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Mark how was it in your Crane days when I'm assuming you were playing to somewhat larger draws than a looping crowd? Was the rush different, was the sense of sound, loud, sense of space with the audience different? I'm asking you as I'm guessing you are the one in our midst who has played large gatherings and I apolOgize to any toes I'm stomping :) . Rick I suspect you have played large so the floor is open. For my money this is one of the more interesting recent threads. I personally don't get fright or fear perse anymore but I do get anxious energy. What I mean by that is I wen thru years ago a couple times when I got so gimped up that I would shake, had one horrible show in the 80's where it really felt my hands were cannons and I forgot everthing in the world about the guitar. In the 90's after going thru some major changes musically a teacher here in NY as well as a later therapist (yes everyone in NY....) Taught me the value of relaxing, the Zen 'fall still', playing for people and not the 'internal' musician, and just help in arrIving at confidence and a belief in my muse. That period of time I really experienced the greatest growth. Good thread folks... Jim Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: mark francombe <markfrancombe@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:32:58 To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com<Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Subject: Re: Panic Mode 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 :/ >> >> >