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Originally Posted by Perna
Sounds like the change in venue, the "new" arrangements (sorry, not meant as a pun :-) are giving you pause? Is this one of your first outside-school sorts of experience? You have a "regular" gig going not at school or really under school auspices, almost like you are out and working as a musician full-time. The forerunner of what you hope is to come could be getting your unconscious a workout getting ready for that "unknown" and experiences that could be more chaotic than usual and where you have to rely more on yourself to get wherever you need to be for whatever you want to be doing, etc. No teachers telling you, "show up here at 8:00, don't be late, we'll have a run-through at this time and everything will be all right".
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No, it's not at all one of my first outside school experience. I play about an equal amount of concerts in school and out of school. I play at different festivals around the country and sometimes in Canada and Europe every summer. I did a summer where over about 5 weeks, I played probably over 20 concerts and never in the same venue twice.
The concert is also the exact same situation as at school. I don't have a teacher at school telling me when to show up and that everything will be fine. A dress rehearsal is something that happens no matter if you're a student musician or a professional and I hate them because I don't like playing stuff through before a concert. We don't even have call times at school. We are expected to have good judgment and show up at a good time, completely prepared to go. It's just like how it is here. Hell, I've done actual gigs where I get paid as a professional and I haven't had this issue.
The funny thing is that I am extremely punctual. The odds that I sleep too late and arrive to a rehearsal "late" meaning only 5 minutes early as opposed to my usual 15-20 mins early is slim. And that's just a regular rehearsal, not a performance or even a dress rehearsal.
I can't figure out why this is happening now. I am playing pretty serious parts and maybe that's it. But I have played very serious parts in the past and didn't have an issue... I guess it really doesn't matter because I nail the concerts regardless of what my subconscious is worried about. That's why I keep getting great parts ha