i,ll never find another you

[Johnny Storme]

thank you dave for your kind advice!! i think the biggest fear is making yourself look a fool!! completely forgetting the words or worse!! i have short term memory,so have to have the words in front of me or i,ll forget them! must be old age!! cheers mate steve

Steve, you have the same problem as me. I can't remember lyrics anymore. I have them in front of me and no one seems to mind as long as they can enjoy the evening. At worse you may miss a line but they don't mind!! I play a guitar... nothing special, just a few chords, and they forget about the music stand. You'll be great!!

[Claire]

my good friend tom talked me into it,and i have been recording numbers ever since.in march i,m attending a yamaha players meeting in blackpool,and they want me to perform for them. i,m shaking at the prospect of it.but they are a good bunch that i have come to know

Hi Steve,

People can be surprisingly forgiving of a bit of nervousness if they're interested in what you're doing, especially if they can tell you're enthusiastic about your work and they're nice too. It sounds like you've got some good people behind you, including over here on the message board, so I hope it goes well for you.

It's not the same as you singers and musicians, but I was terrified the first time I had to do a talk at a conference, as half the audience was well-known people whose books I'd read, it was really intimidating at the time, but they were so interested in a new face that I survived (not that it was life-threatening anyway...!!) It's easy to be your own worst critic sometimes.

Good luck with it!

[Johnny Storme]

It's the same whatever you do in the public eye Claire, nicely put!

[steven sinclair]

thank you friends!! it,s nice to hear friendly advice.if they are as friendly,as you are here i might just survive.if i can get past the first 1min i think i,ll be fine.cheers steve