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Think of it more as a communications art.
i like to think of it more as a social art, playing bagpipes is a social art also. you are playing for people and you interact with people. at weddings you are playing because you are paid to be there plus you get to socialist with the guests. playing at events gets, you are a valued person because you are a piper and your piping is your brand, you are giving your music to everyone to enjoy. my outcome when i play for events is meeting new people and getting my name out there to play at more events.
same as when i go out to meet new people im promoting my best self but i struggle to have the same confidence when i pipe, i think this is because im im hiding behind the persona of the piper too much to be able to bring myself out. so i need to find away to merge the two together to bring my better self out.
I thought you only used "bag-pipes" as an analogy. That's pretty awesome that you do gigs.
So you know already that confidence doesn't exist in a vacuum. You know the saying about Carnegie Hall, right ?
In terms of using your talents to bridge it towards a connection with a woman, you'll have to figure out your own shtick.
while i was piping at new year i had the best confidence i had ever had and ended up almost stealing a girl of one of the other performers of the event due to the fact i was out of my head and having a good time. i spent half of the event socializing and the other half playing my pipes. i spoke to many a woman that night and from then on those same woman approach me to say hey. when i don't have my pipes i don't have the same confidence and sink in to my own head and feels like im a completely different person. the only way i feel i could bridge that game is to play more in public spaces and approach and talk to more people, and push myself to do so.
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