[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Jan 20, 6:04*am, "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"Jenn" wrote in message







If it were me, I'd do the following: *Put up flyers at
Wayne State and at WCCC music departments. *On the flyer,
state that you are a RE, wanting to practice. *You'll
record them for (fill in very inexpensive $ amount, or
free), if they will reserve the space at the college.
Send a letter to each member of the Applied Music
(private lesson) faculty, making the offer. *Tell them
that their students (or they themselves) get a free
finished recording; all the teacher has to do is reserve
the hall TWICE: once for rehearsal, once for the
recording. *It need not be a performance. *The student
and/or the Applied faculty should jump at the chance,
especially for students who have their final undergrad or
grad recital coming up. *It doesn't matter if there is a
recording program at the college; for an arrangement like
this, they would charge for the recording. *If you don't,
they will use you. *You can get practice, a good
recording, and you will be helping a student. *It costs
you nothing but your time.

My time is way too valuable to waste time trying to please a bunch of RAO
trolls with a recording to **** on.

I don't believe that was Jenn's point at all, GOIA. You mentioned
you'd like a chance to record to your standards but that you would
have to pay out-of-pocket for all these expenses. Jenn's suggestion
was a way to do it on the cheap.

For some reason she probably thought that might appeal to you. ;-)

The outcome of me providing a recording for RAO is virtually 100%
predictable, and negative.

Since you've already admitted that you don't know what you're doing
and that your recordings are crap, why do you act surprised? You've
already indicated that your own opinion of them is not very high.

BTW, I have far better contacts at Wayne than that.

Then use them and try to improve your recordings. Perhaps one day even
you will feel that they aren't crap.