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It sounds like adrenalin to me...especially the "loosen up
by the third song" routine...I would recomend solitude and
breathing before you hit the stage. Stay away from too much
caffiene right before you hit the stage. Drink water.
good luck,
-dp
--- Patrick <> wrote:
> Maybe it's just me...(start rant)...
>
> We've had about 5 shows now, and it never seems to fail.
> I spend all
> my time up until show-day on pins and needles waiting for
> the chance
> to play for folks (we're still a relatively new band, but
> we've been
> playing about once a month). Gig-day arrives, and I'm
> jacked, so we
> load up the gear, head to wherever the locale is, have a
> few beers,
> maybe grab a bite. Unload the gear, hurry up and wait
> (we've usually
> play in the middle of a multiband lineup to this
> point)...
>
> Then it hits. It's not stagefright, per se, it's
> something else.
> That loose feeling that's oh-so-conducive to Dick-esque
> speed
> picking has been replaced by a rigor-mortis of the wrist.
> There you
> are, onstage, guitar strapped on, amp buzzing behind you
> at stage
> volume. Yet if somebody were holding a gun to your head,
> and your
> life depended on your ability to play, say, "Nitrus,"
> you're Vintage
> White Jazzmaster would have a new finish of a splatter
> pattern of
> Shell Pink and Candy Apple Red. Not that the arm/wrist
> doesn't
> eventually limber up by the 3rd song, but damn, you know,
> just once
> I'd like to start a set off with a real ass-kicker...
>
> Is it something that goes away the more gigs you play? Is
> it curable
> with a stiff shot or two? Is it nerves? Psychological? Is
> it just
> me?
>
> (/rant)
>
> Patrick
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