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Re: Concert Anxiety

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-03-31 01:38

Well I don't know if it is a problem of hyper focus or just focusing on the wrong thing. For instance there are two good books on performance: "Then Inner Game Of Tennis" and "A Soprano On Her Head." The "Inner Game of Tennis" refers to focusing on a detail such as the stitches on the ball. If you focus on watching this minute detail of the ball, the ball seems to get much bigger and becomes impossible to miss it with the racket. I had experimented with focusing on an aspect of my sound such as the vibrations I feel as I play. In this way, as Timothy Gallwey talks about it, I think being 'hyper focused' is a good thing.

I also recall Pavarotti talking about being almost paralyzed by nerves as he make the initial steps out on stage, however, once he hears the sound coming out of him upon his first notes, the the stage fright melts away and he becomes only aware of the beautiful sounds that he hears.

You can't stop nerves, but what you do with them makes the difference.

.............Paul Aviles

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