Fwd: [Harp-L] Re: Getting over stage fright

["Winslow Yerxa" <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Cathy Storey" 
<cathy.storey@...> wrote:

> I hope to one day be able to play in front of others, 
> but for right now the thought of it makes me weak in the knees!!  
> How do you get over that??  Any suggestions.....??

Cathy - 

We all go through that to varying degrees and have different 
solutions. For me it was realizing that What I was doing was sharing 
something with friends - a story, or a good feeling. Feeling like 
you're having a conversation with your audience helps soften the 
feeling that you're on display and all the feelings of "Why is 
everybody looking at me? What'd I do?"

Also, the nervous energy that you experience can be used. If you can 
channel it into your playing, you can heighten the intensity of the 
atmosphere you create when you play.

Winslow