Listen "150 - Embarrassment"
Episode Synopsis
🙅♀️Is fear of looking or sounding stupid keeping you from a successful career?
🙈 It certainly was for me for many years!!!
🤔What do you think will get you more work… someone watching you perform and being like ‘oooof that’s a lot!’ or not even notice you when you’re on stage?
😩Yea ok, both aren’t ideal, but the first version is waaaaayyyy better because they’re noticing you, which means that so are other’s in the audience, and although we as humans are great at focusing on the negative and ‘threats’ (it’s literally biological), for every person that may watch your performance and not resonate with it, there may be another 100 that will feel connected, in the moment and inspired by you 🙌🫶💪
🫥The second version of events, no-one’s feeling anything, and that’s not what music is about.
🧐So how do I tackle fear of embarrassment?
1️⃣ I challenge it, and face it head on
2️⃣ I test it out to check that the fear of looking sill is warranted for SURE
3️⃣ I reframe it in a way that actually makes the potential of me looking silly a POSITIVE
😌Just focus on being true to who you are as a player… FEEL it, the way your favourite players made you FEEL it when you first picked up your instrument, and how other’s make you FEEL it today.
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🙈 It certainly was for me for many years!!!
🤔What do you think will get you more work… someone watching you perform and being like ‘oooof that’s a lot!’ or not even notice you when you’re on stage?
😩Yea ok, both aren’t ideal, but the first version is waaaaayyyy better because they’re noticing you, which means that so are other’s in the audience, and although we as humans are great at focusing on the negative and ‘threats’ (it’s literally biological), for every person that may watch your performance and not resonate with it, there may be another 100 that will feel connected, in the moment and inspired by you 🙌🫶💪
🫥The second version of events, no-one’s feeling anything, and that’s not what music is about.
🧐So how do I tackle fear of embarrassment?
1️⃣ I challenge it, and face it head on
2️⃣ I test it out to check that the fear of looking sill is warranted for SURE
3️⃣ I reframe it in a way that actually makes the potential of me looking silly a POSITIVE
😌Just focus on being true to who you are as a player… FEEL it, the way your favourite players made you FEEL it when you first picked up your instrument, and how other’s make you FEEL it today.
👀 Check out A Drummer’s Guide To... Embarrassment and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss future episodes 🙅♀️
#ADrummersGuideTo #Podcast #promusicians #musicianproblems #musiciansofig #sessionmusician #musicianlifestyle #sessiondrummer #musiceducation #musicianslife #behindthescenes #musicindustry #professionalmusician #drummer #drums #drumming #lessons #drumlesson #drumlessons #remoterecording #homestudio #remotesession #productivity #ama #askmeanything
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