Overcoming Performance Anxiety (+ guided meditation)

👉 Video Chapters
00:00 Stage Anxiety: Justin's Experience
01:00 The Science Behind Stage Fright
03:22 Unleash the PERFORMER in You!
03:58 Guided Meditation with Cortney McDermott

[justinguitar]

🎁 Free AUDIO for the Guided Meditation here:

[Troubleclef]

Meditation is everything! I was about to put on a big show, everything about it was never done here. When performing, I always become a bundle of tied up nerves while my outside appears perfectly calm. When going to bed the night before, my guides told me, “there’s not a single person there who can do what you’re about to do.” That totally cured the nerves. I never realized that. I also realized my nerves were stemming from fear of being judged...and by others who can’t even do it at all!

[MonsieurC]

Man, I seem to be hopeless ! Even this video is making me slightly nervous. I get nervous because of fear of bad performance, but even more because I have fear of stage fright and its physical and mental effects on my performance, and so I get stage fright. It's like a vicious circle.

[sujayanarula]

Thank you both so much, it might help some day😊🙏🏽💐

[StevenShults]

Heheh, When I saw the notification "Stage Fright? Check this out", I mistakenly assumed it was a How To Play video for The Band's song, Stage Fright. 🙂 But the actual the content of this vid is great. (Before becoming a parent, I spent 25 years acting on stage, and the advice to reframe nervousness as excitement is the very advice I give to fellow actors who are struggling with it. Great stuff!)

[frankortega]

Great advice Justin.
I too discovered that nervousness before gigs was actually my mind and body telling me that I was “ready” to perform. So, by changing how I looked at those symptoms, I changed how I reacted to them thereby overcoming stage fright.

[chiefbrody]

so glad you are addressing this, thank you

[AllisonMertenMusician]

The information you provided in this video and the meditation were extremely helpful. Thank you so much for sharing! 💙

[dafne_rdz]

this made me cry 🥹 and release the nervousness I was carrying 😊 thanks a lot!

[andytinganyang]

One of the most helpful videos I’ve seen! Thank you so much

[Joe-ntxb]

Thank you for addressing this topic Justin, it has definitely helped me... And thanks for all you do!😃🎸

[Loganrgk]

Such a great video. The power of reframing is so simple, yet so effective!! Thank you for helping musicians on their path <3

[VinnieVeneer]

Hey thanks for this Justin. This is great. I’ve been reframing anxieties in my life to be excitement for years, and it really works. Most of my life, I was afraid of heights. But when I lived on a sailboat, I had to hoist myself to the top of the mast sitting on a small board, practically swinging free (I had a safety rope tied to me). It was scary at first but wow! The view was amazing. Shortly thereafter, I tried a roller coaster that I had chickened out on several times. I love roller coasters but this one went super fast and then straight up and hovered at the top for second or two before coming straight down. Finally, I got the nerve to try it and wow … it was the best! I was a classroom teacher for years so I’m used to standing in front of crowds and speaking. But I do get anxious when I think of singing. But I’m not there yet really. Once I have stronger skills, I will try to sing and play at the same time and then try this technique of thinking of performance as play and anxiety as excitement! Thanks! Carry on!

[conkirk]

Justin & Crew, a truly stunning guided meditation from Cortney... with gorgeous guitar behind it?! The quality of your content recently is impossible to ignore 🤌🏽 My love and thanks at Christmas ❤️ Stay safe and I’ll see you in the New Year 🎸 Con x

[antonparas]

thanks for the mental health awareness justin!

[rusellpeter]

Thank you so much for this Justin! You've even out effort in mixing her voice differently. I thought I heard some ever-so-slight reverse reverb at one point. Fright and fear have been strange and.unwanted companions for many years. This helps so much. ❤️

[inayatsama]

Amazing man thank you for sharing good tips there..great teacher 💯👌🤘🤘🤙

[MrMacdougall]

So I just started to play a few months ago using your beginner program (which is fantastic BTW) I finally played a few songs last week to my coworkers. I felt all the physical and emotional traits you described in this video. I took myself to a place of calm peace, closed my eyes and played. After watching this video I know I'm on the right track using meditation to harness all the feelings before playing in front of a group of people. Great video and super helpful. Thank you Justin for all you have given to new guitarists such as myself!! Cheers and Merry Christmas!!

[jeffanderson]

I have stage amnesia... I can usually remember the chords for tunes but the words totally escape me. Drives me nuts... sometimes I'll just make stuff up and hope no one notices.

[chesterburnett]

Wow. Thanks so much for these thoughts. I really feel that they will help. Cheers, and Happy Holidays.