how to make an audition day plan

what happens when you don’t have an audition day plan?

well, if you’re like me, you’ll sit in the warm-up room and start worrying and panicking and over-practicing. you’ll reconsider every musical decision you made…

…is this the right tempo or should i speed up a little?
…what if i play the wrong sticking at rehearsal #6?
…maybe i should change the sticking in measure 2?

once you start thinking about it, you can’t stop. you’ll second-guess everything. 

and all that worrying leads to nerves. for me, it leads to shaking, sweaty hands, and shortness of breath. 

so the way that i can encourage myself not to think too much and go down the rabbit hole of every musical decision is by making a detailed audition day plan. i plan out what to do during 4 periods of time:

1. the night before (in the hotel)
2. the morning of (at the hotel)
3. the group warm-up room, and
4. the private warm-up room

this is usually something people forget to do (and regret later).

this video is about how to make your audition day plan.

rob and noa’s summer audition bootcamp closes tomorrow night.

if you think creating an audition day plan is helpful, consider how creating an entire audition preparation plan could change your life.

this summer, i’m teaching an 8-week audition preparation course with noa kageyama from the bulletproof musician. we’ll go over every step of audition prep from the day you get your list to the day of the audition.

the course starts on may 4th, and you have until tomorrow night (sunday) at 11:59pm eastern to enroll.

• rob and noa’s summer audition bootcamp →