Re: How Do We Sabotage Our Live Performances

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I know just what u mean. You think you've got it all planned out with 
perfect ideas and a perfect state of mind, then you get to the stage and 
almost have trouble remembering your name. I have a habit (when in front 
of people) of tweaking knobs :o
My whole setup is laptop-midi based so I dont really have a problem with 
gear failure. But when I'm in front of people I tend to spam the knob FX 
to make it look like I'm doing a bunch of cool stuff. I lose my focus of 
the music and the ability to bring out new musical ideas seems to just 
stop. I think looping is really more of a practice of mental discipline 
than anything else, otherwise it just feels like a hit & miss hobby. 
That's something I think I need to work on badly.

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On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

> The thread on stage fright got me to thinking about
> ways that I unconsciously sabotage my public performances
> or at least things to think about to insure a better performance.
> 
> 
> One of my biggest ones is that I'm a techo-phile and I will frequently 
> hit
> the stage with a new piece of gear that I don't really undertand fully.
> 
> I keep doing it because there are some artistic advantages to doing this.
> One is that the new sounds that 
> Rick Walker
>