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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 13, 2023 9:24:39 GMT
Excellent! Just keep doing it. Remember....that to be a great musician, pain and calluses are necessary.
Shine On Michael
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Post by littlebobby on Sept 13, 2023 10:51:33 GMT
Excellent! Just keep doing it. Remember....that to be a great musician, pain and calluses are necessary. Shine On Michael Thanks man. To be honest, I’d settle for slightly above average 😁
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Post by littlebobby on Sept 25, 2023 11:25:45 GMT
First show done. I give myself a 7/10. Needs a little polish but pretty happy. The laryngitis I had a two weeks before seems to have mysteriously cleared up. Odd that. Got a nick on my right hand middle finger from over vigorous resonator playing. Superglue time.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 25, 2023 17:49:00 GMT
That's great. seven out of ten is pretty good for a self critique. I'm sure your audience would given you more than that. Just keep doing it.
Shine On Michael
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Post by bdeivert on Sept 28, 2023 15:18:22 GMT
One evening at a very simple gig with a poet at a local library for about 20 people I came down with stage fright. I had been a professional musician for about 15 years then and had played hundreds of gigs and stood alone onstage in front of thousands of people at some gigs. For some reason the presentation of the gig, sitting in chairs IN the audience space made it unnerving and I could barely get through the songs I had played hundreds of times and forgot the lyrics to half of them. It started with a chilly feeling in my stomach that went upwards and finally nearly caused me to faint and sweat profusely. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. This was totally unexpected. That scared me enough that I stopped taking solo gigs for MANY years. I found a cognitive behavioural therapist and he set me right on fixing this problem after only two sessions. It took time for me to work on it but it saved my musical career. Seek help if you are already an experienced musician and this happens to you. It is the most frightening thing to get a panic attack as a solo artist onstage. Music heals, Bert
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2023 10:44:57 GMT
When I was in school I played the flute in a wind quartet. Part of the piece was very tricky, and was just me and the timpanist (kettle drum player). I bottled it, and didn't play a note - leaving a very unexpected drum solo!
I also played a bottleneck piece as a "floor-singer" before a Magna Carta concert. I heard someone in the crowd say, "Look at his fingers shaking." I nearly shook off my bottleneck!
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Post by littlebobby on Sept 30, 2023 13:58:54 GMT
Four shows in and the nerves are dropping away like Sunderland down the leagues a few years ago. Still there though and still a little tension affecting my muscle tone which is causing some minor but irritating errors. Happy with the progress but as with anything guitar related, it’s never going to be the finished article. The nicest bit is the feedback about my own songs.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 30, 2023 15:22:34 GMT
Excellent!
Good feedback about your own creations is the best.
Shine On Michael
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Post by littlebobby on Oct 10, 2023 10:40:57 GMT
Tour all done. Nerves dropped away as it progressed and the psychological trick of reminding myself that the symptoms of anxiety are the same as feelings of excitement worked a charm and I’m really grateful for all the kind words, encouragement and ideas on the thread. Learned a load about all sorts of aspects of playing, performance and stage craft and now hungry for more. Recording session booked for later this month.
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