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Great thread. Some great song-suggestions, too.
So, in my humble un-edumacated experience, when someone says “play me something”, they have shined a spotlight on both our biggest fear and our biggest dream. (Deep down inside) Isn’t that what we want?– even if we don’t admit it? Isn’t this unspoken scenario one of the basic reasons we’re here in the first place?
But…. for me…. at least now…. it’s sheer panic– (at least when directly right in front of a person or group). I’ve recorded dozens of videos into Youtube and what-not, and that’s hard enough, but I can get thru that OK.
I think MY next step is gonna be VOM’s or maybe open-mic’s at a location where I don’t know anyone in the audience.
Separate, but semi-related, issue- (Please— don’t let this steer this thread away from its original question, though, because it’s a great topic!)- is that I really have trouble standing- (with guitar-strap)- and playing/singing. Sitting is good/ but standing?……… nope. More work on this I guess, but I just can’t seem to get comfortable or have any success at that.