"This is such a good question! I absolutely get nervous on stage! Sometimes its excitement, we call that adrenaline, that creates a nervous energy and other times I have a bad kind of nervousness from worrying about doing a good job. To calm down, I remind myself that I like making music MORE than I am afraid of someone noticing I made a mistake or not liking the music I play. Not to mention that making a mistake is OK, even professionals make mistakes! I also remind myself that the audience does not want for me to play poorly, and they want me to do well! Once I have started playing music, I feel more relaxed because I am back in the mindset where I enjoy what I am doing and I don't have time to think the things that make me feel nervous." -Brooklynne Audette "Yes. Always. I've gotten better at living with it. I agree with Ms. Audette that focusing on making the music rather than on being seen making the music helps. I have been thinking a lot lately about how music demands a kind of humility that I often lack, but that I aspire to. I think to some extent I got into music because I wanted to show off, but music has taught me not to show off. The paradox is that, the less I try to show off, the more impressed I am with the music I make." -David McCarthy
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