Hattie Butterworth
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How busking can make you into the musician you want to be
During the summer I’ve been busking regularly in some of the small towns around my area in order to save some money for returning to boarding school (as I like to party ;)) When I first started busking I experienced very similar emotions that I would if performing formally. I would worry the night before…
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A Curiosity
A curiosity comes And then it goes as soon as I realize All I’m curious about has less than an explanation No one knows what I desire to know It’s not for me to ask what or how or why It’s for me to do great, live well Then die.
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Sometimes we all get in the way of ourselves
http://youtu.be/GNc6qTwC7OY I’ve never experienced a relaxed performing experience. It’s always been a matter of hoping and praying that practice will have been enough and that my performance will be a quarter as fluent as it was in practice. This has really frustrated me. How is it fair that I become a completely different musician when I’m…
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The Performance Mind
Hope you’re enjoying my crazy little poems- I write them as an attempt to iron out the anxieties and thoughts in my head and hope they may provide a different perspective for other artists/ musicians. I’m aware how many people suffer from performance anxiety or stage fright and how often the remedies we are given…
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The Artists
Yet another poem to help the days flow by and keep myself motivated on arty things! The artists learnt to love before they could draw. The drawing came easy, loving was the chore Judged, destroyed, rejected, criticised It would seem the love had gone from inside The artists learnt to listen before they could…
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Should I practice or should I just be?
I am much more relaxed about my practice now a days. I have enough time to do everything and can wip out some constructive practice when needs be. But the rest of the time I’ve found to be a struggle. I understand that the time you spend mindlessly repeating a certain phrase can translate into…
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I’m worried that I now look boring when playing
Since addressing the impact my technique was having on my body, I discovered that much of the tension I was creating was from extreme movement of my body and head and neck. I discovered that although I thought my movements were freeing my music, they were clearly impacting on my body in a negative way.…
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