12 Tips For Your First Guitar Performance – 10th of June 2022

2:02 – Have you played in front of an audience before?

 

3:03 – Have you ever recorded yourself on video playing guitar?

 

4:00 – Are you intending to play in front of anybody in the next couple of months?

 

5:45 – Tip no. 1: Practice like you’re performing, and perform like you’re practicing

 

7:25 – Tip no. 2: Choose a song you love and find incredibly easy

 

8:53 – Tip no. 3: Mistakes are rarely noticed by the audience

 

10:56 – Tip no. 4: How ‘NOT’ to handle mistakes on stage

 

14:38 – Tip no. 5: Everyone who has ever performed for the 1st time is nervous

 

17:13- Tip no. 6: Tell the audience this is your first time performing (even if it isn’t)

 

18:53 – Tip no. 7: Find the right place to perform for the first time

 

19:53 – Tip no. 8: Practice plugged in!

 

21:47 – Tip no. 9: Practice in position

 

23:50 – Tip no. 10: Learn how to recover from mistakes

 

26:11 – Tip no. 11: Practice what you’ll say on stage

 

28:54 – Tip no. 12: When you finish a song remember to thank the audience

 

30:48 – Conclusion

 

Q and A portion:

 

32:44 – How do you know if you’re ready to perform?

 

35:52 – Take a spare battery for the pick-up amplifier

 

36:15 – Play with your own instrument when doing gigs

 

39:00 – Remove the batteries in your pick-up system after every gig