Getting sweaty palms, butterflies in the tummy, faster heartbeat and even panic are surprisingly common when working in a high-pressure environment. Here are my Top Tips!
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Thanks for that video Justin. It was very useful to me right now. Sound advice throughout. Good to hear that I’m not the only one too.
I played to a family member for the first time yesterday and she offered to record it, which I thought might be helpful. Ha! Now I realise that I was experiencing stage fright AND red light fever AND was doomed anyway because I wasn’t properly prepared either. I was using the app as a backing track and depending far too much on it. In the different setting of another house, different chair etc, it just overwhelmed me.
There were a couple of songs that I found completely unplayable in my almost panicked condition but now I’m reframing the experience more positively and trying to concentrate on the seven songs that I DID manage to play along with, one or two of which were spot on. Pity I didn’t play only those two. Many lessons learned!