Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to clarify... The topic of this article isn't so much the psychological challenge of getting used to hearing your recorded sound on playback. That is indeed a long and arguably traumatizing process, and it took me many years to develop a sound that I'm happy with on any kind of recording. I only address that a tiny bit in the first section, mentioning that the source of the recording – in this case, your own musicianship – is still the most important part, and that's a worthy challenge of a journey.
The actual topic here is to help professional-level musicians who HAVE developed a sound they're happy with, and who have likely participated in many professional studio recordings, record themselves competently at home since it's an increasingly essential skill to have as a working musician in 2020. It was heading that way before the pandemic hit, but this catastrophe has crystallized it. That's why I posted the link in this particular subforum.
If an advanced player hears herself on a recording from a studio session, she'll be much, MUCH happier with the sound than she will be with a video or voice memo recording on her smartphone, no matter how fancy the phone is. She won't be able to send a phone recording to her producer friend who wants to pay her to track some parts for a soundtrack.
The actual topic here is to help professional-level musicians who HAVE developed a sound they're happy with, and who have likely participated in many professional studio recordings, record themselves competently at home since it's an increasingly essential skill to have as a working musician in 2020. It was heading that way before the pandemic hit, but this catastrophe has crystallized it. That's why I posted the link in this particular subforum.
If an advanced player hears herself on a recording from a studio session, she'll be much, MUCH happier with the sound than she will be with a video or voice memo recording on her smartphone, no matter how fancy the phone is. She won't be able to send a phone recording to her producer friend who wants to pay her to track some parts for a soundtrack.
