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Here are some tips to help you...
1 - Know your material and your performances upside down and backwards. You have to be able to play your songs and not mess up under any situation, and
way to do that is to KNOW them well ... memorization ... playing a song and working out each and every measure of it until you know it blind-folded. Then, if something bizarre happens while you're in middle of a performance, muscle-memory and instinct will take over and you won't be thrown.
2 - Know your strengths ... know which songs are "yours" and which songs aren't. In effect, build a really strong set list. When someone like Bruce Springsteen cuts a new album, he'll record 50 songs ... 12 of those wind up on album we hear and other 38 go to other artists to do.
3 - LOOK unique. Dress yourself in a way that makes a statement. You know from my previous posts that I believe in dressing way you always dress; to not be pretentious or something you're not ... but that doesn't mean that you want to look like guy next door. You want to create an "image" ... just make it an honest one. So you usually wear jeans and a t-shirt? Fine. Just add some accents that make it all yours. A unique pair of glasses (if you wear them), a very special vest, a wardrobe of scarves, purple boots or hand painted sneakers ... whatever separates you from average guy walking down street and doesn't make you look like you're trying to be someone who lacks sincerity or who has lost all sense of reality.
With above going on, you're going to FEEL confident, because you ARE ... and THAT sells.
Hello... my name is Scott Thomas and this is my Contact Page. I live in the Austin Texas area. The so-called Music Capital of the World.
I love playing the guitar and everything that goes with it. I grew up in this cultural music town seeing some of the best guitar players ever. Need advice ... whatever, give me a shout!
If you would like to contact me, please e-mail:
riffmaster@guitarz-for-ever.com
