The Sobering Results of Recording Myself
I'm putting together a demo video for my application to LA Music Academy. I really need to record myself more often, because I always discover tons of flaws in my playing. It's a lot like listening to your own voice: "I sound like that? Gads!" Even things like timing that get my complete attention while I'm playing sound awkward in ways I would never notice otherwise.
It's a painful process, realizing how much work is necessary just to reach the point I thought I was at. But it's absolutely necessary. I always knew that, and making frequent recordings has been on my to do list for a long time. How else will I know what I sound like to other people? And that's the whole point, isn't it? (Maybe, but that's a question for a very long post in the works.)
Time to refer to the sign and just do it.
Mad Stratter (11 Jan 2008 at 5:47am)
Woah, way to get all philosophical there in that last sentence. I have a feeling that will be a very long post indeed.
And hopefully it comes soon, too, now that I've plunged into an existential, Stratistential crisis by reading this poist.
Mad Stratter (11 Jan 2008 at 5:47am)
And of course, by poist, I meant post.
Joe (12 Jan 2008 at 12:40am)
Yep, it's a daunting subject; the post has been in my queue for a month because I know it's gonna take half a day to write it.