The wonky hour

On Friday I had my first practice in the studio. On Tuesday we were in the studio for the first time, and learnt what all those buttons mean and how to play and cue tracks, adjust and check their levels and use the mic. I have to say the whole button thing was good to know about, and I'm slightly reassured because at this point I don't have to use all the buttons and Anyway back to my first "alone" time in the studio. Well it's hard! And I made lots of mistakes. In some ways I had a super time, rocking out to all my favourite songs ( I bought some of my own cds in) and sang and chair danced along, but well it meant I got distracted and didn't leave enough time to cue the next track and get it's levels ( volume) right and there were some big gaping holes. You know when you listen to radio and each song glides smoothly into the next? WEll that aint easy, and making sure you turn things off and cue and check your next track ( I could go really technical here but I think it might be boring ) And then there's the talking, that's probably the hardest bit for me, I'm not a big talker and I think suddenly with a mic in my face even bands and songs I usually have things to say about reduces me to a ummming and ahhing idiot. Plus you need to make sure your talking loud enough as well as finding things to say!  Ok there were a few moments where I rose above myself and managed a few smooth moves, but I got cocky and it was " oh my god this song! I love this song". HA, I'm gunna need a lot of practice, but I guess it would be weird if i could do it all straight away ( although it would be really nice)