doing, you're going to be scared. I mean, you have the freedom to just go out and be free and kind of enter a different world and then bring the audience into your world, and it is scary. It's connected to the deepest parts of your soul, like I said. And I guess one of the things I want to get out there is you owe it to yourself, and you owe it to the people that have supported you and maybe helped you realize this talent. Maybe you realize it on your own. Maybe your parents put you in vocal lessons. Maybe you had a teacher. That really made an impact on you in drama class, and so you're becoming an actor. You owe it to these people that put in their time and put in their effort because they saw something in you. You owe it to them to share that with the world. Now, with that, I want to say as far as being on stage, as far as this podcast is concerned, I'm going through a little bit of a shift, and I want to share pieces of me a little bit more with you and share a little bit more about my past and my history. And one of the things that I am very, very proud of. One of the things that I am very, very proud of is actually my talent to lip sync and to create that performance and create that experience in a show. And I'm going to be doing a podcast here shortly in a couple weeks about lip syncing, and I'm going to be getting into interviewing people. I'm making new connections and everything. And I have to tell you, no matter who I talk to, no matter what I find on Twitter, no matter what blog I read or book I read, and all the research that I'm doing so that I can bring you the best and the most up-to-date information, I'm going to be doing a podcast here shortly in a couple weeks about lip syncing. And I have to tell you, no matter who I talk to, no matter what I find on Twitter, no matter what I find on Twitter, I'm going to be doing a podcast here shortly in a couple weeks about lip syncing. And I'm going to be real, and I'm going to be raw with you. And at times, you're not going to like it. At times, I'm going to be that jerk. But my promise to all of you is that everything I say and everything that I, you know, all the words that I say and all the concepts that I deliver, it's all aiming at one thing, and that is to truly help you become a better entertainer. I do one-on-one coaching. I'm open to that. I'm open to email exchange. I want to hear from you. But you can expect realness in return. And that's my promise to you going forward. I, myself, I have a history of being a performance artist. I call it a performance artist. Truthfully, I went to a gay bar with a couple of friends of mine after I graduated high school and turned 18. Yeah, I'm a straight man, but I was captivated by drag queens. Just by the art and the performance and the outfits and the creativity that goes into the performance of drag queens that I found myself. I don't know if I was wanting to perform like that as a male, but the point is, I had a blast. I learned so much about performing. I learned so much about the creativeness that goes into creating a show. I learned so much about connecting with the audience that I have this information to share. This information comes from, you know, drag queens that I've worked with locally. This comes from drag queens that I've worked with from all over the country that have been in pageants and on RuPaul's Drag Race and from singers. And dancers and people that have auditioned for America's Got Talent and American Idol and The Voice. And I've worked with these individuals and I've gained insight and I have all of that to share with you. The information I'm giving you is the professionals are writing about it. The scientists are writing about it. The psychologists are writing about it. I'm just giving it to you real. I'm giving it to you raw. And one of the things that I'm going to tell you and I'm going to be frank with you is exactly what Vincent said on Twitter. You literally have to go big or just don't perform. You're going to get up on stage and you're going to strum a guitar and you're just going to sit there and let people hear you. Then you're not the you're not the person for my training. The people that I want listening to the podcast, the people I want to reach out to are the ones that want to dig deep, are the ones that want to get into their audience and connect with people. The ones that want to continue to grow as an artist. If you're happy getting your $50 for strumming a guitar on stage, then you just keep on doing that. But let my words impact you. Let my information help you grow. Don't stop what you're doing, but do more. Do more to connect with the audience. Do more to connect with other entertainers. Do more to connect with people that can mentor you and help you and develop your talents and skills. And you know what? If you're listening to this and you don't have a talent and maybe you want to be on stage and you just don't think you're good enough at something or you just don't think you have anything to share with people, you are absolutely 100% wrong. Every single person on this earth has the ability. To get on stage and share something with the world. Look at all the hundreds and almost thousands of people that are public speakers just sharing their thoughts and their beliefs with the world. Look at people who podcast like myself. I'm just some guy like I have a day job. I did this performance thing for a few years. I learned a lot. I worked with a lot of interesting people. I learned a lot about performing and the art and everything that goes into being on stage and being an entertainer off stage. And I want to share it with you. But the point is. Is I'm still just a regular guy. Like everybody is average before they're extraordinary. You have to want it. And so one of the things you're going to see, one of the things I want to promise you is as I go through the next episodes is especially after my book releases, you're going to notice a lot of changes coming to the being on stage podcast. Like I said, we're going to get into interviews. We're going to go deeper into these topics and we're going to dig into you and to what makes you tick and what make what's going to make you a better performer. I have a. A book that is releasing in five days. Five days. My book is coming out in five days. Have you registered for a free copy? Go to being on stage dot com. Put in your email and get your free copy in five days. Like it's releasing. I'm giving it away for free. It's all about having confidence on stage. It's all about connecting with your audience and becoming that entertainer that absolutely explodes and leaves the legacy on stage. That's what being on stage is about. You're going to see a new logo pop up for the podcast. When that book releases, you're going to notice this change in the way I'm talking to you and the way I deliver this information. I'm getting real. I'm peeling back the layers of the onion. And truthfully, I have to be myself with you guys. I have to let it flow out of me in the way that is naturally meant to. And sometimes it's not going to be friendly. Sometimes it's not going to be all sunshine and butterflies, but it's going to be real. It's going to be true. And it's going to be with the best intentions of helping you become better entertainer. Rock stars, I truly hope you keep on shining. Let these words hit home and continue doing what you're doing because you all rock. Head over to iTunes, drop a five-star review, and again, keep shining.
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