What to do about being nervous?

Question:When ever I audition for anything (mainly playing an instrument), I always get very nervous and mess up.
Well, really, I get nervous whenever I'm performing by self in any way. I'm tired of getting a lower rank than I could when I make mistakes just because I'm very nervous.
Any advice?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: When ever I audition for anything (mainly playing an instrument), I always get very nervous and mess up.
Well, really, I get nervous whenever I'm performing by self in any way. I'm tired of getting a lower rank than I could when I make mistakes just because I'm very nervous.
Any advice?

Keep practicing until you can play perfectly while you're half asleep :D Usually, your mind gets occupied about being nervous so much that your mind doesn't have enough energy to let you focus on your piece. What I think is a solution is to not let your mind do it, but master the piece to the point that you do not need much energy from you rmind to play it, so your mind can use its energy making you nervous without you making a mistake.

As you progress playing the piece correctly, you'll become less and less nervous.

So practice really hard and keep playing your piece over and over again.

And remember that as you walk in the audition, YOU ARE A MUSICIAN! Keep that confidence ;) Rock their socks :D.

Pray for guidance, God bless :D

practice in front of people before the audtition, and take on a habit like chewing gum before the audition to calm youself, don't think completely about the audition. i always practice in front of family before auditions for band stuff.

Shot of whisky. :)

take a deep breathe then slowly exhale, do it repeatedly it works for me. and be loud, usually when you're loud you forget that your shy

just take a few slow deep breath and remember that the judges you're auditioning for have had to do audition to be where they are now. they know what it's like to be nervous about an audition.

What I do before an audition is to say to yourself "I'm the best person at this audition. I practiced my butt off. I have sweated gallons of sweat to get here. I deserve to be here and win!"

Or just get a shot of whiskey ;)