Hi,
Just had my first play live at an open mic. I kinda jumped in at the deep end by performing Classical Gas lol :lol: Man I had the worst butterflies ever in the 2 hours+ before going, on but I found, just as people say, that as soon as you get the guitar in your hand all the nerves go away.
It went pretty well - almost everyone shut up and listened unlike during most peoples performancs, which was cool - but I made a few mistakes, probably just thinking "wow, im in front of a crowd, playing. This is cool!" rather than concentrating on the peice. lol...
My advice to those who've yet to play on stage:
- Get on stage early so your not crapping your pants for an eternity.
- If you feel sick, dont ,for the love of God, drink loads of alcohol, thinking it'll steady you nerves. It'll make your stomach worse before it makes your nerves better! :?
- Go for it and trust the fact that you will become calm once your fingers touch the fretbord. And you will wanna do again straight away. :)
...Oh and dont use a lousey gig bag that knocks your guitar outta tune and makes you sit there tuning for ages on stage :evil:
