How to conquer nervousness when performing alone?

Sometimes, the butterflies can give your more energy, bringing more life to your performance, but other times it just makes you mess up:).

You just have to perform more, and get used to the idea of others listening/watching you do what you do. If you're worried what they'll think, forget them, and if you do make a mistake, just keep going, in my expirence breezing along is much less noticeable (if not at all noticeable for those who don't know music), then stopping, or repeating a section, or making a face, or whatever.

Sometimes what me and my friend do (not to gain confidence, for fun, but it takes confidence to do so) is at the mall, there is a center "stage" where everybody can see you, and it is a big space. Sometimes we go and dance and sing in the little section and people watch. Usually at the end people will clap, or laugh:). If you live for you, and not for what other people think, you'll find the butterflies aren't as jumpy.

PS-although you don't want to be trembling when you're on stage, you don't want to be completely un-nervous, because then that would me you don't care, and if you don't care, then it doesn't make sense to do it. You know what I mean?

Good luck!

Use it. I love the rush straight after a gig or a speech.

Or lose it - seek help. Personally, I don't want to go down this route. I've become used to it and it gets slowly less and less the more and more I do stuff in front of people.

If you want a full on cure, you need to change bits of how you react to threats. If that's cool for you, seek proper professional help to do it in a controlled environment.

Just don't look up, pretend it is family, pretend no one is there.