Yesterday I went to visit my friend who is a singer. He is really good and asked me to assist him in selecting his song list for an upcoming performance. It was a pleasure listening to him sing for 2 hours. What girl wouldn't want to be serenaded???!!! I like the fact that he is open to suggestions, because I can be quite honest and blunt and I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. That's just who I am.
Anyway, we worked on staging, a bit of choreography and gestures. We also determined the pace and really listened to each song to see how well the first song flowed into the next one. What we decided was to open with a powerful attention grabbing song, then do a couple of slow songs and just when you can feel the audience losing interest, WOW them with another powerful song. He also saved 2 songs for an encore. We were really pleased with the song order and I was happy to help him select songs.
I also suggested he smile more and move the mike away from his face so you can see his gorgeous face and winning smile. Also since his voice is soooooo powerful there are times when holding the mike too close to the mouth might be too hard on the audience's ears, which is something he didn't think of. He told me he appreciated my suggestions.
I'm posting this to let people know that "crafting" just doesn't mean tangible, material things. Creativity is everywhere!!! Whether it be making items, singing, acting, cooking a meal, arranging flowers, we are creative everyday and may not realize it. So to all you lovely readers out there in blogland, go out and make it a creative day!!!
Janice :)
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