Hearing oneself (and getting disappointed)...

One of the things that I am trying to do these days is to try to record myself playing piano and singing. So, I bought a relatively cheap digital 4-track recorder/mixer, a microphone with a stand.

Frankly, I've never recorded myself playing piano. I think I might have recorded my voice, but that was a long, a very long time ago. So, I didn't actually realize how bad I was. I mean, I thought I sounded pretty good when I was playing piano by myself (and singing sometimes).

Since I was recording for the first time, I picked a tune that I was quite comfortable with (or so I thought). So, press "record" and happily I finish playing the tune. Okay, so let's hear what it sounds like. And then what I hear is this uneven tempo thingy without much regard for dynamics. :p

I... just... couldn't... listen... to... myself... It was very disappointing. I mean, I haven't practiced for a while, so definitely I need practice, but I realized that I must have been deluding myself all these times. :)

Anyway, I am off the piano and recording for a while. I learned that it requires quite a bit of more practices for recording and that hearing myself recorded will help me (eventually) get better at piano.