Practise and Preparation

Before my solo performance I had to make sure I was well prepared. My main focus was rehearsal; making sure I practised with the backing tracks as much as possible. Plenty of practise means that I could give a slick performance without worry. However I didn't rehearse the gaps in between the change over of the tracks. To do this I should of played the whole set  preparing what I was going to say in between. This meant that my performance wasn't as solid a it could be because I was improvising what I was saying which ruined the performance slightly as I wasn't fully prepared meaning I wan't as confident. To prepare myself before the performance I also made sure my voice was well warmed up using various vocal warm ups. I also sung through the set just before I started allowing myself to be fully confident that the songs were firmly in my head. I should of prepared more though with my mic technique as that was the one thing I didn't practise so I didn't really give much of a performance.