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Agreed.. about alcohol and the performance....
I think a 1/2 glass of wine to calm the nerves might help with that feeling of utterly being overwhelmed and maybe calm a nerve.
But seriously, I have done some "testing" with this.. I have had 2 or 3 or beyond glasses of wine and had myself a good ole playing session and got out the recorder.
You know cause it sounded so good and I was hitting all the notes.... (not)........
Okay sorry to those who got a "drunk' text performance of me.. LOL... but the next day it was very painful to hear. LOLOLOLOLO
And then I had some "splaining to do....." LOL
I think breathing, focus, confidence and practice is the best tool. ( just my two cents)....
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@cdennyb
shhhhhhhhhhhhh You did not have to verify my post as true. LOL.
and the Godfather track I sent was sober..semi.... so there..!!I really did want to know if it was too slow .... a while ago others had said I was playing too fast.. so I slowed it down. I wasn't slowing it down because I was impaired..... well that much anyway...
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So if Toni/CPO says you are playing at 2:40 on Sat. is that your time or my time?
@coolpinkone
Opportunity is often missed because it wears suspenders and looks like hard work.












Hia @Georganne - if you're looking at the scheduled time, on SJ itself, it is (or should be) already converted to your local time (darned clever, what? ). On SJ, I see Toni's scheduled performance as 11:40pm Saturday - and that's the time she's chosen, but converted to my timezone, which happens to be GMT. So you'll always see the schedule in "your time".
I seriously recommend not copying my mistakes. D'oh -
Please make your own, different mistakes, and help us all learn :-)


















@mad_wed
Hey we understand if you can't make it.. hummmm... hummmm... what could we do.... we could request a 20 minute video of you.... you can post it here on the morning of Fiddlefest to get us started off.... come on, you know you wanna....
Just kidding of course.. no pressure.
"for your viewing and listening pleasure...." "The one....The Only.. Naska"
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So true Dennis! And what you say probably applies not only to noob players like myself, but also to "polished performers" (of which we have a good number here) good as they are - but who may still experience the "jelly" legs / "churning" stomach - or who get an uncontrollable case of the "yips" by appearing live.
Oh - reading that - I can sense folks a-shaking in their boots - STOP TALKING ABOUT THAT Bill - and change the subject..... LOL
Talking of changing the subject - if it DOES get overwhelming - stop - speak to the audience, it'll get them to respond in text - just a minute or so talking about - oh - I dunno - how deep is the snow there now? Takes you mind off it... then return to the task in hand! And don't forget, the bulk of the audience will probably be forum members - so you're really just doing a practice session in front of friends - it's not like you're cutting your first album....
When I started this journey, I would get about 1-in-50 attempts at playing some simple thing sounding "OK". When I did my first video submission, I was down to about 10 takes to get a good one. Now, I'm hitting about 1-in-3 takes - be that audio only or vid. I don't expect to be any better on SJ unless something miraculous happens to my playing in the next 36 hours LMAO.
I seriously recommend not copying my mistakes. D'oh -
Please make your own, different mistakes, and help us all learn :-)












@fiddlestix - Ken - I'm first on ATM and that's 10:00pm GMT - so probably around 3 or 4pm states-side depending on your timezone - just check out the SJ site - you'll see the players' scheduled times there, expressed in your own local time.
Bill
I seriously recommend not copying my mistakes. D'oh -
Please make your own, different mistakes, and help us all learn :-)
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