Metaphors can be a great way to get your meaning across quickly to the choir. Here are two easy metaphors from nature.
- Hills. “That decrescendo was like a San Francisco road. Can you make it more like 10 Mile (pick a road in your town)?”
- Rivers. “There is the same amount of energy across the width of Lake Erie as at Niagara Falls. It’s just compressed into a smaller area. Focus your performance so your own energy does the same thing.”