I'm terrible at this

"Yo dawg, that was pitchy."

As I mentioned in a previous email, I’m in the process of recording my backlog of original songs. Some of them I released before on my first album “Morning Worship”. But there is a pile of unrecorded stuff to get to as well.

I recorded a batch of songs on Monday and I’ve been editing and releasing them since then.

Anyhow…

Today I was editing my recording of my song “Meditation & Calling”. Going through my process to clean it up and all that. And I noticed something.

I missed some notes on my vocals. Most of it was good. But it was totally off in a couple spots. As Randy Jackson would say, “That was pitchy dawg.”

You can listen for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTnC1-iW0Is

So why did I hit publish if it wasn’t as good as it could be?

To be honest, I almost didn’t. I thought seriously about re-recording it. But then I thought about something…

You know, if I were playing live and I missed a note. People might notice, or they might not. But I’d have to keep on playing anyway. So what if it’s not perfect?

That’s why I published the song. It’s not perfect. But it’s how it came out on that particular day and time. Next time I play or record the song, it will be different. Maybe better, maybe worse.

The other thing is it’s useful for me to go through the experience of editing and producing my work when it has problems. I’ll think a bit harder about my singing next time because I had to hear myself back sounding not that great. I’ll plan a bit different too maybe. There are a thousand little changes that might happen as a result of this experience.

That feedback loop is useful. It will make me better. I’m grateful for it.

So yeah, sometimes I’m terrible at this. That’s okay. It’s part of the deal.

-Brian