Law of Attraction

Some time ago in one of our articles, we made reference to the laws of physics, which explained how there isn't any way for 2 things to ever occupy the same space at the same time. We then made the bold statement that our thoughts are things as well, therefore, it would be impossible for us to think 2 thoughts at the very same time.

I've been fascinated by this subject since I wrote that, and have come across some additional material on thoughts that we can relate to our singing and performances.

It's called the Law of Attraction!

If we examine our thought processes carefully, we see that what we think about as a constant pattern seems to manifest in our lives.

To put it simply, if when we get up to perform a song, and we are thinking about that note in our song that may or may not come out right, maybe because it's a little higher than we usually can go, or it occurs in a section of the piece that has been difficult for us to master, then that thought will attract the very result we are thinking about, whether we are thinking about it in a positive or negative way.

It seems that we get what we think about whether we want it or not!

One of my local students said the other day that singing in our sessions is harder than singing to a thousand strangers because of the knowledge that at the end of the song, there will surely come a critique by me, the teacher. The thought of the resulting critique consumes the entire performance so that the singer can't seem to just let go and deliver the song effortlessly.

Furthermore, the singer stated that although he knew that what he was thinking would result in not hitting the note he wanted.

He had no control over the thought!

This, my dear singers, could not be more untrue. What we need to realize is the we have total control over our thinking when we perform, and we can also direct our thought process to the exact outcome that we want...a glorious performance!

By using our imagination to express the lyrics of the song and NOT allow ourselves to become distracted by factors that are usually covered in our practice sessions, we can then relax and trust that our imagining of the result we want will defnitely come, as long as we are imagining the good result, and not the result we do not wish for.

In other words, the thought of

"Gee, I hope I don't mess up that note."

will definitely result in messing up the note, whereas, a thought of,

"I remain totally and completely confident that this performance is going to be great!"

will yield that exactly!

Think about that!