Connecting With Your Audience
A crowd is a group of people in the same room. An audience is a group that has decided to watch you. Fans are the ones who come back. These episodes are about how you move people from one to the next, and what to do when the room is small or empty.
Episodes on this topic
- It's not about youDecember 6, 2017
Without the audience there would be no stage! What is the difference between a crowd and an audience? Mainly Everything. Crowd are people gathered and an Audience is gathered to spectate. So you turn a crowd into your audience? I’ll tell you.
- It's All About AudienceJanuary 17, 2018
Performing on Stage is all about the Audience; without the Audience there is no Stage. In this episode I discuss why the audience is important as well as 2 key ways to connect with your audience from the stage. The first is being passionate in every moment that you are on stage. The Audience can tell if you are just going through the motion; you have to genuinely FEEL what you are putting out.
- A Small Crowd is a Mighty CrowdJuly 8, 2018
Too Often performers obsess over the size of the crowd. Before they even set foot on stage we are concerned that not enough people showed up. Our whole career comes to grinding halt because only 15 people are here to see us perform. What is wrong with that? It's completely absurd to believe that a small crowd does not deserve a big performance. They came, isn’t that what counts.
- The Circle of PerformingJuly 11, 2018
Your success as a performer is entirely up to the audience. You have to engage with them and give them a memorable performance if they are going to like, follow, subscribe, and eventually come back. That’s The Circle of Performing. You engage them during your performance, they react by following, subscribing, or purchasing, and you create more to engage them. Sounds simple right? It is.
- Make Them Love YouSeptember 11, 2018
Not Everyone in the audience came for you. You have to turn them, make them interested in your art. Too often performers believe the audience is already theirs just by stepping on stage when in fact 80% of most audiences have no idea who the act is. They just showed up for a drink or a meal or to hang with friends. Your performance just happens to be the entertainment for the time being.
- Build Your Fan ArmyFebruary 15, 2019
Social Media has made it so much easier to connect with your audience between performances. So what do you share to keep them interested? Times have definitely changed when it comes to growing your fan base. Before social media, performers would mingle with the audience and hope and pray they remember to show up to their next performance.
- Performing for Your AudienceFebruary 27, 2019
Knowing where your audience is when you are onstage is essential to making a connection. The easy answer is “my audience is in front of me.” While that may be the obvious thing to say I will offer this: Are You Sure? When you are onstage you are filled with adrenaline and your nerves are firing like crazy. Add the fact that more often than not you have a spotlight (or 2) glaring in your eyes.
- So No One Came to Your Performance Huh?March 23, 2019
Sometimes you have to look at where you have been in order to appreciate where you are. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the drama of the business. More people, More viewers, more followers, more ticket sales, more, more, more. That’s the nature of any type of show business. The interesting piece of this is we often put this pressure on ourselves.
- Show Up For Your AudienceMarch 31, 2019
Show up for your audience with intention. Separate your life from your stage, know the difference between talent and performance, and act like the performer you want to become.
- Have a Passion for Your AudienceAugust 4, 2019
Have a passion for your audience. They give you their time and money, so don't wing it. Rehearsal is a way of showing respect.