Performance Tip: Tunnel Vision

When new performers move out of time, it’s often because they’re too focused on themselves. When you focus too much on what you’re playing (monitoring how well you’re playing and where you need to go next), your ears close to what’s happening around you and you move out of time. Relax your mind and body—open your ears—be one of the parts that creates the overall sound. It’s not you playing “on top” of the music, it’s you helping to create the music.