Hey Van,
You have gotten all sorts of wonderful advice and I'd like to add one more thing to an already seasoned pot. Talent is gift to be shared. Too many artists forget that they are giving something to others with their art. They stay too much inside their own head when they are performing and always worry about what the next note will sound like. This type of approach does not allow one to truly BE an artist in the moment because they are BEING a worrier instead. So, in order to change this operating basis, the artist has to stop BEING INTERESTING and start BEING INTERESTED. In other words, don't try to be something for the audience to watch. Instead, be the artist who watches the audience. Care about the looks upon their faces and the emotions you are creating within them with your art. If you focus more on them and reach out to their spirits, you will come out of your head and find yourself creating with them rather than for them.

All my best,
Heidi

"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Paul McCartney