talisman

What?


You know that feeling you get hearing a recording of your own voice, where you say to yourself, or out loud, "God I sound like such a dork!"?

If only it were that harmless. The other night I was doing some twiddling with some tracks recorded last summer for a downtempo take on Baba O'Riley. Since my "studio" is really just a room with a coupla mics in it, everything either of us said or played was easily heard on the recording.

So it was with shame, embarrassment and horror that I listened to the bossy, smarmy, not-too-kind tone that is my voice. The disconnect between what I feel and how my voice comes across is really unfortunate...I remember clearly in that tracking session that I was concentrating on making sure I was working all the software and gear right so that the violinist's efforts weren't wasted, but that concentration comes across as a harsh attitude toward the performer.

Not really what I was aiming for nor intending.