I am curious how many of you experience problems with playing infront of people. So far I have not yet seen a thread dealing with this issue (unless I've missed it)... I have terrible problems with playing infront of people and it doesn't seem to matter how well I know what I am playing. I can know something backwards, forewards and standing on my head and feel very confident but then when it comes time for "performance"... I turn into a "deer in the headlights", weak in the knees and hands sweating so badly that I have actually slipped right off my strings (I won't mention the time I threw up afterwards)... I have asked the other people I play with if they have trouble and they all claim they do but you certainly wouldn't know it. They also say it will get better with time... Well, I've been playing as many as a couple times a week for about 5 months in front of people with no improvement. Now I realize this isn't a real long time but I woulda thought I woulda felt at least some relief by now... It's getting to the point where I actually tell myself I am NOT going to do this no more, I QUIT! But right back I go... I love to play and I can't revert back to playing in the closet again. Any suggestions out there?????