Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there.
By the time I got to the Paris Conservatoire I was very good at the scales and arpeggios.
I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.
Scales played in the correct musical way are very exciting and rewarding.
It is normal to be nervous.
...I got to try the bagpipes. It was like trying to blow an octopus.