If you are a proficient singer and fancy changing into the career of live singer for your full time job there is a list of things you should carry out first. This is a comprehensive guide to becoming a paid vocalist for hire.
The aim of this talk is to advise solo entertainers who endeavor to sing live vocals on top of a pre-recorded backing track. A performer of this style would have a tendency to be suited to wedding receptions, pubs and social men clubs, birthday celebrations, christenings to name a few.
To go back to the starting you need to have ascertained you can actually sing and people tend be entertained by you when you do so. The intention for this is at a performance you will be the focal point of the room and for many of the audience your happy face is a gladly received break from the ups and downs of a laboring week and they are there to enjoy a drink or two whilst you entertain them. Proof of this may come from when you get up do a song at the karaoke at your local pub and the audience explode like you've just won the X-Factor.
The foremost you need to do is work out a reserve of around 25 songs which suit your voice and are widespread enough to wow a crowd. You should then acquire the backing music. There are many established providers online which specialise in professional backing tracks. Now you have the songs and the confidence in yourself, you now to practice. Now I mean weeks of rehearsal, even months. You should stay in your current job whilst you get ready as this is not an overnight process. You must master the songs but also work up your patter between the songs as it is the personal communication between the tracks that will really bring you to the fans and turn you into an singer.
So you now have a repertoire that would make Simon himself proud, you now need to make a small financial investment in yourself. This will eventually pay for itself through paid gigs but in order to be taken seriously you must obtain a- PA System and Speakers, A first-class wireless microphone, a minidisc player or MP3 player, a decent lighting rig, an outfit worthy of an on stage gig.
This will be full set up for live shows and when you have along with your own car you are an one person show ready to entertain anytime, anywhere. You can now use this for practice unpaid gigs such as a birthday event for a friend where you set up at their place and entertain for experience.
Sooner or later you'll want to perform for cash at professional gigs. You'll need to join a music company who will add you to their books and match you with people looking for an act. To join an agency you need a promo pack. Again this may draw in a little investment financially in yourself but it is well worth it. You need a recording of yourself singing to the backing track. Please don't use a home laptop with the built in recorder, if you've come to this point, rent a session in a recording studio in order to make the best sound possible. This will set you apart from the others as there are more people out there hunting for the same gigs as you want. So with your good music made now you need an image of you. If you rent a photographer for this also they may be able to offer help on the best outfit to wear and certain pose to strike etc.
Next you must grab a pen and write a biography for yourself. This should be written in the third person. That means you write as if you're writing about someone else so you could put things like, Elvis Smith is the best entertainer in his field today. This is your moment to capture the attention of the reader so make it noticeable and use the right spelling and grammar.
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