Olivier
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Posted: Mar. 11 2008, 18:29 |
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I'd say practicing, rehearsing. And then, the day of the event, don't think about it until it starts, so it's up to your entourage to help you there. But actually I think lot of artists like to stay alone.
In my very limited experience, I trembled of fear for the only time in my life during the first measure of Pink Floyd's Shine On... I was playing the keyboard and I used a volume pedal for the first chord, and my left foot was shaking. My fingers were ok, the reason might be that I rarely practiced the crescendo with the pedal. After that during the tune, what's stressful is when you don't fully trust the guy at the mixer, the other musicians, and feel like they think the same about you. Again, more practice would probably help.
On the other hand, I never did anything that I was later proud of without being stressed before or during it. I believe the kind of stress that makes you work hard and practice because of the fair to fail is positive to me. It doesn't go away during the performance though, and probably cause some weird unexpected mistakes, but is positive on a whole.
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