I guess I'll say something
Vocally, I cross all genres- but for piano and guitar, I am firmly in the Classical genre- for piano, that means Baroque, High Classical, Romantic, and Early. For Guitar, that encompasses Renaissance and Baroque, with *some* Spanish. I just can't seem to get a handle on more modern music, no matter how much I try.
For the longest time I had a Steinway upright passed down from my great grandmother, to my grandmother, to my father, to me, so it was definitely getting long in the tooth, and when I moved out of my mother's house had to leave it there. It is still there... but for the moment only. I think, not being able to transport it economically, it is going to go to my sister. Since then, I've moved to digital, and have a mid-range Yamaha DGX-505. It's functional, but I miss the real keys and tone of the steinway. *sigh*
As far as my current guitar(s), I have a Taylor T5-C1 with a red edgeburst (bought back in the days when I could afford such things), and a 60th anniversary Fender Strat American Standard (bought new- again when I could afford such things). I have a few others, but those are my two of note that I actually use. I also have and play the trombone... but I'm honest enough to admit that I'm not exceptionally good- still have it from the marching band years. I wanted to play the sax, and instead played the trombone, and so never really got into it.
As far as career-wise, it was going well; my teachers were very well reknown, and my family supported me wholesale. But, as the venues got larger, and the strangers more critical- I realized that I have (or I developed) paralyzing stage fright. I remember my first time- I was playing for an reasonably moderate sized auditorium- about 500 people or so... The pieces I knew like the back of my hand and weren't especially challenging- Solfegietto and Moonlight Sonata. Halfway through the first piece, my right leg started shaking so bad I couldn't sustain. Not too much of a loss in that piece, but coming to Moonlight Sonata...
I tried and tried (and truthfully... still try) to overcome it. But no matter how much I try and/or play- it creates physical effects in me to play before audiences if I have the time to contemplate it. If I play for myself, I get lost in it... and the watchers don't matter. But you have to be able to do it
all the time, any time to make a career of any sort.
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