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Greetings all.
I've been "volunteered" to play a charity dinner for the ACS Relay for Life through our church and I'm petrified. I play every week at church backing up our teen choir with another guitarist and a pianist, but for some reason playing and singing in a duo scares the c--p out of me! Any suggestions? The crowd will be mostly older people, so imagining them all in their underwear is out of the question! Give me the studio any day.
Wish me luck...

Joe G

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Good luck. Think of it this way. Most of them will wish they were on stage and envious. In the bright lights, it's hard to see any one anyway so it's 'like' the studio. Concentrate on the music and the rest will take care of itself.

Have Fun!!

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Bright lights, gosh I hope not!!! I would much rather be known than shown.

Thanks for the booster shot. I'd better go download the lyrics to "Amy"...



Joe G

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I get it every time I have to play in front of people.

Like coco said, know the material, make sure you're in tune, and once those initial butterflies pass (and if you know you stuff, they will), you'll be in the groove and forget everything else.

Good luck, break a leg, but not a string!

JP

Never. I've been playing on and off for 1/4 century, and when I get a job, it's because I've earned that job. It doesn't matter if it's a guitar/sax dinner music job, a 12 piece horn band playing for 400 dancers or an 18 piece big band playing traditional swing for the blue hairs.

There are dozens of guitar players in Brantford who are better players than me, but not one of them has the unique skill set I bring to the table, and very few of them are as prepared and as versatile as me.

Musicians tend to be a bit self critical, and the old joke about how it takes three guitarists to change a light bulb, (one to change the bulb, and two to day how they could do it better), certainly holds true. But we do not do ourselves any favours by giving ourselves a negative internal dialogue. It's OK to be "edgy" with anticipation, but "Stage Fright" to me implies a mental state where the performer has some self doubt as to whether or not they belong on that stage at that time.

I've earned the right to be on every stage where I have played. I suspect the OP has earned the right to play at the dinner too. There is a reason the OP was asked. Even if you pay to play, ( a terrible idea), you won't play many of those jobs if you aren't any good.

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Paul

Shoot, I have to tune that thing again? I just tuned it last year!!!

Forty-four years and counting for me. I guess it's a good thing that I still find it this "exciting" to play. You guys are right, once I've learned the 25 or 30 songs I'll be golden

Thanks all...

Joe G

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A bit of adrenalin helps me generally perform better on stage than in the studio. I find even a quick drink (alcohol) prior to going on stage just screws with my timing, so I save the celebratory beer for after I'm done.

I really need to get out an do a few more open mics/find myself some people to play with, though, as it's been terribly thin on the performance front lately.

Maybe we should all converge on Trinity's corporate headquarters this summer for a jam and BBQ. It may help me with my performance anxiety!!!

Joe G

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I get emails all the time from discount pharmacies offering me cheap Cialis to help with my performance anxiety. I don't think you need our help for that!

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Paul

I'm thinking that mixing tube amps and "his and hers" bathtubs is not a great idea, unless you can make it look like an accident

HOLD ON A SECOND... My stage fright is cured!!! Thanks guys!

Joe G

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I'm up for that and I'd even [have to] rent a hall to do it in!!

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I've never been to Toronto, or Canada for that matter. The closest I came was Fort Kent, ME and Burlington, VT. No stage fright in those days, although I still have a fear of 17 year old Jewish women named Amy! Maybe this is an omen for my acoustic gig!
Hey, I'll bring the potato salad!!!

Joe G

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Just a quick followup, I played for our ACS benefit this weekend, stage fright and all. I followed all of your suggestions, skipped the wine and instead went for the dinner rolls (to help absorb a few of the butterflies). Luckily for me my partner-in-crime evidently has no fear of performing at all, and for what he lacks in vocal abilities he more than makes up for in stage presence and crowd appeal! A great turnout for a great cause. Thank you all again for your suggestions and support.

Joe G

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Thanks for the follow-up. Glad it went well. Any chance to record the event?

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Man, I hope not! A friend of mine was threatening to tape it and put it on You Tube, but he couldn't make it that night. Too bad

Joe G

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they make bbq in canadia? no way. i'm under the impression that real bbq isn't made north of the mason-dixon line or west of texas. alabama pulled pork, memphis dry rub ribs, carolina sweet ribs....mmmmmmm

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Hey!!!! There are some of us up here that understand the benefit of cooking low and long with wood. A lot of folks have gas grills, and I think Napoleon offers an infrared buner, (O to 1800 degrees in 25 seconds, wtf?????), but I, for one, know well enough to cook a 10 pound pork butt @ 200 degrees for as long as it takes.

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Paul

werd. there's some people i work with that are from CA. they call hamburgers and hotdogs bbq. i can't imagine bbqing a hamburger or a hot dog. those are grilled foods.

i like to tell people, if you go to a bbq place and have to wait more than 10 minutes for your food, then it isn't bbq. it means they are in the kitchen cooking it. real bbq places start cooking the meat in the wee hours of the morning. if you have to wait for anything, it should be a side item; and no side item is worth waiting more than 10 minutes for.

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