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, rock stars, Redzy Dawson, your humble, humble host of the Being On Stage podcast. We made it. We're halfway there. We are halfway through the month of July. I have podcasted every day since the beginning of this month. What have you done with the first two weeks of July? Have you done something every single day? Hmm, that is the question, isn't it? I always like to look back at what I've done, and today, you know, today I find myself looking back a lot. You know, and you can call it. You can call it reflection, you can call it, my wife calls it being nostalgic. I don't know. I disagree. I think I'm just reflecting, but we can call it nostalgia. You know, hopefully you're not looking back with too, too much regret. I know I talked about regret a couple of days ago. There's not a lot that I regret, but I find myself, you know, reflecting, looking back, being nostalgic, whatever. I find myself looking back a lot today. And, you know, in some cases it's true, you know, you know, they say that the reason that the rearview, or the windshield is so much bigger than the rearview mirror is so that you can see more of what's in front of you and less of what's behind you, and if you look in the rearview mirror your whole life, you're going to get into an accident. I mean, you know, if you're paying attention to the car back there, you're not going to see the car coming right at you or the stoplight coming up. But, you know, the rearview mirror is there, and so, you know, we do look back occasionally to see what's, you know, what's back there, what we left behind, and that's what I found myself today. And I blame Facebook. I do, I do. They throw these memories at you, and you get a notification every single day. You have memories with this person, this person, and this person. And there's always somebody that's like, I haven't heard from them in a long time. What, what, what, what they got going on? So, you know, you go check out the memory. Oh, my God, you share it with them. You have a nice laugh. You catch up. And then, you know, you'll talk to them on the same day next year when the memory pops up again. You know, I found myself that. I actually went back in some messages with a friend, and I sent him a picture, and when I look back in the messages, I sent him that picture, like, twice before on the day, the anniversary of that picture. So, memories give you two things. They give you a way to catch up with people that you probably haven't talked to in at least, you know, in about a year or more. But it also kind of throws stuff in your face, too, I think. And one of the things I saw on the Facebook memories today was the last, the last show that I did, the last, like, real get dressed up. Get on stage show. And I emceed a small festival in a town next to my hometown, and I got to do a little, you saw, I got two five-minute performances as part of the emcee gig and everything. It was a volunteer thing. It was all dedicated to health and wellness in the community. So, you know, I, of course, you know, I volunteer. I give back. And that was the last time that I did my little song and dance, you know, that I've done. I'm a lip sync artist, by the way. Could never really get a hang of singing. Dancing's not my thing. So, I put them together, and I lip synced. I lip sync and act like I'm performing the song. It's, honestly, it's fun as hell and is highly reputable. There, check out the show Lip Sync Battle. That, and to that extreme, is what I do. Or what I did, I guess. But, you know, today, July 15th, 2019, is one year since this is the last time that I, you know, got on stage. And I know what you're thinking. It's like, well, if you haven't been on stage in a year, and believe me, I've had people call me out on this. In public, on a microphone, at a venue that I used to perform at, regularly. But, I know what you're thinking. You know, if you haven't performed in a year, why do you have a podcast talking about performing? Well, part of my looking back and my nostalgia is, I learned a lot of lessons. I was also really good at a lot of things. And I noticed, as I've seen, you know, other lip sync artists, other singers and dancers, and, I mean, even jugglers and acrobats and musicians. There's something that I've always done that isn't really a big thing on stage. And I don't see a lot of other people doing it. And that is, engage with your audience. Like, really engage and connect with them. And be confident when you do it. I don't see a lot of that. So, that's one of the reasons I do this podcast. Actually, that's the main reason I do this podcast. Because that's something that's missing among all sorts of performers. And you may not be missing it completely. But I guarantee there's something that you can. That you can work on. Guaranteed. Always is. That's one of the reasons we look back. We look back and look back at our memories. We look back at old videos of performances. We may look back at old pictures. And we start thinking about how we could do it better. Can we reinvent this? You know, you like to see how far you've come. So, yes, it's been one year since I've stepped on stage. But I've committed myself to this podcast and to my training and my coaching with performers. And it's been a blast. You know, I wouldn't have it any other way. So, one of the things I want to challenge you to do is really take that time to look back at where you were one year ago. What have you accomplished? Not. Listen, this is not some, oh, in the last year, my car got repossessed. My house got forked. No. Don't you dare do that to yourself. Think about your performing. Look at where you were a year ago. Look at how far you've come. How far you've progressed. Imagine what you're going to become in another year. That's what our memories do to us. That's what looking back does. You know, it's not just about regretting things. It's about looking how far we've come and then seeing how far we can go forward. And that's where I'm at today. You know, a couple of weeks ago, and actually, it's probably only been since June. I relaunched the podcast, like, completely relaunched. And actually, this podcasting every day in July is part of my relaunch. So, thank you for participating in my relaunch. It's greatly appreciated. But I redid everything. You know, I redid the cover art. If you go back, like, before June, you'll see completely different cover art. And if you go back, like, last year, I used to number the episodes. And I've changed a lot in the last year. I've, you know, I changed how my podcast art is being done. I changed my podcast. I rebuilt the entire website from the ground up. I mean, completely. Every single page, brand new on the website. Made by yours truly. Just give myself a little pat on the back there. Website design, by the way, is probably one of the coolest things that I have learned from, actually, from doing this podcast. Because I did this podcast and I really wanted a website, I wanted some place where people can go to get more information and to book their call with me on my calendar. Plug, plug, plug. Stage.com/calendar, just saying, it's active. But, you know, I wanted people to have a place where they could go get more information. They could book something with me. They could learn about, you know, learn about me, listen to other podcasts very easily, being on stage.com. And so I decided I couldn't afford it. I couldn't afford to pay somebody. So I learned it myself. Why not? But anyways, looking back, so you need to do this, too. You need to look back a year ago. Or even, you know, you can go farther back, like, sometimes I look back 10 years. It hurts me to say 10 years ago was when I was really starting to climb. And then like eight or like seven, eight years ago is when I hit my peak. So it took me like two years climbing to hit my peak. But 10, you know, I look back 10 years ago at some of the shows that I did. I should start, I should share those. You know, I should start sharing a little snippets of my old shows on like Instagram or something that may be upcoming. So check out Instagram at being on stage. I might start sharing. Some of my old little snippets of my old shows so you can get an idea of what I've done. But I look back at I look all the way back at thinking of some of the old shows I've done and and what lessons there are in those shows and what lessons that I learn at that time in my life, because there's there's a lesson every day, 100 percent believe that there is a lesson every single day of your life. You may not learn it or get it that day, but there is a lesson to be learned every single day of your life. And you've had three hundred and sixty five lessons at least in the last year. That's assuming you've done something every day for your talent. I'm making assumptions here like that should be hands down. You've done something every day. So you've got three hundred and sixty five lessons. Two thousand eighteen. Not a leap year. OK, three hundred and sixty five lessons in the past year. You have come so far and you have another three hundred and sixty five lessons ahead of you. And for. Another year, you're going to go so far and it's become so great. And the reason for that is because your history shows that you can. Boom, boom. That's the drop right there. Your history, your past and the growth that you've experienced previously, whether you look back two weeks to the beginning of July or you look back one year, the growth that you've experienced is proof, proof that you. will continue to grow and that you will continue to become better. and that you will continue to bring your best. Leave your legacy on stage. Turn your audience into fans. That is proof that you can do it because you know what, my friend? You have already done it. All you got to do is keep doing what you've already been doing. You're getting results. You can see the results every single day. You don't believe me? You don't believe, okay, all right. You're all right. Fine. Here's your challenge. Today, tomorrow, whenever you listen to the show, if it's too late, do it tomorrow. Record yourself. Whatever you're working on right now, whatever is something new that you're trying to get, whether it's a scale, maybe it's a new riff on an instrument, and I'm sorry if I'm messing up terminology. Maybe you're learning a new trick. Maybe you're learning new dance moves. Record yourself. I don't care if you fall flat on your face. No one else needs to see that. I mean, sharing with your fans and your audience is a really good way to connect with them and kind of like be really authentic with them. But you don't need to share it with anybody if you don't want to. Record yourself. Even if you fall flat on your face, record yourself. Put that video someplace safe because 30 days from now, I want you to work on that. I want you to go back and watch that video. But the commitment is for 30 days, every single day, you have to work on the same thing. Every single day. And in 30 days, record yourself again. Tell me you don't see a difference. Now, if you can make that much difference in 30 days, imagine what you can accomplish in a year. And listen, if you're not willing to give it a year, if you're not willing to give your passion, your love, your talent, one year commitment, you're not ready. Period. You're not going to get the success you want if you're not willing to make that commitment. If you're going to try for two weeks and give up, pack it up. Go home, son. This podcast ain't for you. Sorry about it. Sorry, not sorry. Sorry, my daughter likes Demi Lovato. Listen, this isn't for you. If you're not going to commit this for one, 30 days, I'm not even asking for a year. I'm asking for 30 days. If you're looking at your radio or your headphones or you're just making a question face like 30 days, you want me to do something every day for 30 days? If you can't make that commitment to yourself, not to me, you're not making this commitment to me. I mean, if you want to make this commitment to me, hop on my calendar and I will hold you accountable in 30 days. But you're making this commitment to yourself. 30 days doing what you love. One time a day. That's it. One time. 30 days, I guarantee you're going to see a difference. And if you don't, well, if you don't, then you probably didn't do it every day. And if you can't commit to that 30-day challenge, stop the podcast. Don't even bother. Sorry. Listen, that may sound rude. That may make me seem like an ass. I'm not really apologizing for it because I don't want to coach people that are not willing to commit. I've coached those people before. I've worked with those people. I've worked with those people that are just trying it out or I want to see if I like it. I don't want to work with those people because you know what those people do? They turn their back on you and they ghost you after you put all your time and effort into it. That's what those people do. So if you can't give this 30-days commitment, I ain't interested. And neither are you, really. Commit to yourself for 30 days. I promise you. I promise you. You will see such a great difference in yourself. Whatever you're working on, give it. I mean, shoot. I do a 10-15 minute podcast every day. Give yourself 10-15 minutes of what you're working on. Every single day. 15 minutes! Come on! Everyone's got a spare 15 minutes in their day. If you don't have a spare 15 minutes in your day, you better be a frickin' millionaire. I love you guys. I really do. Like, I love my listeners. And I go off the rails. I go off on you guys. I scream and yell into this microphone. You just take it, take it, take it, take it, take it. And I admire that. So well done you taking this podcast. I get. I get really passionate about your passion. You know? I want you to be passionate. And the way to keep yourself passionate and to stay passionate is to commit to yourself. And hold yourself accountable. And if you need someone else to hold yourself accountable, I'm here for you. I will call you and have a chat about what you're doing, what you're working on. And you know what? I'll call you in 30 days and see how it's doing. Beingonstage.com slash calendar. I'm gonna wrap this up because I'm pretty sure I could just go on and on. And on and on and on and on and on in your ears. And we're. It's about that time. So thank you so much again for listening. I appreciate it. Hey, listen. I don't ask this often. As a matter of fact, I haven't asked it since the relaunch. But could you do me a favor? Could you go into iTunes and leave a five-star rating and a comment for this podcast? I would greatly appreciate it. And you know what else? Other people that need to hear this message, that's gonna help them find it. And they appreciate it too. So I appreciate you taking the time to do that for me today. And you. Rockstar, you right there listening to this podcast, keep on shining.
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