Monday, February 4, 2008

Tips on Coffeehouse Performing

1. "Shorter" is equal to "better." No buts.
2. Be honest about your talent. If you suck... walk away from the mic.
3. Lie desperately about your amount of confidence. If you act like you're all that (AND funny!) people will like you.
4. Dedicate your Broadway song to "all the girls out there" and they will love you for it. It also helps to have a fantastic voice.
5. Be perfectionistic about sound levels and sound equipment.
6. Laugh at the emcee's terrible jokes.
7. If you are a teacher, your song better be 1 minute long or your voice must have won you American Idol.
8. Remember your audience. This goes back to Aristotle's view of rhetoric, but please. Please. Remember your audience.

1 comment:

Madeline said...

sounds like fun! lol. was it like a talent show? the house episode was good. i watched it last night because andrews family taped it... i've also acquired some terrible sore throat thing, and i'm very upset. madeline doesn't get sick. ever. period. (yes, that is third person reference to myself. lol.) anyways, i'll call you later this week. homework is piling up already and i need to tame the beast.