Staying cool while onstage

[Matt Wildman]

Tomorrow’s the big day. Any tips on playing under pressure?

 

[Ed Seith]

1 drink 10 minutes before stage time to get your nerves through song 1, and by the second song, you’ll relax on your own. Don’t sweat the little mistakes – there will be plenty but no one will care. Smile, make eye contact, and have fun – that stuff is infectious!

 

[Matt Wildman]

Drink alcohol? Lol

 

[Ed Seith]

If you’re not “of age” or you prefer not to drink, then a brief meditation with breathing exercises for calm.

 

[Filip Tomiša]

Accept the fact that there are going to be mistakes because that’s fine. 90% of people don’t even notice them. Don’t look at your guitar neck the whole time, try to look at the audience here and there if you can. Just try to focus on playing instead thinking that you are in front of people. The first time performing is always nerve-racking but once you do it you will feel more comfortable with playing in front of people. Hope this helps and tell us how it went!!

 

[idssdi]

Accepting mistakes is probably the most important. Mistakes will al

 

[idssdi]

Accepting mistakes is probably the most important. Mistakes will always hallen even the greats make them. If you are able to warm up properly before a show might also be a good idea. I always notice that I make more mistakes at the start of the show and that is probably because I have no room to properly warm up

 

[Matt Wildman]

Yea I’m not quite 21 haha oh well

 

[Matt Wildman]

And yea I’ll warm up too

 

[Richard O'connor]

keep us posted on how it goes!

 

[Tory Capman]

Good luck Matt! We’d all love to see video if anyone is recording!!! I make mistakes every time I perform, and guess who notices? Me, one or two other dudes in the band, and anyone in the crowd that knows how to play whatever song I messed up on! Just don’t acknowledge the mistake, pretend like you did it on purpose! Confidence is key, I know you’ll do great!

 

[Matt Wildman]

Thanks guys! Ill see if i can get someone to film while I’m playing!

 

[Filip Tomiša]

oh yeah and if you make a mistake, don’t make a face that you made a mistake, just go with it. Pretend like you wanted to do it

 

[Guest]

Please do matt! I would love to see your performance. Keep us posted!

 

[Lenore M]

If you make any mistakes (not saying you will), but if it happens, just pretend like you meant to do it. Once I told the room, “Just wanted to see if you guys were paying attention!”, (I sang the wrong words) and everyone laughed it off. Show went on smoothly. Good luck! Post it if you can.

 

[Matt Wildman]

Performance went Well, a few minor mistakes but otherwise everything went great. A video hopefully will be coming at some point. Thanks for all the support guys

 

[Guest]

Definitely, let us know Matt. I’m eager to see how you did.

 

[idssdi]

Awesome!would love to see some videos

 

[Jak Angelescu]

It’s so true that most people won’t notice. Put on Good show! People want to be entertained