SMART Targets Solo 2 Improvement Task: Stage Presence

I feel that I need to improve on my stage presence for my solo 2 performance. I will improve on this by watching performances of the song and see how the singer/band brings the piece to life. 

 Performances I have watched:

Billy Corgan is very calm in all of these performances, however he still has a great stage presence throughout as he still shows a high level of energy throughout the song.

Whenever there is an instrument in the piece, he steps away from the microphone, travels around the stage in a few instances, and focuses on the music and particularly his guitar playing, however when he returns to the microphone for his vocals he is always engaging with the audience, looking around at them and smiling. 

In addition no performance is the same, he is always making variations to the vocals where he is singing them in different ways every time which really creates the sense that he is influenced by his emotions in the moment which gives every performance a much more of a raw and emotional sense to them. 

I also love how he engages with the music too, as when he focuses on the guitar which he is playing, there are many moments where his facial expressions respond to many of the notes and chords that he is performing. 

From watching these performances, I think that I will work on incorporating elements into my performance such as refining the moments for audience interaction and focusing on the music, responding more to the music which I am playing and also my moments where I step away from the microphone during instrumentals and travel around the stage