| The only times I have ever played on camera were all military band related, specifically when I was in the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps although I was filmed several times when I was playing Taps at funerals for the members of the 14 Quartermaster Detachment that were killed when the SCUD missile hit their barracks during Desert Storm. I was also on CNN and CSPAN numerous times when the FDC played White House arrival ceremonies, and various other shows such as the televised opening ceremony for the Special Olympics in New Haven, Connecticut, although I forget what year that was. Lastly, I took part in two Presidential Inaugurations so I was on TV for some of those events, specifically the Inaugural parade, and I played the Inauguration Ceremony for the current Governor of Maryland, which was televised locally throughout the state of Maryland.
Nothing really prepares you specifically for being on TV. You are simply doing a performance that happens to be filmed.
If I were you, I would focus more on the music and actually playing than worrying about the camera.
__________________ Patrick Gleason
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