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Originally Posted by Manny Laureano ...If your audition consisted of reciting the alphabet you'd get the gig, right?
Well, yes and no. We can all recite the alphabet because it's fundamental to our learning since our earliest days. It boils down to that fundamental knowledge of the alphabet and the best (according to the comittee) presentation of the alphabet on that day. ...
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Too add to this:
It reminds me of something I read on Jay Friedman's site: "style wins auditions".
He goes on to discuss how ANYONE can say the pledge of allegience. But to make someone stop dead in their tracks; to say it and convey how deeply you believe those words to be true, takes the sames skill set as it does to win a job. Your voice, its quality, how your phrase it, where you place the emphasis, and how convincingly you say it.
What I gather from that is that everybody at an audition basically can say the right words (that is, play all the right notes at the right time); but you must separate yourself by making the committee stop "twiddling their thumbs" as he says.
To get to that point, to relax enough to do that, to be able to concentrate at the level required and work through the nerves is what preparation is all about.
As Manny said earlier, fundamentals will get you there because then you won't have to think about them.