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I guess its over now and i hope it went well. The only advice i can give is that everyone feels like you do, and the less often you play the worse it gets. play often... does the fear of failure sub side? no, but you learn to enjoy it i have been making a webpage trying to remember every gig i have played... its over 800, still get terrified the day before... Even to 20 people. m Sent from my (advertisement removed) On 25 Jan 2012, at 02:37, Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com> wrote: > Just tell yourself that no one comes to your gig hoping to see you > fuck up. Repeat as often as required. It does the trick for me every > time (that and the litany against fear: > http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Litany_Against_Fear ). > Sylvain > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Gmail <k3zz21@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks everyone for the advice I feel a lot better now. The one thing >> that >> bothers me is I rarely get into the music. I stand up there all tense >> but >> shaky worrying that I look stupid. I dont know why and it bugs the nuts >> outa >> me because I want to actually enjoy the music myself so I can make it s >> better experience. >> >> On Jan 24, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Daniel Thomas <danielthomas4@mac.com> >> wrote: >> >> I feel like flaking :/ >> >> The real danger here is not in having to survive a struggling >> performance--all performing artists must endure this. The real danger >> is in >> letting your jitters manage your performance calendar. Stick to your >> commitments. >> >> Just share what you got-- no apology or explanation needed. Give it with >> gusto. And if you struggle-- do so with grace. Struggle is a welcome >> element in any performance art. The audience will rally for you if you >> let >> them. >> So be bold. Be daring. Be unapologetic. Unless of course, you >> choose to >> flake, in which case, you should apologize like crazy-- mostly, to >> yourself. >> >> Daniel >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 24, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Gmail wrote: >> >> I have a performance tomorrow at youth group (church). Haven't practiced >> live looping in about 2 weeks and currently have little to no >> confidence in >> myself after the session I just had. Plus it is finals week so I have >> had >> very little time for music anyways. I feel like flaking :/ >> >> >