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!
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!