Well we played last night and on the first song where Rebecca, our main singer and fidller hit her fiddle, the bow broke after three notes. Apparently it wasn't a good bow, but the disaster was major.
Anyway, that is the way to get rid of stage fright: I had to make up all her intros and solos on the spot and my nerves disappeared instantly- it all worked out. So I'd recommend for all stage fright sufferers to organise a cataclysmic event on stage. Perhaps ask your colleagues to pour some liquid over your microphone ;-) Also, for the Akg stickon microphone users - I just plugged it into the desk and got the best sound I ever had - took the recommendation of putting it between the bass strings, so thank you! Best Robin n Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:04 PM, The Holstein Kid <st...@senatorgroup.com.au>wrote: > > Dear Topher, Trey, Mark & Dawn, thanks for the reinforcement, good > advice. > Music not notes. > > And yes, I have had Mike ask me if I'm having fun. He must have seen > the look of concentration on my face trying to decipher something on > paper :-) > I'm still curious to know if the professionals feel nervous before or > during a show, especially when performing in front of or beside > someone noteworthy? > > My latest trick is a nip of Red to warm the palate and it also makes > all the notes sound much smoother. > > Ok, I'm off to 'let it rip'. > > Cheers, HK > > On Jun 9, 7:29 am, Dawn Bradbury <bluegrassdes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I concur....and AMEN! Mike always asks.."Are you having FUN?" The whole > > purpose. MUSIC-- not NOTES. AMEN. > > > > 2009/6/8 Mark Seale <mark.se...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > Holstein - > > > > > You just have to let it rip. Sit back, smile, and let the notes pour > out. > > > You'll miss some, but you'll hit more of them. I've been playing in > front > > > of folks for 30 of the 35 years I've been on this Earth and some days > are > > > good and some days just aren't. The important thing is to play the > music > > > you like and to enjoy it openly. The crowd will get that more than the > > > perfect triplet you just pulled off. Music, outside of Mozart, isn't > about > > > perfection. It's about feel and interpretation. If you're trying to > play a > > > perfect note for note transcription of a tune, you're playing notes and > not > > > the tune. The music will sound like a sterilized version of what was > > > intended. So back to my original statement, quit thinking and let it > rip! > > > > > Mark- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to taterbugmando@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to taterbugmando+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
