153 - Performance Anxiety

🚨 Musicians, if you want to destroy your performance anxiety, then this is for you! 😖 If you’re finding yourself side of stage, with knots in your stomach, worrying that everyone will be judging you, and that you will be ‘found out’ as an imposter, you are not alone! 🙋‍♀️ I’ve experienced all these things in some way or another, and as it turns out, so have other listeners of my podcast A Drummer’s Guide To... 👀 Personally the way I tackle performance anxiety is by noticing what is causing it, e.g. I will notice I’m imagining the scenario I’m about to go into and ‘see’ people around me judging me, thinking ‘what is she doing here?’ ‘she’s not good enough’ and fun things like that. 🥊 I combat it by then visualising the exact opposite, with people glad to see me, vibing with what I’m doing, and me doing a great job! 🙄 That’s just one way my personal performance anxiety shows up and how I tackle it. 📻 In my latest podcast episode A Drummer’s Guide To… Performance Anxiety I also go into how anxiety presents as fear of making mistakes, feeling I should be better, or feeling judged and being scrutinised by others. 👉 If you want to learn more about how I deal with Performance Anxiety and lift the curtain further on all the other things it takes to be a professional musician, aside from playing your instrument, then search for A Drummer’s Guide To... on all good podcasting platforms and youtube #performanceanxiety #sessionmusician #professionalmusician #mindset #visualization