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.
Speaker 2Hello, rock stars. This is your host, Reggie Dawson, and welcome back again to the Being On Stage podcast. The only podcast that gives you the motivation, inspiration, and confidence to be better on stage. Anytime you're on stage, anything you do on stage, any type of performance you do, we want to help you. We want to help you get better. We want to help you connect with your audience. We want to help you maximize the time that you have on stage to turn your audience into your fans. That's what we're all about. So, diving right in. One of the main things I've seen in a lot of shows, especially local shows, I don't know if it's just the mentality of I'm only being booked at a bar, or I'm only being booked at a club, or I'm only being booked local. I don't know where the mentality comes from, but I see a lot of people that get up on stage, and they just, they look like they're going to Walmart, to be frank. Or they look like this may be the outfit that they wore all day, and now they're on stage. We're in the same outfit. But this episode, we're diving into outfits. Like, actually, what you wear on stage. So, your clothing is an extension of your performance. Your clothing represents you. Like, you're presenting yourself in your clothes, which makes them a part of your performance. So, unless you're taking the stage at Walmart, you really shouldn't wear the same clothes that you would wear when you go out shopping. Or you'd wear just, you know, going out to run errands, or hanging out with your friends, or even going out on a Friday night bowling, or to the movies, or even date night. So, you're not wearing the same clothes that you would wear on stage. So, you could be this amazing singer. flashy look at hip-hop artists they're extremely flashy on stage so guys don't be afraid to get flashy. Don't be afraid to put a little glitter or a little shine on something that you're going to be wearing on stage. The biggest thing when you're, when you're creating your own outfit, the biggest thing to think about symmetrical or asymmetrical. I know that sounds weird, but there's two types of outfits that go over. Now you can make it very busy and you can do something different on either side and you can put like different textures and different shimmers and different colors and everything like that. But the biggest thing to do, honestly, stick to one or two colors and decide if you want to have it perfectly even or only on one side. That's the biggest decision you're going to make. Perfectly even or only on one side, symmetrical or asymmetrical. After that, it doesn't matter what you do as long as your lines are straight and your circles are round. Truthfully, put thought into your outfit. Take a trip to the craft store. Look up something online. Please do not just grab a t-shirt and a pair of jeans out of your closet and hop on stage. Look at the people that you are trying to emulate. Look at the people that are where you want to be. One of the things that, uh, one of my mentor, actually, Sam Crowley, you can find his podcast every day is Saturday. He says success leaves clues and he's not the first person to say that. That's just where I heard it. Success leaves clues. So look at the artists that are successful. Like you want to be, look at the artists in your genre or in your type of performance. Art. Look at the comedians. Look at the dancers. Look at the drag Queens. Look at the burlesque performers. Look at the belly dancers. Look at the street performers. Look at the, you know, the break dancers. Look at the comedians that are where you want to be and what are they doing that you're not, especially when it comes to what they're wearing. Think about your outfits before you go on stage. Please don't just grab something out of a closet. You can create an outfit out of almost anything. I talked about aluminum foil. You present anything in a craft store and I'll tell you how to make an outfit out of it. Don't let your budget get in the way. Don't think you need to spend $500 on an outfit. You can spend $20, go to a thrift shop, buy a top and a bottom, spend 20 bucks, $10 at the craft store, and you have a very nice outfit. Don't let budget stand in your way. Do some research, hop online, look on YouTube. And if you're really struggling with how you can create an outfit and what you should wear on stage, I encourage everybody to look to the drag entertainers, drag Queens and drag Kings. If you're looking for something to wear on stage, I encourage everybody to look to the drag entertainers. Don't walk on stage with something you just grabbed out of your closet. You're better than that. Your audience knows you're better than that and you're going to show that you are better than that. And then you're going to keep on shining. On another note, before I let you go, just want to bring to light my podcast art has changed. I don't know if it's showing on iTunes yet, but the podcast art has changed. I have a new logo, a new icon that I'm using. Also, my book released. I'm going to post it on my website. It's called confidence on stage. Navigating the three levels of stage fright is now available at being on stage.com. Simply put in your email and your name, and I will send you the link to download your free copy of my book. It's my first book. It's rather short, but you know what? It's got a lot of great information in there. Information that I've used information that you know, my clients have used information that other artists have used and that I've gained just through all my experience. So a lot of information in there. It's a good read. I promise I've read it about 20 times. 20 times while editing it. And again, keep shining, but shine in an outfit that you didn't just pull out of your closet.
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