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What stresses me personally at a gig is not being prepared.When i started looping live i use to get really tense because i wasnt used to playing alone and having people focusing their attention on me,being used to bands situations.Another factor that was that i didnt have fixed compositions and with looping i find it kind of hard to practice something fixed or premeditated arrangements, plus dealing with so much gear vulnerable to malfunction.I rarely get nervous before a gig nowdays but every now and then i do.I like to find a corner a few minutes before a performance and meditate a bit, or try to see a positive picture of a show.Aditionally a good cold beer makes me chillout as well:-) Luis --- ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote: > Howdy Per, et al, > > In a message dated 06/14/05 13:36:12, per@boysen.se > writes: > > > I'm very interested in mental attitudes concerning > performing and > > practicing, since it seems to play a very big part > for what comes > > out as music. I would be delighted to read what > others think and > > what you are using for tricks to get it right. > > > Me too. That's where I seem to fall down most of the > time. Keeping the > physical part of the equation (hands mostly) > prepared and in good practice is not a > problem. Where I continually fall down is the mental > side and I know it all > too painfully well. I can go for months and not even > touch an instrument and > still regain my full "chops" in a couple of days of > remedial woodshedding. > > My very best experiences when playing have basically > been when 4 ingredients > are present: > > 1. My instrument is in tune and all of the gear is > set up, tested and > working. > > 2. I am physically well-rested and healthy. > > 3. I come to the gig with few preconceived notions > or expectations other than > perhaps the vaguest of strategies for passing the > time and having fun doing > it. > > 4. I can calm myself and empty mind of everything > else but the sounds I'm > creating, hearing and responding to -- playing > almost instinctually, like a > cockroach moving it's legs to run without even > thinking when it senses vibration. > > When I begin to totally suck it's hardly ever from > the physical side or lack > of actual practice, it's usually because I've come > with a subconscious agenda > or worry and I'm thinking about things other than > the music itself. > > I'm easily distracted too. Sometimes all is humming > along perfectly well and > moments before the first note is played someone > makes a stray comment or > there's some minor stage mix-up or faux pas . . . or > some bit of gear craps out or > hiccups and I lose my focus. > > Anxiety about how to keep from breaking that > mental-emotional-spiritual > "bubble" can be a distraction too. It's like > worrying about worrying because > worrying may give you an ulcer. > > I'd appreciate any stories, strategies or > suggestions that the rest of you > have to offer. I feel like I've had to resign myself > to a more-or-less 50/50 > hit-and-miss, spotty performance experience for > years now. If I could tilt the > prospects of success to the positive by as little as > 10% it'd seem a minor > miracle. > > Best regards, > > tEd ® kiLLiAn > > "Different is not always better, but better is > always different" > > http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html > http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian > http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html > http://www.garageband.com/artist/ArsOcarina > http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2845073 > http://www.netmusic.com/web/album.aspx?a_id=CBNM_17314 > http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 > > Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at: > Apple iTunes, > BuyMusic, Rhapsody, MusicMatch, MusicNet, DiscLogic, > Napster, > AudioLunchbox, Lindows, QTRnote, Music4Cents, > Etherstream, > RuleRadio, EMEPE3, Sony Connect, CatchMusic, > Puretracks, > and Viztas. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Blah, blah, blah. > So??? > > "Just because nobody understands you doesn't mean > you're an artist." > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/