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Re: Nerves on Stage: was Liking/Disliking your own music
That's a great way to put it. Never thought of that.
Sent from my iPod
On Jan 10, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> about stage fright, richard sales wrote:
>>
>> When it's really bad, I tell myself it will all be over in an hour or
>> two.
>
>
> A therapist once hipped me to a cool fact about fear of failure and fear
> of judgement.
>
> She said that when you experience that fear, it is always the fear of
> being both judged and abandoned
> by people (the audience, even yourself).
>
> The fact of the matter is, though, the pain and emotional discomfort of
> feeling that fear
> is the worst consequence of that abandonment.
>
> So a good thing to tell oneself is 'I've already felt the worst thing
> that could possibly happen',
> so it's not really necessary to keep staying there."
>
> I don't know, but I use that like a mantra when I'm afraid before a gig.
>
>
> Next subject...........what are ways we sabotage ourselves onstage,
> preparing for a gig.
> I'll start that one in the next thread.
>
> Rick Walker
>