There are lots of different things that can apparently help with nerves when performing live to help you perform to the best of your ability with out showing you are nervous. It all depends on the kind of performing you are doing as to how you should prepare some of the different ways you can get ready for performances are:

- Singing - There are many techniques to supposedly help you when singing live in front of an audience. These methods will work for some people and not for others it depends what it is exactly that is causing you to feel nervous to start with. Some of these techniques include; Relaxation - this is supposed to work in the way your muscles will be relaxed there fore ready to move freely when you start performing. Ways in which you can relax are to learn some breathing techniques this will relax you because it will regulate your breathing meaning you have enough oxygen in your system to think and function clearly. Warm up - this allows your larynx and mouth will be prepared for singing before you even start performing. There are lots of different warm up techniques around all focusing on relaxing and tensing the muscles in your throat so they are relaxed. Position - the way you stand is also thought to affect how well you sing because if you stand with your back hunched over then your body isn't going to get as much oxygen as it would if you stand with your back straight and upright.

- Acting - with in entertainment acting may be one of the hardest things to master as you have to make the audience empathetic towards you as the character. There are so many different forms of acting that when preparing for a performance you need to consider whether it is suppose to be comedy, drama etc. then you need to think about how you are going to get the audience to think and feel how you want them to while you are acting. If it is a play or you are doing a piece with a group of people group exercises before going in front of the audience are very good as they help the group communicate with each other, especially if they have never met before. One of these group exercises includes standing in a circle and it starts with one person throwing an imaginary ball to a person of their choice and whilst throwing the ball they have to make an original noise. This helps the group in the way they have to keep eye contact with each other and it helps free up your speech, it also helps raise the morale of the group before performing.

There are so many ways to prepare for a performance depending on who you are performing for and what it consists of. You can hire specialist coaches or even get tips from books or there are plenty of places now online that can help.