Klarinet Archive - Posting 000302.txt from 1999/12

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] stage fright
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:06:46 -0500

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Ed Maurey wrote:

> Edwin,
> I simply think much of stage fright is taking yourself too seriously.
> Lighten up. Today might be your last. Enjoy it!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >> Before a concert I always tell myself that at least a billion people
> >> in China don't give a shit if I play well or not. I figure if they
> >> don't care I might as well just have fun playing.
> >
> >Then, you're all set for a concert tour of China! The US of A, I'm not so
> >sure about! ;-)

I added a "smiley" so that you and everyone else would know that I
intended the message as a joke. I think that with today's technology it
might be possible to add a laugh track, but I think I am too
technologically challenged to figure out how to do it. What else could I
have done?

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu

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