I take the point about some nervous tension helping the performance, but if you get to the stage when you can scarcely breathe you are not going to get a song out effectively. I have been afflicted by this regularly, but far from always, over my 35 years singing folk in public - and it is not easy to deal with. Experience in my case certainly did not help. At times I have completely given up singing, and I hate that. Sarah Morgan does an excellent workshop on overcoming nerves - I strongly recommend this if you get the chance. Hope you find an answer Richard
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