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Hey guys I know guitaardocphil just posted on performing but this is slightly different topic....

I'm a 14 yr old guitar player, mostly classical, and I have done some performing for church and our  homeschool group.... not really hard stuff but decent.... and I always find that though I'm not very nervous, I can never put the same feel and good dynamics and stuff into my playing when I'm on stage. I'd think it would be nervousness, but I'm not really nervous, just....you know.... how you feel when you are a kid and you're performing for lots of people. They are solo's by the way.

Any tips on how to get over this? I have a hard time, cuz I have no problem with putting lots of feel and stuff in my playing at home, but when i'm on stage it sounds very mechanical.

thanks

Am           G                           
Stumbling through
                   C
the mess I've made
            G                         
hidden beneath
                   Am             G
a makeshift charade
Am               G
And just how much
                    C
can this heart take
              G
Just how much
               Am
Before I break

Chorus:
Am           G
So here I am
                    Am
bloodstained hands
                 G
Nothing to show
                  Am
nowhere to go
                     G
I can see your face
                   Am
but still not clear
                       G
I can't seem to focus
                   Am
through my fears

My tears streaming down
Colour the ground
A strange shade of rainbow
the thought of free
somehow scares me
forgotten familiarity   yeah

CHORUS

Am
You reached for me
                  G
you took me in
                       Am
You opened my eyes
              C
and I realized
Am                       G
the answer to the mystery
        F             
was standing there
     G
in front of me    Yeah

Guitar solo, than
this to the tune of the chorus

I can feel you  love closing in
I can feel your blood wash my sin
I can feel the awesome power flow
I can feel    and I can know

Am
You reached for me
                  G
you took me in
                       Am
You opened my eyes
              C
and I realized
Am                       G
the answer to the mystery
        F             
Had finally come
     G
I was free

Any comments, critique, anything welcome. The one part I don't really like is the " Opened my eyes, and I realized" . it's kind of really cliche, if anybody has any other ideas for that part they are welcome to make them known.

Ok some ppl will probably think this is a really weird topic to bring up but i'm really curious.....
Does anybody here besides me really like playing in the dark? Like totally dark? as long as you've memorized the piece.......
I feel like it takes away every distraction possible and it's just you and SOUND. It's  like there is nothing but the feel of the strings and SOUND. All around you, enveloping sound.  you lose your sense of vision, which feels real cool when you're playing.
  Maybe it's just me, but I love to pull out my guitar, turn off the lights and play for like an hour.

PLay On!

Ok maybe it's just me but I find tuning from the high E to the low E much easier when you're doing the 5th  fret technique. But for some reason I was always told to do it low to high.
any opinions? would you know why almost everybody does it low to high? I was told by my awesome teacher to do it high to low and it worked better. Easier.