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Re: What do you do to warm up and calm down before a gig?


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Posted by Bolts on March 27, 2000 at 15:29:54:

In Reply to: What do you do to warm up and calm down before a gig? posted by JR#97 on March 27, 2000 at 13:28:41:

I'm usually superstitious about actually playing to warm up right before going onstage. Plus, that's frequently impractical. So I deal with the jitters by running around the block and/or doing some Tai-Chi. Your heart's racing anyway, and some activity like that sort of provides a release for that energy and equalizes the tension, keeping the breath open, etc. I'm usually too nervous to carry on a conversation with anyone which you don't have to do on a short jog!


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