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i have some stage fright before piano performances.
i deal with it via little routines that i have worked out.
the most important one is going blank. other peple call it meditating, but i prefer going blank because that is what it is.
the nervousness dissipates after i get to the piano onstage without falling down and make an initial sound.
the main consequence of all the above is that i dont interact with the audience if i can avoid it until after a set...
comrades i play with can hang out in with the audience, have a couple of beers, etc.: i cant.
i get nervous before academic conference presentations, but it is not the same thing. there is a script. it is in front of me. once i realized that there are no mistakes unless you signal to the audience by your reaction that there is one, i felt much better about this type of public appearance. now i can focus on what a waste of time most conferences are. that is much better.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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