A curious phenomenon: performance anxiety. I'll give you an anecdote that just occurred yesterday. I was planning on playing a song on my guitar, recording the video, and putting it on youtube to show to some friends. Literally, my intended audience would be roughly 10 people. Yet, when I sat down and switched the camera on...I could barely play straight. The performance anxiety was intense, and without reason. I mean realistically these people don't mind if I mess up, they're probably the most forgiving people I could play for. But yet I played as if I were playing for the president of the United States. It's just interesting how we're wired mentally...how these kinds of things can plague us without any logic behind them at all.
I'll get that video made though, hell I'll post it on here when I do.
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