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09-06-2020, 09:28 AM
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I think I've got a composition 'perfect' when the whole thing makes musical sense to my ears. Sometimes that takes years, and sometimes it's only a couple of months. As far as being able to play, or 'nail it' at will? That's a meaningless thing to me, to be blunt. I came to grips with not being cut out to be an entertainer, or performer, long ago, and the day I came to grips with that was big load off my mind. I have no issues with piecing together a 'take' in the studio so that it flows the way I 'accidentally' play it when nobody is looking/watching/listening. It's important that it IS something that I'm capable of playing, at times. I won't edit a solo piece together that I can't actually play. More important is the composition itself. I don't take it to the studio unless it is ready to be expressed in front of the mics. That's my idea of "perfect". Regards, Howard Emerson
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09-06-2020, 12:42 PM
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One of my favorite comments comes from a old Phil Keaggy VHS instructional tape - remember those? where he talked about "the myth of the perfect performance". I figure if someone like Phil never gets it perfect, I can also live with a bit of imperfection.
How long does it take to get a song good enough to perform and/or record? Really depends on the song I have tunes I wrote or arranged that I performed or recorded with a few days. I have others I've been trying and failing to nail for years...
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09-06-2020, 01:21 PM
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One person's opinion of "perfect" is different from that of someone else's and IMO the bar of "perfection" for live playing is at a different height than that for a final recording.
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09-06-2020, 03:29 PM
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Some great advice here!
I kind of view the performance/recording issue as almost one in the same. I try to get my tunes together as "performance ready" before I record them. Nearly 100% are "best single take" with no splicing or "punch in". It's just kind of the way I roll with this. I home record....no studio.....so I have the time to get it is good as it can be, which by the way is never "perfect". How long?? Weeks to months.......I have one now that's been 6-8 months.....working out a few things and more importantly which guitar will do the best by way of this tune. So a lot of "auditioning" going on with this as well as practice. Often waiting brings in a little change here and there that's better to my ears. IMO it's worth the wait!
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