This isn’t all there is to auditioning; it is only a primer.
PREPARING for an audition is probably 80% of the game. The other 20% will be what happens at the audition. These percentages do not equate to percentages of time. The percentage could easily change to 99.9% to 0.1% or even more. As a personal note, I spent around three hours a day practicing and recording my singing, for an entire year before auditioning for a production show in Las Vegas. I did not have to work that hard but I had my standards, and I was not about to compromise with them.
HOMEWORK is the first step to a successful audition. You first need to discover as precisely as possible what exactly is needed for the part for which you are auditioning. You may not be able to discover this, but try to find others who have worked for the same organization. If it is a play, find out all you can about the play, the director, the producer, the musical director and so on.
Once you have completed all you can with your research and discovery, you will then know what you should wear or what your image should be for the part you are pursuing. Take a realistic look at yourself and perhaps seek advice from others whom you trust as to your attire and your image.
You need to select your music and practice it well in advance of your audition. Six to eight weeks of practice is by no means too much. You want to feel in control of yourself and your voice as much as possible.
Read my next blog, to find out what steps to take to prepare your auditioning song, and how to conduct yourself while auditioning!
