Why your brain is trying to derail your performance...

If I had a penny for every time I heard someone complain that their performance was great in the rehearsal room, but then fell apart when they got on stage…  It is usually uttered with an incredulous look that says ‘I don’t understand what went wrong!?’, but unfortunately, the answer is pretty simple!

So many people train the part of their brain responsible for playing their instrument, but forget to train the part that is controlling their performance.  We assume that our fingers, lips, tongue or vocal chords won’t work with the speed and accuracy required unless we train intently, and yet we expect to handle the pressures and adversities of performance situations with little to no training at all.  This wouldn’t be such a big deal if we were naturally equipped to handle the pressures of performance - but we aren’t!  Let me explain…

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