This submission comes from darkhorse60 and she asks:

Hey George!
I have my band concert next week, which doesn't sound too bad, right? Except it is. Because me and my friend have to perform a couple songs in front of everyone! Our teacher said that we sounded good when we were jamming on our own and should get up and perform but I'm nervous out of my mind. Do you have any ideas on how to calm myself down during the performance?

This has happened to me a lot when I first started music with my brother at 14, I'd get nervous on stage and Peter would always tell me that it's okay. It was the same thing when the Beatles began when it was the Quarrymen.

What I did, and maybe you can do it too, is that you and your friend can play for your parents, when you're comfortable with that, you can slowly invite more people to play for, and just do that until it's the concert day. I did that with Peter and it made me comfortable, especially when I played for our mum since she was very supportive. Okay, I should stop now before I start crying over my mum.

Hope that answered your question and it helps!