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odinz
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From: Sarpsborg,Norway
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RE: The best way..... (in reply to brad)
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I dont think you need to introduce it too much, maybe tell a short story about the piece or composer for dramatic or comedic effect, if it is that kind of performance you are going to do. I dont think you should say too much though, it will be distracting to them, but build a sort of suspense is good If you arent good with crowds, then introducing the music can be a double purpose action, if you tell it the right way, it will warm them up too and you gain a contact with them. Most important try to have fun, or you will mess up bad, messing up feels very bad
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Date Sep. 15 2011 18:34:10
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Ramirez
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RE: The best way..... (in reply to Florian)
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Manolo Sanlucar...apparently he can tell the audience off, start cursing at them, ripp the strings off his guitar in front of them and walk off stage ...Now Thats !! a Tantrum...Brad are you loving this idea ? See Brad, when it comes to combating your performance nerves and stage fright you should copy the maestros. I bet no one would dare heckle Paco or Manolo. Actually, when you think about it, it's quite an effective technique to combat stage fright- instead of internalizing your fear, literally project your fear outward. Become the fear. Aim to make your audience scared of you. Sure, it doesn't make for a pleasant evening of music enjoyment, if your audience is sitting there, crapping themselves because they fear that you might attack them at some point during the performance. But at least you'll no longer feel nervous. Why should you feel nerves? If anyone even dares to cough or move. Stop playing. Walk over to them, real calm. Place the guitar in their hands and say:"OK, hot shot. Let's see how you do. Come on, big man, everyone's listening. PLAY." By the way, I literally crap my pants anytime I have to play in front of anyone. So I'm just working through my own issues here. Essentailly I like to fantasise about having the audience feel a little bit of my fear. See I'm a psycho. There I've said it. Now you know why I don't post here much.
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Date Sep. 16 2011 10:21:23
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odinz
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From: Sarpsborg,Norway
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RE: The best way..... (in reply to Ramirez)
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Become the fear. Aim to make your audience scared of you. Sure, it doesn't make for a pleasant evening of music enjoyment, if your audience is sitting there, crapping themselves because they fear that you might attack them at some point during the performance. But at least you'll no longer feel nervous. I think the horror movie industry is going to suffer from this I think connection is the most important thing , like doublek said, ice breaker. A while ago i was playing in front of a fairly large crowd (to me) The piece i started with was Richards (xirdneH_imiJ) rondena flor, i was so nervous and tense when i played it, i felt the people watching me and i just hunched more togheter and separated myself more and more from the crowd, it only went down and down, it was a bad experience... but i learned from it too... What i learned was practice more, and dont close yourself off fromt he crowd, you are there to show them something, they are there to see it, dont interupt that.
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Date Sep. 16 2011 15:05:56
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