What you can learn from a professional singer for your (performance) success

She appears so light, so graceful. As if it were the most natural thing, she leads her voice without microphone amplification over a fully seated orchestra. Even in the last rows, she is heard, and even understood, no matter where she moves. Yes, I am talking about a singer who sings classical music, nowadays often ridiculed as old-fashioned, out of time, stamped. What seems so effortless conceals many tricks and secrets and many learnings within it, also for your business, for your success. “Free as a bird” - What lies behind this almost unbearable lightness? I will reveal to you my three steps to success and my biggest secret, which makes everything totally simple. You probably know the saying "Nothing comes from nothing." Behind a strong voice, behind a strong performance, lies consistent training. Years of, hours of training. Scales up, scales down. An aria is often worked on for half a year. Imagine: half a year of work on a piece of music that lasts 3-4 minutes. The same notes over and over again, honed to the smallest detail, the movements rehearsed repeatedly so that the body learns and internalizes, so that the processes and feelings become routine and can be called upon even in stressful situations. The goal is clearly defined: to perform the aria with ease. The first step to success is definitely targeted training. What are you working on, where are you learning day by day to achieve your goal? Do you have a training plan tailored to your goal? Do you know how often a singer fails? So often that I can't even count it anymore. So many notes that don't sound right at the beginning, so many times the breath runs out, the note is not hit, or doesn't even "come out" because the pitch is still missing. I have fallen down many times. But each time, I got up, adjusted my crown, and continued. PERSEVERANCE is the magic that makes it all seem easy in the end, step number two. Imagine the moment when you have achieved your goal. Can you already see it? Hear the recognition, the applause? How do you feel? Doesn't time stand still at that moment? What moment makes you persevere without questioning? But training and perseverance would never have existed if there hadn't always been at least one trainer by my side, who has the overview, the training plan, the goal in sight, who knew what would take me from A to B. Someone who has walked the steps I wanted to take, someone who sees from the outside, analyzes, gives feedback, keeps me on track, because "Alone you are strong, together you are stronger." That, for me, is the third step. Do you have a trainer by your side to master training and perseverance? And do you know what the absolute secret is that makes me almost float on stage? The knowledge about my own BREATH TYPE. I discovered this when one day, despite training, perseverance, and a trainer, nothing was moving forward. For me, it is the solution to the mystery of why, for example, some people find calmness through exhaling, why some are more active types, why some struggle to get going in the morning, why there are "camels" who seem to endure endlessly without eating or drinking, and why there are even morning people (unimaginable for me). I know and live my breath type. Understanding and living it makes me strong, brings absolute focus, power, energy, and (vocal) health. It guarantees many aha moments and makes our coexistence so much more logical. Living according to the breath type is preventive care for the voice and much more. Let us fly together with ease into success, like the voice in a fully packed ballroom. MMag. Angela Kiemayer