Bentzi Marcus' 1st Time on Stage #jewishmusic #podcast #live #stream #nervous @8thDayBand

When I was in third grade in the Hebrew Academy, they asked me to sing uh solo in the choir. That was the thing in Hebrew Academy. The third grade always did a a choir concert or whatever for the school and for different events around the community. And they asked me to sing a solo. I said no. I was like way too shy. The head of the choir, Rabbi Greenwald, shout out to Rabbi Greenwald, my teacher, he pushed me and he's like, "Don't worry, it's going to be okay." And that was my first live performance, first professional gig. I was so nervous. I remember the first time I had that solo. I my stomach hurt so bad. I was just hoping they cancelled the whole event, you know, like looking up. Maybe it's going to rain. Maybe, you know, maybe they'll just cancel this whole thing. But it worked out. It's a good way to, you know, get over your nerves to just go through it. A quick word of advice, I guess, to people out there who are maybe thinking about doing music and performing and you're nervous and you're scared and uh it's always scary the first time, the first couple of times, but you know, you get through it and then nothing happens and then uh you know, it was over and I was like, "Hey, it wasn't that