*Concentrate*

Performance is a Discipline.

Years ago, I enjoyed a Trumpet Teacher who used to explain to me, over and over again until it started to sink into this hard head, that if I personally was attempting to enjoy the *emotion* of my own performance, then I was not performing for my audience, but merely attempting to entertain my own emotions.

It took a few months, but the truth of that message got through and has ever since remained my approach.

A certain amount of emotion is good, but it must be tempered with the ability to remove yourself from the full emotional impact of a song that the *audience* or listener is looking to feel.

That's the performer's *JOB*.

When I cannot cover the thing, it is ALWAYS due to lack of proper PRACTICE on my part. The French word for practice is "repetition"...

This advice often sounds harsh, I realize that. However, it has proven itself to be the truth, time and time again.

And the truth, like a lion doesn't need to be defended. Just turn it loose and it can defend itself.


--MAC

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