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 2Hey Rockstars, this is your host Reggie Dawson and again this is the Being On Stage podcast and today we are feeling fresh, we're feeling good. I want to talk about being your best on stage. Every time, all the time, every time, you always have to be your best. Why? Because your audience isn't expecting you to just get through it or to just wing it or to, eh, whatever. They're expecting a show. They're expecting a presentation. They're expecting. They're expecting a performance. And it is up to you to give it to them. Before I dive into that and before I go crazy on today's topic, have you joined our Facebook group? Have you gone to beingonstage.com slash group and joined my free Being On Stage Facebook group? We're in there networking, supporting each other, having a grand old time, sharing our shows, sharing our pictures, and most importantly, accepting and encouraging each other in whatever we've done. We're in there networking, supporting each other, having a grand old time, sharing our shows, and most importantly, accepting each other in whatever we've done. We're in there networking, sponsoring each other, having a grand old time, sharing our shows, and most importantly, accepting each other in whatever we've done. You have to rehearse as if you're performing so that you can be your best on stage because your audience deserves it. Last episode, I talked about when I decided to start performing, and I talked about going through that process of discovery and really putting yourself out there on stage. And today, I'm diving into why the audience deserves your best. It is all about the audience once you step on stage. I say it time and time again. You can agree or you can disagree. Fact remains, there would not be a stage if there was not an audience there to support you on stage. If you give less than your best on stage, your audience will not respond if you are less than your best. When you're on stage, you own it. That stage becomes yours. The minute you have a foot on that stage, it is your stage. You create everything that comes after. You create the audience reaction. You create that emotional response. You create the presentation. You create the atmosphere in which your art is being displayed. You are the creator and the owner of that stage, but the audience needs you to give them your best. They need you to give them that performance, that presentation that they've come to see. Maybe they didn't come just to see you by name, but wouldn't it be awesome to be that opening act that got more response than the headline show? I've been there. You can be there. You can be that person. Listen, if we want their cheers, if we want their encore, if we want their clapping, their shouts and everything, we have to go out there and get it. Once in a while, you're going to have an off night, but there is a difference between an off night and just getting through it and just planning to just kind of wing it and go with it. And, oh, yeah, I got a show Friday night. I'm not going to rehearse. I'm going to go drink beer with the guys. No, rehearse. This is your dream. This is your dream. And you're going to put off. You're going to put off your dream for a couple of beers and a pizza poker. This is your dream. You have to act like it. Every single time you're on stage is an opportunity. It's an opportunity to gain fans. It's an opportunity to show who you are. It is an opportunity to share your talents and your gifts. And it also is an opportunity for someone to recognize your talents. It's an opportunity. What if what if this was your big break? What a Friday night show that show that you're skipping rehearsal for. That show that you decided that you'd rather play video games. That show. What if that was the one? What if I told you that your show on Friday night, I'm going to have 20 talent scouts at your show? Would you go to rehearsal then? Then why aren't you going to rehearsal? You don't know who's going to be in that audience. You don't know who you're going to have an impact on. You could save a life just by stepping on stage. It's happened. Why do you think celebrities? All the people that you think made it and they're like living their dream and living the high life and they got everything there, millions of fans and millions of dollars and how do you think they got there? They were their best on stage and that got recognized. You have to push yourself to be great. You have the talent. You have the skill, but you don't have the greatness. If you don't work for it, you don't convert fans just by being on stage. No pun intended. You need that wow factor. And you have to push yourself to be great. You have to be the creator of that wow factor. And how are you going to do that? You're going to practice. You're going to have confidence. You're going to be motivated and inspired because this is your dream. You should be doing something every single day to work towards your dream. It doesn't matter if you take two hours to practice. It doesn't matter if you take five minutes to do some research or to learn something new. You have to do something to better yourself and to push towards your dream every single day. I can share with you. What I do. My dream is to coach all types of performers to be better on stage. My dream is to have a variety show in which I bring together performers in which I've helped and developed and nurtured and bring them together for a massive show that hundreds and thousands of people will enjoy. My dream is to have a group of entertainers that network and support each other and encourage each other no matter what they do. And they learn from each other's gifts and talents so that they can better themselves. My dream. Is to have this podcast continue on for 10, 20 years or more so that I can reach out to any entertainer that has a desire to get better and improve their performance. I can show them something. Just one thing. If I can show you just one thing, my dreams have come true. And the way I make my dreams come true is I do something every day. I read a book. I take a course. I watch a video. I do some research online. I've written a book. I podcast. I make notes. I do videos. I reach out to people on Facebook. I follow people on Instagram. I talk to people. I send emails. I create content. What are you doing? What are you doing today to go for your dream? Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Not a week from now. Not a year from now. What are you going to do today? How are you going to push yourself today? I don't care if it is 1155 at night. You can hit pause on this podcast. Flip over to Facebook. Post some content on your fan page. And boom, you've done something. It doesn't have to take an hour, but you need to do something every day. You've got to push yourself out there. You've got to push yourself to be great. You've got to rehearse. You've got to do something every day. That post on Facebook may just be enough to inspire you that when you wake up tomorrow, you practice for three hours because instead of playing video games, it's a ripple effect. It's called momentum. And if you don't have any, you're not going to be able to push yourself. You need to do it every day. You got to do something. We all have to do something. If you want that audience response, if you want that audience engagement, and you want that follow-up, that follow-through, that like on Facebook, that follow on Instagram, that email subscription, you've got to push yourself to greatness, friend. And you've got to start today. It doesn't matter what you do. You have to do something. Keep on shining.
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