Recording and Flirting.

I recorded today.

I am exhausted. But extremely joyful. I know that everyone says it, but it really is always weird hearing your own voice through a speaker. I may have a funny voice.

The process of recording is tricky. I am quite the perfectionist, and I have yet to master the art of recording, and being completely prepared for recording time. It is a lot like participating in a spelling bee when you are just learning to spell. You are in a quite vulnerable position because others are listening, your voice/instrumentation is being singled out recorded and then played back for you. I anxiously look around for some sort of feedback and although everyone says it sounds fine, there lies a slight doubt you may be being deceived. You make mistakes, you correct them. You move on. I am learning a whole bunch, but I wish I learned more quickly because I still feel a bit amateur.

I do have such a great desire to do this for my career, so I am determined to learn everything I can to use this stewardship most proficiently.

In the time being I have the best friends in the whole wide world coming along side me through it all. I really don't know what I would do with out them.

Another funny story. I learned how to flirt today... well kinda. As most of you know... I am not gifted in the art of flirtation. However, the microphone levels could not be adjusted to my volume level very easily so I was asked to back away from the microphone when I sang more loudly and step closer to them when I got quieter. This was a bit of a new concept for me, so in order for me to understand, my friend Chad told me to picture the microphone like a boy I liked. You know... the kind that you really want to kiss, but aren't actually dating, so you sometimes shy away... He said when you flirt with him, and as your volume gets low to a whisper, you approach him in proximity... When you talk more loudly, you back away. Apparently this is flirting. So I practiced a bit, went back in there and gave it my best shot. And, let me tell you something......

I charmed the pants off that microphone. :)

Makes me wonder if the whole reason I have not had the luck with the fellas is because of my lack of knowledge of this "whisper trick." In any case... you honeybears better watch out now because I am now a flirt machine.

.not really.

i probably won't be able to look you in the eyes for a long period of time.

i may hide my head in a book.

and guess what... i am beginning to think that my inability to flirt, tease, and manipulate... is a great and blessed thing.

Tomorrow.. we record more. :) I will practice my "whisper trick" and let you know how it goes. :)