I don't get stage-fright and have no qualms about making video recordings, but I often get unnerved by audio-only recording.
Does anyone else get mic-fright?
I think it's because a staged or filmed performance engages two senses, you can talk to the audience and even video carries certain "live" attributes. whereas audio is just sound, so the performance has to be perfect. Maybe it's also because I'm my own harshest critic (okay, there may be some ladies who'd gladly lay claim to that particular title), so I'm just never satisfied and the process becomes very frustrating and time-consuming.
I'm making an album, by the way. Another problem is that just as I think I've got the list of songs just right, I write another one that I think is better. Perhaps I need a producer, or at least someone with a discerning pair of ears to assist with the whole thing.
Does anyone else get mic-fright?
I think it's because a staged or filmed performance engages two senses, you can talk to the audience and even video carries certain "live" attributes. whereas audio is just sound, so the performance has to be perfect. Maybe it's also because I'm my own harshest critic (okay, there may be some ladies who'd gladly lay claim to that particular title), so I'm just never satisfied and the process becomes very frustrating and time-consuming.
I'm making an album, by the way. Another problem is that just as I think I've got the list of songs just right, I write another one that I think is better. Perhaps I need a producer, or at least someone with a discerning pair of ears to assist with the whole thing.