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audio & video recording are an essential part of learning any instrument! 𖦹⁂ read on to find out why:

- first off, video recording can help us target and fix most technical issues like posture, breathing, wrist motion, etc.

- for singers, because we can hear our voices inside our own heads as we sing, it’s hard to tell what we sound like to other people. (have you ever heard a recording of yourself speaking and thought it was someone else entirely? exactly!) recording yourself, even if it’s just through voice memos on your phone, provides a neutral, external reference for you to listen back and make adjustments so that the sound that others hear is the one you want them to. ✔️ฺ⋆。

- similarly, for instrumentalists in the process of learning a piece, sometimes we are so caught up in the specifics of making the music (getting the notes, dynamics, expression, etc. right) that in the moment we forget to “zoom out” and really listen to the sound we are producing. for instance, are you clearly conveying the emotion or story of the piece, or is it just not coming across to your audience? is your crescendo maybe not as dramatic as you think it is? your recording can give you this feedback early on, so that you can make any necessary changes to your performance before your real audience hears it. 𖦹 ☼ ⋆｡˚⋆ฺ ♪