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Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jul 10 2011, 02:37 PM

We all have problems handling stage freight sometimes, some shows can be demanding, we put a lot of effort to it, and it's important for us to produce a quality performance.

We are now talking about those 10 minutes before the shows. Hands are getting cold, anxiety kicks in.. you know. Does anybody has any special "thing" or ritual in these situations. I kinda walk around couple of times with my guitar, thinking about something completely non-related to the gig.

How bout you?

Posted by: thefireball Jul 10 2011, 02:40 PM

I know some people are not going to like me saying this, but I can't help it, it's what I believe.

To be honest, I pray to God.

Posted by: MonkeyDAthos Jul 10 2011, 02:58 PM

Well all nervous go away after the first song! before that just don't think much about it, but when you do, don't drink coffee you might have a heart attack

Posted by: thefireball Jul 10 2011, 03:14 PM

Yeah, starting and stopping is always the hardest for me, it seems. When some friends come over to hear me play - just out of the blue - I'm thinking, Ok, what do I play? I just go blank for a minute. Instant pressure and stage fright in my own room! I just wear sunglasses in those cases, it's something to hide behind...er, but I couldn't exactly wear sunglasses at church when I play specials.
Song books would fly!... Just kidding!

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Jul 10 2011, 04:52 PM

There is no way for me to stop it if I have it. I just combat it by preparing days before the gig. I also have ritual of playing the set list once home on the day of the gig. That way I feel prepared and confident so the stage freight might not appear much.

Posted by: Cosmin Lupu Jul 10 2011, 08:29 PM

Honestly speaking, I was affected by stage fright until pretty recently..my antidote was this band itself... Voodoo is a tremendous display of energy when performing live, and it turns me into an animal as well.. We always get on stage after our intro is played, that being a part of the soundtrack for the movie called 'Blood diamond' -it has tribal beats and some mixed didjeridoo sounds we incorporated. That always makes the people wonder what's going on, and in the last 10 seconds we run onstage and the chaos begins )) I don't have time to be nervous anymore and after one hour of playing and jumping around, I feel like 3 hours have passed. )

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Jul 10 2011, 08:40 PM

Over the years I learned to convert porch into a positive vibration, so that I can't wait to run out on stage

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jul 10 2011, 10:56 PM

Nicely said