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 Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:58 pm
Okay, so I'm planning on trying to get a band together this summer and start playing shows (hopefully) as soon as possible. But I'm scared to death of performing in front of people. How do I get over this fear?
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:09 pm
The way I got over it (i'm deathly afraid of being in front of people) is just to recognize that you're good at guitar. Once I realized it, I could get in front of people... you also get over it really fast if you're up there and they like your music.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:14 pm
The Nameless Liberty The way I got over it (i'm deathly afraid of being in front of people) is just to recognize that you're good at guitar. Once I realized it, I could get in front of people... you also get over it really fast if you're up there and they like your music. That's actually good advice..=] Thanks.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:20 pm
Getting over stage fright - A brief Insight
Pchycologically, any form of enxiety is born of fear. And, as we all know, fear is a product of the mind. Some rational some irrational, ALL controllable.
Stage fright is an unusuall fear, as fear itself tends to revolve around the idea of 'lossing control'. Whereas, should the performer 'calm' themselves, it would soon realise stage performance is ALL about control, from the preperation to the performance itself.
Simply put, there are three main points that will 98% GARRANTY a good performance:
1. Practice your pieces by yourself, untill you know them perfectly.
2. Practice your pieces in your band, untill you ALL can play them perfectly, tightly, in time, with solo sections / added parts / any stage performance planned.
3. CHILL THE ******** OUT! *thumbs up* 'It WILL be good. your songs ARE perfect. YOU are perfect. YOU rule that stage.' - Quote this to calm yourself down if you need to, make it, or something simular, your mantra.
'All that we are, is a result of what we have thought'.
Ofcourse, there are other little tricks and tips. If you'd like more advice please feel free to PM me or just reply to this or something.
Peace
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:24 pm
Aagark Getting over stage fright - A brief Insight
Pchycologically, any form of enxiety is born of fear. And, as we all know, fear is a product of the mind. Some rational some irrational, ALL controllable.
Stage fright is an unusuall fear, as fear itself tends to revolve around the idea of 'lossing control'. Whereas, should the performer 'calm' themselves, it would soon realise stage performance is ALL about control, from the preperation to the performance itself.
Simply put, there are three main points that will 98% GARRANTY a good performance:
1. Practice your pieces by yourself, untill you know them perfectly.
2. Practice your pieces in your band, untill you ALL can play them perfectly, tightly, in time, with solo sections / added parts / any stage performance planned.
3. CHILL THE ******** OUT! *thumbs up* 'It WILL be good. your songs ARE perfect. YOU are perfect. YOU rule that stage.' - Quote this to calm yourself down if you need to, make it, or something simular, your mantra.
'All that we are, is a result of what we have thought'.
Ofcourse, there are other little tricks and tips. If you'd like more advice please feel free to PM me or just reply to this or something.
Peace Haha, thanks for the insight. I like #3 the best. =] Oh, and I love your sig!
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:45 pm
First off, DON'T WORRY. Chances are your first gig won't be good, deal with it. There are good gigs and bad gigs. And don't worry about a mistake, chances are the people in the crowd aren't musicians so they won't be picking apart your performance note by note. And just have fun. Even if you play a song perfectly, the crowd won't care if you aren't into the song and that means they can't get into the song.
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:51 pm
*Thumb up* no worries chikka... next time I'm in the Waffle house we'll jam it...
I WAS gonna put where you live, but that's all thats given in your location... though I hope that you DO live in a waffle house... unless your house is made out of waffles. That would be just silly...
Unless they were multilayerd, they just wouldn't provide the nessercary insillation, and I sure the 1st fittings would be problematic from all perspectives.
Oh, one VERY important thing I missed... though it seems it's been mostly covered now but whatever... never... EVER... EVER STOP! If you slip up, calm yourself, slip back in to the song as fast as possible... NEVER PANIC...NEVER STOP... IF YOU DO STOP GET THE ******** BACK ON... and always...ALWAYS... have fun biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin
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Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 4:56 pm
What I learned during my first gig is that people don't know crap about music. The people watching don't know how to play guitar and minor mistakes won't be noticed. People expect covers to sound different than the original so minor mistake will be mistaken for originality and creative changes and if you're doing your own songs you'll be fine because nobody knows them or if you're messing up. And if you need to you can turn around and not face the audience. Lots of famous people did that for a while.
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:36 am
In my own opinion, the best advice for getting over stage fright is....
Don't.
Lol, if I'm not nervous before a gig I know I'll play a s**t show. I need the nerves to give me that little boost of energy to just go wild and dance about like a fool. The thing is, you don't want to be so nervous that you can't even look at the audience, but you don't want to be so confident that it's like you're playing to you Grandma either. Look at Matt Bellamy from Muse, he never talks to the audience because of huge stage fright, but there's SO much energy on stage! Which is why Muse are an awesome live band. =P Do what ever works for you.
And at Aagark:
Silly?! I'd KILL to live in a house made of waffles! Though I may end up eating it...
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:19 am
joe-dude667 In my own opinion, the best advice for getting over stage fright is.... Don't. Lol, if I'm not nervous before a gig I know I'll play a s**t show. I need the nerves to give me that little boost of energy to just go wild and dance about like a fool. The thing is, you don't want to be so nervous that you can't even look at the audience, but you don't want to be so confident that it's like you're playing to you Grandma either. Look at Matt Bellamy from Muse, he never talks to the audience because of huge stage fright, but there's SO much energy on stage! Which is why Muse are an awesome live band. =P Do what ever works for you. And at Aagark: Silly?! I'd KILL to live in a house made of waffles! Though I may end up eating it...
The only purpose of such a house would be to eat it... but the cost of construction materials, structural support, arcetectual design and labour would be emenise! So after you HAVE consumed the asaid waffle house, your now homeless, broke / in debt AND cronically obese.
Onto the SERIOUS topic, I get where your coming from with the 'Don't get over it' policy, but I feel theres a difference between stage fright and what you feel... adrenaline rush.
Chemically, they are pretty much one and the same, a rush of endorphins to initiate the 'fight or flight' system during the current situation. But either perspective you take you still need to keep a cool head I feel. Not saying you should'nt feel the buzz and the rush of stage, but letting it get to you, on either perspective, will negetivally effect the perfomer.
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:48 pm
Aagark But consider the 1st fittings... you ever tried to install a working electrical router into a waffle?
The only purpose of such a house would be to eat it... but the cost of construction materials, structural support, arcetectual design and labour would be emenise! So after you HAVE consumed the asaid waffle house, your now homeless, broke / in debt AND cronically obese.
Onto the SERIOUS topic, I get where your coming from with the 'Don't get over it' policy, but I feel theres a difference between stage fright and what you feel... adrenaline rush.
Chemically, they are pretty much one and the same, a rush of endorphins to initiate the 'fight or flight' system during the current situation. But either perspective you take you still need to keep a cool head I feel. Not saying you should'nt feel the buzz and the rush of stage, but letting it get to you, on either perspective, will negetivally effect the perfomer. This is true... I'll stick to the brick house. =P And yeah definitely. That's what I was trying to get at with the happy medium bit, don't think I explained it all to well though so thank you! Lol, I just always assume that the adrenaline rush is mixed with the nerves, but then again you're right in saying they're not the same thing so the best advice is do what ever feels natural to you. No two people are the EXACT same, and people get past different obstacles in different ways. If it's your first gig, as Sapphire Guilt said, if it's your first gig it's unlikely to be your best. But all you can hope for is a good gig where you learn your comfort zones as a performer. If not don't worry, you've still got years left to learn that, and you'll almost certainly get into the groove after the first few. =)
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:25 am
Thank you for all the advice! I will definitely remember these things when the time comes =]
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:49 am
My first gig was at a High School Talent Show, so it was a "No one could really hate you" kind of atmosphere. For me, I was shaking like crazy, but first I talked to the crowd and joked with them a bit, then I started playing, I find that my nervousness was pretty much gone by the time I was a quarter the way through the song. I find that talking to your crowd and making them laugh helps. Also, this is obvious, but make sure you know your song and don't stop playing, if you do, try and improvise/ recover as fast as you can.
Chances are, most people won't notice. Other than that, just have confidence in yourself and know that you can play the song perfectly, that also helps.
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:59 am
Just chill and do it.
I was Horrified the First time I played on stage. Soon as I finished the first song I realized it wasn't so scary. It'll be fine.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:09 pm
Ze Waffle Okay, so I'm planning on trying to get a band together this summer and start playing shows (hopefully) as soon as possible. But I'm scared to death of performing in front of people. How do I get over this fear? well well...... It would seem that you do have a problem on your hands. Listen.......... This is how I got over stage fright: One day, I whent up to my room and locked the door and closed the blinds and put tin foil over the big a** hole on the wall. Then I put my Fender over my shoulders, plugged it in to my Line 6 Spider, put some teddy bears on chairs in front of my bed and imagined that they were my audience. It works like a charm. Just don't, under any circumstances, let any see you do this or you will be on a one-way ticket to Saint Anger insane Asylum. Hope it works!
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