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guys what's up it's me Catherine and in
today's video we're going to be talking
about inappropriate musical theater
audition songs funny enough I get asked
about inappropriate audition songs
pretty often so I thought I'd just make
a whole video about it and uh kind of
create some guidelines so you guys know
whether or not a song is appropriate or
inappropriate in this video I'm going to
be specific speically addressing if your
song is too sexy too runchy too crazy
for your audition if you need help
finding an appropriate song however I
did a whole video on that it is
all-encompassing it gives you tons of
ideas how to find them how to narrow
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without any further Ado let's hop into
the video first guideline I have for you
guys don't exceed the edginess of the
show you're auditioning for if you're
auditioning for an edgier show let's say
Avenue Q you can use slightly edgier
material on the other hand if you're
auditioning for something Disney or
something more family appropriate keep
your audition material family
appropriate guideline number two know
who you're auditioning for is the
casting director slightly older and more
traditional and is this show being
produced by a Christian Community
Theater if so you're going to want to
keep your audition rep on the safe side
but if you're auditioning for let's say
an underground blackbox Indie production
produced by a bunch of college kids you
can probably push the boundaries of it
guideline number three what age group is
this show meant for if you're someone
who's really grown up always doing a
adult theater but now you're suddenly
auditioning for like your high school
play or a youth production or something
like that you might need to clean up
your audition rep in that same vein just
because you're now suddenly auditioning
at an adult level or maybe at a
Collegiate level that doesn't mean that
you can suddenly use you know the
craziest raunchiest song ever be smart
use your brain use context clues
speaking of context the context of the
song doesn't really matter I've gotten a
lot of questions specifically about
Lifeboat from Heathers and whether or
not that's okay for an audition the
concern with that song is that you know
the show overall is kind of a more risky
show however this specific song doesn't
mention anything like that it's totally
G-rated in which case I think that it's
totally fine for any audition but on the
other side let's say you have like a
generally kind of familyfriendly maybe
more for like pre-teen kind of show but
then there's like one really suggestive
song rate that suggestive song
individually it's not just a catch all
this show is PG or this show is R rate
each song individually and try to match
it to the audition another guideline
avoid lyrics changes when you can I know
a lot of people who find a song that
they really love and they just plan on
changing one or two words and making it
appropriate don't do that here's why
sometimes you have people behind the
table who are composers and lyricist
ists and they get really really upset
when songs get changed you know this is
a song that was created by someone this
is their artistic baby and even though
you didn't mean anything malicious by it
and in fact you love it so much you want
to use it it can kind of end up working
against you additionally if it's someone
who knows the song or knows the show and
they're just waiting for that one F bomb
or they're waiting for that really yikes
inuendo they're going to be more
distracted worrying about that lyric
rather than watching your performance
and the absolute biggest piece of advice
I can share with you guys if you're
having second thoughts about it don't do
it okay trust your gut instinct if
there's something deep down in you that
even really makes you consider whether
or not this is inappropriate it's
probably inappropriate don't do it if
you use an inappropriate audition song
it doesn't necessarily mean you won't
get cast or you won't get the job but
you might leave a bad impression you
might be shooting yourself in the foot
there's no reason that you should ever
feel forced to do audition material
there are so many options out there to
choose from so if you're having second
thoughts on it just use something else
like I mentioned earlier I created the
guide to finding the Perfect audition
song how to find it where to find it
what makes it perfect all those
different things so if you need help
finding something definitely go check
that out but there you guys go those are
my thoughts on inappropriate audition
songs plus a guideline on how to tell
whether or Not Your Song is going to be
a little too sexy for this situation or
just adult in general not necessarily
sexy why did I say sexy yikes so I'm
going to go now before I continue to
embarrass myself on the internet I hope
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break a leg and I will see you guys next
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talking about sexy things kill me