it gets easier, although i still get a little case of butterflies before a big gig

a couple glasses of liquid courage usually calms my nerves

and the fat blunt i smoke beforehand helps too

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[i]Originally posted by EvilTree [i] So what if you fuck up? Someone going to take away your birthday?

haha... I LOL'd kinda hard at this...

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Yes, but only a few. If you have too many you'll just fuck everything up.

i went to see plastic angel once and the one guy was so drunk he fucked up pretty bad.. they had to replace him with one of the local djs later

but regarding the original post you could a) take drugs b) (some) alcohol or c) learn zen meditation.

but the best thing would be just convincing yourself that theres not too much that can happen.. usually crowds don't throw things at you when you don#t get the beatmatch 100%, i'd say they hardly notice

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Originally posted by gzf usually crowds don't throw things at you when you don#t get the beatmatch 100%, i'd say they hardly notice

hehe, yeah that all depends on where your playing I guess, not to add to the stress but people do notice.

I just found that you have to be confident of your abilities and get up there and just enjoy it man. My first few sets at Bass were pretty nerve racking, but I just learnt not to put so much emphasis on it and have fun.

You know you can mix, so all you have to do is do it like you always do.

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Originally posted by Mmanu The tough guy from the cOr. lol

being smarter than the COR collective doesn't mean i dont get nervous when performing.

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Originally posted by jåcë confidence + experience + a few drinks = win

yeah, i hope so! its the stressing beforehand that does my head in. once im up there for a few mixes it gets way easier. dont even know what im worried about, but i still cant help it, haha.

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Originally posted by ASFSE get these pills called beta blockers perscribed to you. they are commonly used by symphony players to reduce stress and nervesnousss.

No don't.
Commonly used by people who have seriously high bloodpressure. The body basically gets fooled into releasing the presure on the outside walls of the arteries to enable bloodflow more efficiently.

One of the side effects of this is that you can get an increased level of systolic and diastolic activity once you are off the betablockers.

Also, with betablockers increased cardio vascular activity can have potentially fatal consequences.

Drop a pill (e) and you will probably have a stroke.

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As you know I have been doing this for years, and for the most part I don't really get nerves unless it's a new venue.
It's all about being cofortable in what you are doing.

What I used to do was to find a group of people and make eye contact with them. Then for the first couple of tracks just imagine that I'm only playing for them and that we are the only people there. (Usually helps if they are cute girls). If you have friends in the crowd look to them and play for them. If they are responding it will feed the crowd and it will open up for you.

Most times now I'm usually more anxious because I want to get on, not for the thought of playing in itself.

Cheers
Dr. Nem

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