Now the ol' bobert agrees with Tweed. A little lubrication helps. Now "little" is a relative term. Now four ounces of Crown Royal might be a tad to much fir me but now the Tweezer, he's been known to put that much on his breakfast cereal. Now I don't do much performing anymore but there was a time when I went at it pretty good and there are a few tricks. Sophocleese brought up one important one. Start with the song that you could do in you sleep. And if it's got some emotion to it all the better 'cause by the end of it you will have worked out the nerviousness. Another trick is in your intro to the song. Here you have an opportunity to tell a little story and you can mix in a little self defracation. "Danged, you all as nervious as me?" or "Anyone else here who just threw up in the bathroom?" Talk about the song you are going to lead off with and as you do you'll find yourself relaxing. Right, Tweed? Tweed? Danged, the boy used to be able to handle 4 shots. Look at Tweezer over in the corner fast asleep.... TWEED!