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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Quick Win: How to Overcome Jazz Performance Anxiety

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

So you get up to play a song at the jam session and you're terrified, sweaty, and nervous. You just don't feel good. You're afraid you're gonna mess up, screw up, and embarrass yourself. In this video, we will talk about how to get over performance anxiety so we feel confident and fearless. In this episode: 1. Intro 2. Overcoming Jazz Performance Anxiety Tip #1 3. Overcoming Jazz Performance Anxiety Tip #2 4. Overcoming Jazz Performance Anxiety Tip #3 5. Overcoming Jazz Performance Anxie...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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0:17.3

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0:21.7

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0:23.1

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0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.

0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:36.7

So you get up to play a song at the jam session and you're

0:39.3

terrified. You're sweating. You're nervous. You just don't feel good. You're afraid you're going to

0:44.0

mess up, screw up and embarrass yourself. So how do we get over performance anxiety so we feel

0:48.8

confident and fearless? That's coming right up. What's up, Brent here from Learn Learned Jazz Standards, where we help musicians, just like you,

0:57.2

learn how to play jazz all while shortening learning curve, no matter what instrument you play.

1:01.3

Welcome to another quick win episode of the podcast.

1:03.7

We do lots of jazz theory, jazz improv, jazz practicing, and even mindset tutorials like

1:09.4

this on the show.

1:10.1

So make sure you subscribe wherever

1:11.3

you listen to podcasts so you never miss out on anything. Listen, we can all relate to that feeling

1:16.1

of just being so nervous and overwhelmed when we're going to perform, especially after we've

1:20.1

practiced a long time. We freeze up. We just end up getting lost in jazz solos and jazz standards.

1:24.9

And we just don't feel good about our playing as a result of

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