Ben Alessi – PRESHOW RITUALS

In this Preshow Rituals segment, the electronic artist, Ben Alessi, shares what he does before every show. You can check out his rituals, after the break.

Before every show, I take a bit of time to center myself and really live in the moment & space I’m performing – I get a little nervous and my head is always thinking forward, so it’s really important to me for calmness and clarity before walking out on stage. I recently made some vision boards that help with it, too.

I’ll do some vocal warm-ups, chill with the band and listen to music an hour or so before we go on – for the most part, I’m usually pretty quiet though. It’d be minutes before we start and I just run shit through my head like lyrics and run of show and hope I don’t fuck up.

But eventually, the nerves go away 10-15 seconds into the first song, as soon as I look into the crowd. I’m there for them, for that moment – and it’s the connection that makes me feel it’s all okay…even when things go wrong. I never really learn from that though, haha. Regardless, I’m nervous each time – I guess the whole goal is to make a connection, and I always want that to be as perfect as it can be.

Keep up with the artist on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!