Klarinet Archive - Posting 000164.txt from 2001/06

From: stewart kiritz <kiritz@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] pop a pill
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 10:20:58 -0400

There are reasonably reliable statistics showing that about 20% of
performers use beta blockers for performance anxiety.

Stewart Kiritz
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Glenn" <notestaff@-----.de>
Subject: [kl] pop a pill

> Neil Leupold wrote:
>
> > I assure you, David, it was posted entirely in gest. I don't
> > recommend that anybody "in gest" anything (there, see? ha ha)
> > in order to play well. There were discussions on this list at
> > some point in the past about taking certain drugs for stage
> > fright, and much caution was recommended to those people advo-
> > cating the drugs. I believe one of them was called Inderol (or
> > something close to that). Needless to say, as with all drugs,
> > consult your physician before taking something you "heard" was
> > going to alleviate your problem/improve your performance/have
> > some unsubstantiated positive effect.
> >
> > Neil
> >
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Neil,
>
> Thank you for answering.
>
> Of course many musicians "take something" for their nerves before
performing, be it
> alcohol, drugs or whatever. This is a pity but I'm not talking about that
problem.
>
> What you said sounded more like hippies taking LSD as a mind-expanding
experience.
> It's a one way street into a neighborhood you don't want to be in. This
being a
> public forum, I'm glad you clarified that you never meant to suggest for
someone to
> pop a pill for a better performance.
>
> David
>
>
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