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Ailsa -> RE: To ALL challengers submitting files to gj Michelob (Feb. 25 2009 22:29:42)
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Not a peripheral minor component, indeed. I suppose pros just get used to it, after a while.
I think that fingers not being affected by nerves is just one of a range of skills or talents needed to perform. It's an attribute that some will naturally find easier, but that practise will also improve.
Another one that springs to mind is ability to focus - I find I get distracted by noises - audience coughing, glasses chinking that sort of thing.
And there's the question of having a robust ego!
Being professional is something else even further. Many years ago I worked briefly as a professional dancer. I had worked hard so was good enough to get work. But I just hated the insecurity of very short term contracts. I hated the constant round of auditions, always putting yourself out there, having to believe in yourself. In the end I decided I just wasn't emotionally tough enough to put myself through that on a regular basis and re-trained for a new career.
Anyway, the point of all that rambling is - there's more to being able to upload some playing than just how hard you have worked on your technique!
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