What a productive day!!! I was up early to do my one hour of vocal practice, followed by ensemble practice, then ensemble lab (totally awesome as we worshipped Jesus), then piano practice, then recording for Artist Development class!! At this moment I am lying in bed and have just watched my recording. My assignment was to record 6 songs as if it were a real public performance. So here I am in a room with my guitar and mic and my laptop with an audience of one (yes you've guessed it - Jesus turned up!). It's actually quite hard to sing to an invisible audience but I managed to fake it and even dropped a few thank you's after a couple of songs (for the imaginary applause!). I wasn't allowed to edit the video or stop and do re-takes, I just had to make sure I was practiced and then go for it. Watching it back I realised that I tend to speed up which is due to nerves. I did a cover of Bleeding Love and it sounded like I was on speed!! I then followed it with my own song Butterfly which had me playing guitar like a mad thing! Lots of laughs and lots of learning. It's good for me to see that I rush through things instead of just being in the moment. Truth was I couldn't wait for it to be over in case I made a mistake which would make me feel discouraged. I did make mistakes but not as many as I thought and it was OK - I didn't need to stop and start again. I think I could slow down and enjoy the ride a bit more - in performing and life in general.