andyb1970
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Well I've been playing sax for around a year now, and previous to that for two years many moons ago. I've the ABRSM Grade 6 exam on April 6th (yikes!).
However I have never actually done anything other than practice! To even think about playing in front of someone would make me feel nervous, I think it's complete lack of confidence. Recently I had to "play" when choosing a new horn at sax.co.uk, in front of my girlfriends parents, when a friend was round etc, and I found the more this type of thing happened the more confident I'm getting, actually getting a buzz from it. When I first arrived at the sax shop I was a nervous wreck thinking about someone else actually hearing me!
Anyway I have booked to go on this:
http://www.creativevacances.com/Saxophone-courses.asp
And am also seriously considering this one (thanks Col for the info):
http://musicforyousummerschools.co.uk/easter_jazz.htm
I'm hoping this will either cure me or kill me in relation to the nerves
After my grade 6 exam my plan is to put some serious effort into sight reading and understanding of rhythms (I'm not good at this maybe able to play a Grade 4 piece if given 30 seconds), forget exams for a while and just look at as much music as possible and try and get out there and experience the fun of meeting like minded people etc.
Not sure why I'm even posting this but would welcome any comments.
However I have never actually done anything other than practice! To even think about playing in front of someone would make me feel nervous, I think it's complete lack of confidence. Recently I had to "play" when choosing a new horn at sax.co.uk, in front of my girlfriends parents, when a friend was round etc, and I found the more this type of thing happened the more confident I'm getting, actually getting a buzz from it. When I first arrived at the sax shop I was a nervous wreck thinking about someone else actually hearing me!
Anyway I have booked to go on this:
http://www.creativevacances.com/Saxophone-courses.asp
And am also seriously considering this one (thanks Col for the info):
http://musicforyousummerschools.co.uk/easter_jazz.htm
I'm hoping this will either cure me or kill me in relation to the nerves
After my grade 6 exam my plan is to put some serious effort into sight reading and understanding of rhythms (I'm not good at this maybe able to play a Grade 4 piece if given 30 seconds), forget exams for a while and just look at as much music as possible and try and get out there and experience the fun of meeting like minded people etc.
Not sure why I'm even posting this but would welcome any comments.
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