| For me the only time I seem to get nervous is in an audition. I think that I haven't done it enough and it would go away if I did. I used to get nervous in a performance but it just went away so I'm thinking that we are all afraid of the unknown. Do it a lot and the problem becomes routine.
I've read threads on here about weather to take an audition or not based on weather you think you will get the job. I believe you should do it often and it's one more thing put in your pocket.
I love the thing about once you play it, it's gone. My teacher says that and it's helped me. I also like the idea of not forcing things.(that's how I interpreted it) Wait for it and it will come. I think the most musical players are a little laid back. By that I mean the music is like a sentence or a line, regardless of how fast or hard the line is they don't force it out, it just flows naturally.
Years ago Woody Herman came to my school and he talked to the band. He said, "when the leader calls a tune and you think, oh no, not that one again. That's when you are just starting to get it."
The same thing for an audition or a performance or an excerpt. |