Could Performance Anxiety Be Causing Students to Quit?

<p>There are a lot of reasons why someone might decide to quit music at some point along the way. But could performance anxiety be one of them?</p><p>Indeed, performance anxiety can feel pretty uncomfortable! And it’s one thing if we still sound pretty good on stage regardless, and have a positive experience of performing overall. But when we get nervous and sound like just a shell of ourselves in performance, it could make us wonder why we keep putting ourselves up there...</p><p>So I was intrigued by a 2025 study which looked to see if deliberate practice might play a role in this equation between performance anxiety and performance success and thoughts about quitting. Check out the episode to see what they discovered!</p><p><b>Additional links</b></p><p><a href='https://bulletproofmusician.com/how-many-hours-a-day-should-you-practice/'>Deliberate practice</a></p><p><a href='https://bulletproofmusician.com/two-things-experts-do-differently-than-non-experts-when-practicing/'>Self-regu...