What's it like to preform?

[Nana_Ama]

I'm not sure if this is in the right section of the forum.   I was just wondering what your best experiences of preforming were, and how it felt.  I've never preformed myself although I have a recital coming up in December.  I'm really excited  

-Nana Ama

[Hmoll]

I'm not sure if this is in the right section of the forum.   I was just wondering what your best experiences of preforming were, and how it felt.  I've never preformed myself although I have a recital coming up in December.  I'm really excited  

-Nana Ama

https://www.preformdirect.com/

Hope this helps.  

[allchopin]

https://www.preformdirect.com/

Hope this helps.  

And I thought eddie left the forum...

Nana: I nearly hate performance, personally.  I've never had a performance where I walked away feeling like I did well, so I suppose this is part of the problem.

[Spatula]

https://www.preformdirect.com/

Hope this helps.  

LOL  

Good one!  BTW, did I tell you this? But whenever I see your name I think of the H-bomb, no?

[Hmoll]

But whenever I see your name I think of the H-bomb, no?

When I see yours, I think of sunny side up.

[Spatula]

When I see yours, I think of sunny side up.

HAHAA...lol  

[classicarts]

Good question, Ama.  Share with us your experiences of performing in competitions and in any kind of recitals.  We hobbiest and amateurs like to know.   

[sonatainfsharp]

To me it's like a job--good days and bad.

When I am performing often, I would rather be doing nothing else.

When I am hardly performing, I would rather be doing ANYTHING else.

Performance arts are difficult. You work for 1,000's of hours for 5 minutes of playing (literally or figuratively).

The only advice I can offer at the moment is to perform often and perform the same pieces often (don't do a new piece for every recital if you can help it--but sometimes you have to do a new piece, like at annual student recitals).

[kelly_kelly]

I have TERRIBLE stage fright. What can I do to correct this?