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Been there girl

Not only is it nerve wracking but I found the response of the amp at those levels necessitates some changes in technique. The good news is that it's just like any other new skill and it gets easier with repetition. Won't be long before you're surfing the sound waves and liking it.

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This is so timely for me btw..I'm singing for the first time in public tomorrow.

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i have major anxiety issues about making a fool of myself in front of others, but i'm getting better

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mom_surfing wrote:

i have major anxiety issues about making a fool of myself in front of others, but i'm getting better

I'm very surprised to hear that Carol because you so bravely got up to play in the member jams every single year at the SG101 convention! You rock!

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Not that I'm in a band,
but I've been in a few short lived ones.
And also playing a song each year at the convention.
It's weird but I don't get nervous.
Maybe I should, since I'm no bass whiz.

But I do get nervous speaking on mic.
Used to be bad, it's getting slightly easier
Over time.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

It's good that you do it anyway. The best thing you can do is play in front of as many people as you can, as often as you can. I used to be afraid to try guitars out in music stores for fear of embarrassing myself in front of other players. So I forced myself to do it and eventually worked myself up to playing guitars in the vintage room of the Hollywood GC in front of Drew and whoever walked in. Don't sweat the mistakes, most folks never hear them. We as players, know where all our mistakes are/were, but the vast majority of the crowd never hears them.

blueruins, everybody has a first time in front of a mic. Just do your best to learn the lyrics, use a cheat sheet if you have to, and sing from your heart. The rest will come. Don't forget, you are singing because everybody else sux!

vintagesurfdude wrote:

It's good that you do it anyway. The best thing you can do is play in front of as many people as you can, as often as you can. I used to be afraid to try guitars out in music stores for fear of embarrassing myself in front of other players. So I forced myself to do it and eventually worked myself up to playing guitars in the vintage room of the Hollywood GC in front of Drew and whoever walked in. Don't sweat the mistakes, most folks never hear them. We as players, know where all our mistakes are/were, but the vast majority of the crowd never hears them.

blueruins, everybody has a first time in front of a mic. Just do your best to learn the lyrics, use a cheat sheet if you have to, and sing from your heart. The rest will come. Don't forget, you are singing because everybody else sux!

Lol...I've played with guys like that

I've sung in bands and strangely that was never too bad as I felt part of a team. But, going up just me and an acoustic is mortifying.

I know it ain't gonna stop me or Carol, because the only thing that feels worse than embarrassing yourself is being a coward.

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Playing live is different to practising by yourself (although doing both is pretty important if you want to develop).

In terms of the technical stuff, for best results you should rehearse each song until the playing is second-nature to you and your band. Be fussy with your band, the timing, tightness, phrases, intros, pauses, spaces and endings. You will always play the song better at home by yourself than you do with a band, and you will always rehearse the song better with your band than you and your band perform it in front of a live audience. Nervous energy leads to little mistakes here and there.

So, at home, keep a guitar on a music stand in your main living room and pick it up and play a few bars of your most challenging riffs on it every time you walk by (which will be several times a day).

Playing live also gets better the more often you do it. Play live at least once a month in a variety of situations - go to music club jams, get gigs, busk on the street etc. Challenge yourself further each time. And make the time in your life to do it. If no-one is organising any events like that in your neighbourhood, then organise them yourself. Making live music takes energy and effort (inputs and outputs). Play in different venues as much as possible. Get used to playing and adjusting to different sounding situations and spaces.

When you play live you become the entertainer, and the outputs from you are a result of your inputs. This is especially that case if you're playing lead guitar in a surf guitar band. Audiences are fickle and they expect to be entertained. It helps if you can put your personality into it, like an act. Interact with the audience. Establish a rapport with them. Let them get to know you as much as possible. The more confidence you portray, the better the buzz back from the audience, and the more confident your playing becomes.

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The key is, don't make them noticeable, just keep going.

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