How to Tell Stories & Advance a Plot Between Songs on the Stage

Video Transcript

"ALEX BOYE: My name is Alex Boye, we're here for Expert Village, and we're doing a video on how to perform on stage and not suck. This part or this segment we're going to talk about is--what was the segment we're going to talk about here? MAN: Telling a story. MAN: How to not fumble. ALEX BOYE: Telling a story, okay. Telling a story is such an important thing. Let me tell you why. If you hear a song, if you hear someone sing a song on stage, alright, it's kind of okay. But it talks about that the purpose of stage is that you want people to get to know you. The people that most successful on stage are the ones where the audience finishes the show and they're like, "Dude, I know that guy. I know that girl." That's the most important thing. So, how you're going to get them to know you? And so, if you've got a three-song set, short space of time, one of the best ways is to tell a story. Tell a story as to introduce your last song. Make it moving. Dude, out of anything, you could talk about how you're walking down the street and then all of a sudden, you tripped over, you landed on this pothole and this crocodile came and just bit you, it [INDISCERNIBLE] you off and life was just the worst thing ever, and then as you're sitting there on the hospital, you've just thought how blessed you are because you're alive, and that crocodile is still out there but you're still alive. So, I thought, "I was going to write a song about that." That might be a whole lot of a bogus, but you know what? They've learned something about you. They've learned that you are in serious pain. He was in serious pain at one time. And I'm telling you, especially the ladies, they love that. "Oh, my gosh! A crocodile really bit you? Oh, I want to buy a CD!" "I want to buy a CD!" Seriously, it's such an important thing. Tell a story of one of your songs! Don't do all of them, just one. Remember the salad, the meat, the salad, the meat. Give them a different change. Always at least maybe like two parts of your concert, if you're doing a 45-minute set, if you're doing a three-song set, always tell a story before, at least your second, I'd say your last song 'cause they're getting to know then. I guarantee you. You will increase your merchandise sales or your life shelves. Boo-yah! "