| I know it sounds like I'm defeated before I start. That isn't the case. It is just that I have had a couple of experiences that have left a very negative images in my memory. I have done some studio work before, and I do get called to do some other stuff. I usually get called back, partly because I am easy to work with. I do know better than to sit on the lead book (I'd be an idiot to try that in this crowd) and that kind of thing. I will go in there with a positive attitude and give it all I've got. I just thought that maybe some of you had some visualization techniques, dietary suggestions (for some reason bananas help), or other ideas that would help calm my nerves. I knew a girl at North Texas that was a phenomenal player, but had her performances wrecked by nerves. She took beta blockers and it helped her a lot. I'm not interested in resorting to drugs, but I'm just looking for a way to calm my nerves.
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"Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy) |