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Feb 10 2012, 11:23 AM |
Sometimes the simplest of acoustic strumming parts has gone awry for me with that dreaded red light.
I think the only thing is being comfortable in your recording environment, whether that means lava lamps and your favourite chair, or hitting that record button everytime you pick a guitar up so it seems natural. Oh and keeping a sense of humour! -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Feb 10 2012, 12:19 PM |
Yeah, happens to all I guess, it's human nature Interesting thing is, usually the first 3-4 takes are the ones that I keep, as it progresses towards the end, it's getting worse and worse, fingers get tired. It's important to take a break here and there as well, It happened to me that I pushed to make it right so much that I don't touch the guitar whole day after that, and my fingers hurt. Measure it's very important.
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Feb 10 2012, 03:41 PM |
I know that feeling, and I totally recommend the method Jax posted, it really works.
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Feb 10 2012, 04:56 PM |
It happens to most of us at some point. When the recording buttong goes on, we suddenly can't play something that we can normally sail through with ease. We know why this is.. it's just good, old fashioned pressure. Pressure to get it right, so we mess it up because we're so over focused on it. It happens to me mostly when I'm recording solos. Sometimes I can keep going and work through the frustration to eventually get a good take but mostly, I have to stop and calm down. How about you ? How do you deal when recording fever hits ? Do you just grind your teeth, swear a few times and keep going or do you take a break before having another go ? I can relate. Fortunately DAWs let you loop - in Cubase, I set the track so that every time it begins the next loop iteration, it records a new track. Then I can flip through all the takes and choose the one that sucks least -------------------- The more I practice, the more I wish I had time to practice!
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Feb 10 2012, 06:06 PM |
I can relate. Fortunately DAWs let you loop - in Cubase, I set the track so that every time it begins the next loop iteration, it records a new track. Then I can flip through all the takes and choose the one that sucks least Yeah, looping with precount is a great option to stay with fingers on the fretboard, and try to do it in several takes -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Feb 10 2012, 08:11 PM |
All VERY great tips!!
Ivan, I agree.....usually one of my earlier take ends up being my best!! Dinaga...... I like your approach of "keeping it rolling, and loop the track". I really just loose focus "hitting the record button"!! I'm not nervous, because I play live all the time, but just hitting the button and coming "back" to the riff seems to get my head out of the game. Thanks everyone!! -------------------- Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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Feb 10 2012, 09:20 PM
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I have this trouble as well. Sometimes I can sit and play a solo for something like a collab and play it great, but the minute I turn on the record button I sound and play terrible. Its getting better, and one of the things that really helped me was first of all making sure to warm up properly before recording the take, Make sure I'm in a comfortable position for recording (for me this is standing up, rather than sitting at a desk or something) and making sure I know exactly what I want to play, rather than just trying to improvise the whole thing. Ultimately I think it boils down to experience, and the more you record, the better and more comfortable you become with it.
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Feb 10 2012, 09:26 PM |
The golden rule is more you do it better you will get!
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