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Anna Chambers Glasgow
Hi there I am a songwriter and I think performing your own song is an exhilirating experience but also nervewracking.Recently my co-writer and I played a set of our own songs at Celtic Connections and it was a great way of discovering what songs an audience really enjoy and appreciate.In the recording studio it is a totally different experience and you feel safe,in a place where you can re-do songs and go over mistakes.In order to get our songs heard we are going to continue picking up gigs gaining more experience and perhaps picking up a few contacts on the way.

Roli Hope Odeka-----Milan Italy
Good Morning, Performing your composition is the only way to transmitting the emotion had the moment the music was written. I am a complete Artiste that never studied music or writings nor paintings.I am an African born in Nigeria, but could feel and make use of what sensation that I feel without waiting first to be perfect and later learning from the mistakes.My music includes Classic,opera and world music.A few showcases here in Italy has landed me with an Award recently in Rome.I would conclude that music is the feelings that all have and it is enough to write it and show it to the world.I am new to this world,but now taking lessons for my voice,not only for singing but also for speaking because I need a brush up here. Thank you.

Earlsdon Jack, Coventry
What you realise fairly quickly from playing LIVE as opposed to in your bedroom, is that the audience want ENTERTAINMENT, rather than ART. There is (apparently) a good living to be had for good pub bands to go around the clubs playing covers, whereas pure artists tend to starve in their garrets waiting to be famous. Basically, punters out for a beer on a Saturday night want to hear songs they know and like, not necessarily be challenged by intellectual singer-songwriters with their latest alternative offering. I'm not saying this is a good thing or a bad thing, I just think this is the way the world is, and, like it or not, you have to work within that. It's no accident that bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles started out as covers bands playing the circuits, and then gradually started dropping their own material in amongst the covers. Gradually, their own songs became well known, and the rest is history. Obviously, you need to be able to PLAY your chosen instrument to a relatively high standard - although that is do-able with a couple of years' practice (even teenage boy and girl bands manage to do that) before embarking out in front of an audience.

Ian Ondine / Wakefield
Yes performing is important but make sure you're damn good before you attempt to play live & if your'e playing to one man & his dog at the Aigburth Arms imagine you're at the 100 club, it's your time up there.

mark keyton martigne ferchaud france
Performing is everything. It tests you, it tests the songs and you progress even if you dont feel as though you are. Good nights, bad nights they both help you and perhaps busking is the best way to start. Although starting the first song is the hardest bit.