If you want to be center stage and idol of the show, you cannot sing backup. You must be satisfied to sing behind the headliner, not fight with them for prominence. Backup singing is for those who can becomfortable playing a support role to the headliner of the show.

Backup singing is more difficult than you might imagine. Backup singing requires a great amount of listening and being very responsive to the main singer, much as an instrumental accompanist would. You must learn to breathe and begin and end your melody as the main singer does. As a shadow is always there, so is the effective backup singer.

If you can control your place on the stage, see to it that you can see the singer at all times. To sing backup effectively, this is very, very important to your job. Learn to watch the singer at all times. The singer will change course or make a mistake and only if you are aware can you react. Keep your eyes on the singer. Be on the lookout for a simple nod of the head or gesture that may indicate a repeat or change of course.

 

As the singer goes, so must you. Blend to their phrasing. If you are watching the singer you can start your melody slightly after they start in order to blend properly. If you are not sure of how loud they are going to be, start your melody quietly and raise your level as the line develops. Do not pronounce consonants too hard at the start of a line. If you pronounce a consonant too hard and it is slightly off from the main singers phrase, it will be very noticeable and unpleasant.

The end of phrases are just as critical as the beginning. You can avoid embarrassment to yourself if you only will ease off your melody as the singer comes to the end of theirs. So learn to blend melodies, listen and watch the main singer and you can be a backup singer every band wants to hire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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