Well, I met my goal for the month! I have one piece of music written.
I finally wrote out "When the Bells of Stormwind Ring," along with a simple piano accompaniment. (I took a quick stab at recording my voice to it, but it came out worse than "Lady by the Lake." WTB singer, etc., sigh...)
I feel better having met my self-imposed goal, even it it means I'm making yet another late night post.
I've done a couple of more attempts to record "Lady by the Lake," with only marginally better results. I can tell this is going to take time. Lots and lots of time. I'm discovering I'm not really a patient person. Editing music required a lot of attention to detail, and I can't even get a raw recording I'm willing to put that effort into editing. I keep wanting to skip to just saying, "eh, good enough," when it's not.
And once I have a good recording, then I have to worry about the mixing and adjusting sounds. Yay.
And why does it have to sound so different over my computer speakers than in my headphones??? Not making it any easier, here.
To be honest, trying to record this song is putting a huge dent in my self-esteem. I never thought I was an awesome singer, and I've years of experience in being outclassed by other people, so I'm not totally surprised that I sound horrible after years of no practice or instruction. But what is hurting is that it turns out I don't like the sound of my voice that much.
I'm not very expressive. My voice is very mechanical because I'm concentrating so hard to stay on pitch, not scoop, and all that. To top it off, I just don't like the sound even on the good lines. And I'm not sure whether I'm just or poor singer, don't like my voice in general, or just being overly critical.
I just need to remind myself: I'm getting better. My last recording, while not perfect, was much better than my first. As long as I continue to push myself, it will continue to improve.
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