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Title: nerves.... Post by: sliprigilio (Al) on October 09, 2006, 04:42:10 PM Hi Dave
I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on pre-gig nerves.... Do you get nervous before a performance? (do you get nervous half-way through?!!) Do you have any pre-stage rituals (including any superstitions)? Do you ever have a complete'blank-out' in the middle of a number? How often do you have mundane thoughts during a gig (e.g. have I left the gas on or this gig is going really badly I'd rather be doing the washing up! Cheers, Slippy ::) ::) Title: nerves.... Post by: peggy on October 09, 2006, 10:32:18 PM Hi Slippy. Luckily I really don't get the nerves much . My most recent attack was the first gig I did with P.J. when just before we went on I thought"Hang on a minute - you aint playing the bass now and you are gonna have to sing and do some spiel in between songs" It was a moment. I have been lucky with stage fright. Mainly, cos I worked a lot with my very good friend Ralph McTell who gets incredibly jittery before going on and it can be infectious. I tend to ignore the fact that there's an audience out there waiting till the very last minute. I have seldom had moments where my concentration has gone during a gig. ( Bladder, yes) However this is not what my friends tell me!
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