This research is a qualitative case study which is about singers who has the stage fright. This research considers about the causes and how to overcome. In order to do so, researcher selects, collects and organizes cases that actual active singers exp...
This research is a qualitative case study which is about singers who has the stage fright. This research considers about the causes and how to overcome. In order to do so, researcher selects, collects and organizes cases that actual active singers experience by other researches, various media materials and individual interviews with singers for stage fright. To collect data by interviewing, questions are made based on experience of the researcher and the 3 musicians who are a graduate student studying composing, a postgraduate for music, a postgraduate for classic vocal music. The interviews are progressed by face-to-face interview and written interview on late November 2019 through early December 2019. The date are structured with interview results of 3 musicians. The process is to know the stage fright cases and solution of stage fright.
Vital and mental capacity of singers on stage are easily affected by various given situations. Especially, stage fright strongly disturbs singer’s mental capacity, causes to lower singer’s performance potential, and its effect leads audiences feel nervous.
Stage fright comes unexpectedly, regardless of how well skilled, how long trained or how much experienced singers are. Famous music masters have had stage fright and disappeared from the media. They never showed up again on live stage and only way to see their live performance is recorded digital data archive; music video and DVD. The difference between the published music records and live performance with stage fright disappoints audiences because of the vocal performance’s quality. Stage fright takes away not only confidence of performer but also self-esteem of performer.
In order to compare through literature research with perspective of singers who have experienced stage fright and the contents of “Influence that stage fright affects to singers”, 10 currently active singers are interviewed and the results of interviews are similar to the research. It emphasizes that vital and mental capacity of singers on stage are highly connected to expressive ability of vocals.
Intension on live stage causes vocal cords disease which caused by muscle contraction, and external symptoms with internal symptoms will be followed to suffer after. The conflicts are depend on given situations and frequency of intension on live stage, but regardless of music style, experience and tendency, that every singers feels nervous proved by the research. However, intension on live stage could suggest good influences when nervousness is balanced suitably to the body. Many singers are not communicating well with audiences because of stage fright and first step to overcome is that practicing in their virtual stage as real. The virtual stage experience relieves psychological anxiety factors, predicts mistakes that could happen on real stage and prepares a few solutions for the mistakes. Second step is imagination which is image-training of themselves with self-confidence. As imaginating commanding on stage, enjoying on stage and being favored by audiences on stage, anxiety could be gone step by step. Third step is selecting song list considerably by music genre, musical style, melody and vocal range. Choosing right song for vocal range resolves intension on live stage rather than singing high range unreasonably. Forth step is communicating with audiences sincerely. Giving and taking their honest stories could make closeness between singers and audiences with mood to enjoy music as well.
Given time is limited to show singer’s every potential which also causes intension, but every singers need to realize how nervous they are in order to plan live show going well. Majority of singers hide their intension without the thorough plan, but in order to last their music career long and overcome stage fright, they need to acknowledge their deficient points and find solutions.