30 Thoughts of a Musician On Stage



1. I'm so excited to play!!!!!!! 
2. Ok time to concentrate, got to look serious. Get into character.
3. I wish I'd eaten before this concert...
4. Wait, did I just see that famous professor sitting in the audience??
5. Was it him? Maybe it wasn't...
6. That bit of hair tickling my cheeck is really annoying me, how will I fix it??
7. And we're off!
8. Hmm, I wonder what they all thought of how I played that chord...
9. Going well so far!
10. NO, don't think that! You'll jinx it.
11. Yep, see - you jinxed it.  Already made one mistake.
12. Oh I love this melody so much!
13. I wonder if it was that professor that I saw...
14. He would probably hate how I am playing this.
15. Ahh, did the wrong fingering! Think I got away with it.
16. Remember the last time I performed this... hope it's better tonight.
17. Hang on... what the hell is the next note... AHHHHH
18. Phew. Thank god for muscle memory. Thank you fingers, for saving my ass.
19. Oh damn, I forgot to defrost the chicken to eat later... I'm so hungry.
20. Ok, the difficult passage is coming up. Get ready.
21. Wait. For. It.
22. Wait. For. It.
23. FUUUUUUUCK.
24. Well, it wasn't that bad! Could have been much worse.
25.  I really love playing music. I'm enjoying this so much.
26.  I'm so lucky to get to do this.
27.  Ohhh it's aleady over??
28.  They seemed to like it! Did they like it???
29.  OK, time to think back through the whole thing and go over what happened.
30.  Please can I do it all again???

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