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Re: relaxing

Author: EaubeauHorn
Date: 2009-02-05 17:32

The referenced thread was quite good and much less judgmental than similar threads I've seen in brass player forums.

For some people, performance anxiety seems to be along the order of PTSD; a reaction that has its roots in prior traumatic experience that somehow manages to resonate when the person is in a performance situation. Since I know talented people who don't perform because of this problem, I'd be interested in hearing if anyone knows of a solution that works for someone who has this PTSD-type of reaction.

I knew one person who literally physically froze if he even attempted to play in front of ONE other person. I know another who physically shakes to the point of having difficulty keeping his (trumpet) mouthpiece on his face. Neither of them has any problem playing in a situation where other people are not focusing on their playing.

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