Overcoming Stage Fright - the Christine Kane Way
I’ll be perfectly honest with you; I’ve been dying for Christine Kane to write a blog post that could even remotely pertain to acting just so I had a viable reason to talk about her. Here it is, my chance has finally come!
I stumbled across singer/songwriter Christine Kane’s website about two weeks ago and was instantly hooked on her blog. She writes wonderful articles about creativity, personal development and what it is to be an artist, no matter what your art form. H’m, bettering art through bettering the artist . . . where have I heard that before? Anyway, as I devoured her articles, I found myself wondering what her music was like so it was off to iTunes I went. I downloaded Rain & Mud & Wild & Green
Now I’m a Dar Williams fan, a Sheryl Crow fan and a Zig Ziglar fan and if Dar Williams, Sheryl Crow and Zig Ziglar all collided, they’d create Christine Kane . . . that sounded more appealing in my head, but trust me it’s a great combination. Anyway, I could rave about her website and her music all day, but I should probably talk about the something that’s remotely pertaining to acting.
In her update yesterday, Christine detailed 9 methods for overcoming stage fright, speaking from the point of view of a singer. I’m here to tell you that there is only one method on this list that doesn’t apply to being an actor and that’s Number Five: Get in the Audience. Other than that they are great methods for anyone who is planning on getting in front of large groups of people any time soon.
If you couldn’t tell by now, Christine Kane is quickly becoming a hero of mine and I can’t recommend her writings or her singing enough. If you get a chance, go check out her entire blog, paying special attention to those nine stage fright tips. And if you’re ever in the mood for the folksie/rockin’/incredibly well written music I suggest you run out and pick up one of Christine’s CDs or her new DVD which she is selling on her site and which will soon be finding its way into my collection.
Go check her out, if you’re a fan of the Alchemist you’ll soon become an even bigger fan of Christine Kane.
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Wow. Thanks so much for such a kind review. I LIKE being part Dar, Sheryl and Zig. (Okay - well, Zig’s a little out there, but that’s okay!)
Great blog you have here!
All right, so Zig is a little out there, but anyone who has read the motivating and inspirational articles on your blog knows exactly what I mean.
Thanks for visiting, it means a lot.
Thanks for the article! I’ve had problems with stage fright myself so it’s good to read other perspectives on this.
I still get nervous any time I have to perform in front of others, but I find the best things to do are to be totally prepared, accept that a mistake doesn’t mean the whole thing is a disaster and get your breathing under control.
For anyone interested, another website that has articles and help for stage fright is www.stagefrighthelp.com