How You Look on Stage Really Matters

There’s been a lot of media attention recently on how our perceptions, expectations, and prejudices influence our decision making.

It turns out that judges in music competitions are influenced by what they see as much as by what they hear. This could have a profound effect not only for musicians in competitions or auditions, but on any performer on any stage.

Now, I don’t think that anyone’s saying that a novice performer who looks terrific will be judged as superior to a world-class performer who looks terrible. But, if two performers are close in their abilities, what they look like while performing could make the difference between success and failure.

This is something for all of us to think about!

There’s more information in this great article from The Atlantic. Check it out!