It can be challenging to approach things this way because it is so different from the order society generally teaches us things must progress in. Instead, they are present with themselves as they are. Musicians who have good stage presence are not trying to impress the audience with their expertise. Try to maintain a beginner’s mind, and try to make friends with your incompetence. Sometimes, confidence surprisingly decreases as skill increases (you gain a better realization of how much you don’t know).
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Sometimes, they have learned to perform quite well despite having no clue how to be a confident musician on stage.
Many people reach high levels of achievement and do not feel confident. The underlying idea is that confidence for performers is something that needs to be earned. This is key to improving your stage presence.Ī final concern I hear frequently is: “I can play confidently once I learn to play well, so I should work towards that first.” Choosing a clear intention will serve to focus your mind, and make it easier for you to observe cause and effect relationships between your actions and the results you get. Nonetheless, this is what you need to do. You may object “I don’t have a clear intention yet, because I don’t know the piece well enough yet.” It can be difficult to commit to an intention when you are still worried about concrete details which you know are wrong. If I organize my actions around this intention, then over time, I will figure out how to make everything work. It is far more practical to have the intention of simply “picking up the glass”. Which muscles are involved? To what extent do they need to contract and relax? Exactly how much force is required to pick up the glass? What direction do I need to move my arm in, relative to my torso? What angle should I hold my forearm at, to prevent the water from spilling? If we analyze this movement to the greatest degree possible, we can easily become overwhelmed by detail. Compare this to reaching out for a glass of water. A confident musician has a very simple idea of what the performance of a piece is.
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