Last night my daughter and I trecked through the snow to the makeshift recording studio in our guest bedroom (also the garage). She played with Cinderella while I tried to sing along with the song I wrote in 6/8 time (I will post it when it is done...whenever that will be). In between takes she asked me to put Cinderella's dress on, take it off, put on a different dress, or some other article of clothing. We were each in our own world (In child psychology they call this parallel play).
Anyway, I discovered several flaws in my recording. They aren't major, but they are quite annoying. Before recording I sat down and "mapped" the song out with my guitar. Essentially Iwrote out the duration of each chord in the song on a piece of paper. That way I wouldn't play for a measure longer than was necessary. Apparently I wasn't very accurate. I had an extra measure in several different places which threw the vocals off completely. It will be fixable, but it sure made singing awkward. Imagine going to that higher note as you have always done when you sing it in a service, but the music doesn't rise with you for another six beats. So...time to cut more.
One of things that I learned through this is that I prefer recording vocals and guitar simultaneously (It consumed much of my thought process on the way to work today). This is what I am used to and it usually results in better vocals. It also prevents the issue I just mentioned. Of course, then I get back into the problem with 6/8 time. Maybe I need to just get a drum set.
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