# Get my voice and song ready for a live singing performance

Singing-specific prep for a live song: key and arrangement fit, vocal warm-ups, lyric security, mic technique, and sound check questions.

- Topic: Personal Life & Wellbeing
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/get-my-voice-and-song-ready-for-a-live-singing-performance

## Prompt

```text
Help me get a song ready to sing live.

**Song and original artist:** [TITLE - ARTIST]
**Event:** [open mic, wedding, school concert, outdoor gig, karaoke night - crowd size, indoor or outdoor]
**Accompaniment:** [backing track / guitarist or band / I play myself / a cappella]
**My voice:** [range if known, voice type, training, where the song feels hard - e.g. "chorus feels too high", "run out of breath in verse 2"]
**Sound setup:** [house PA with sound person / small speaker / no mic / not sure]
**Time until the performance:** [e.g. "3 weeks"]

Give me:
1. **Key and fit check:** how to tell whether the original key suits my voice, how to test and choose a better key (and tell my accompanist or change the backing track), and simple arrangement changes - shorter intro, lower harmony line, softer bridge - that play to my strengths.
2. **Problem spots:** for each hard section I named, a specific practice method (slow practice, breath marks, vowel shaping, singing on a lip trill first).
3. **Rehearsal schedule:** from now to the show - sections, full runs, practice with the accompaniment, and at least two full run-throughs standing, with a mic or a stand-in, as if live.
4. **Vocal care:** a 10-minute warm-up, breathing for long phrases, hydration, and what to avoid in the 24 hours before.
5. **Lyric security:** memorization techniques and a plan for what to do if I blank mid-song.
6. **Mic and monitors:** mic distance for loud vs. quiet passages, avoiding feedback, what to ask in the sound check, and how to signal that I need more of myself in the monitor.
7. **The last 30 minutes:** a short warm-up and calm-down routine.

Don't reproduce the song's lyrics; refer to sections like "verse 1" or "the bridge". If I get hoarse, lose my voice, or feel pain when singing, tell me to rest and see a doctor or voice specialist rather than push through.
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## What to fill in

- TITLE - ARTIST
- e.g. "3 weeks"

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