PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT PRACTICE

If you're a performing musician, you probably spend quite a lot of time practising your instrument and your performance parts. You probably also spend many hours rehearsing with your band getting ready for your performance in front of an audience.

Then, to your embarrassment and dismay you mess up, in front of your audience, parts that you had practised over and over and you know you got perfect every time in rehearsal. Surely, I can't be the only person who has done this!

Now, I know I'm alone in suffering from stage anxiety and I also know that it can contribute to you giving a performance far less than you're capable of giving, which is always a real disapointment, not least of all to yourself. So does this mean that all that hard work at practise is just going out the window as you step on a stage in front of an audience?

No, and better still there are things you can do to prepare you for stage performance and deal with your anxiety.

Tomorrow, I'll be covering the steps you can take to help you achieve a great live performance every time.