Lots of great advice here and I can add something not said yet...be ready for distractions, external (people walking by, etc), and internal (your mind is on a problem or you are anxious about something coming up in your life). Tell yourself in advance, to ignore the distractions, to put them off as soon as they rear their ugly head. Ignore your audience but pretend not to. Like the nervous public speaker who "looks at" the audience but does not see them.
You've been dabbling in those two songs for only 2 months. You love them. So it'll be very rewarding when, with time, you master them. You will perform them beautifully, whether perfectly or with a mistake or three included that will go unnoticed by all but yourself. Thanks for posting your thread, it's a very important topic for us.
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Neil M, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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