[HiC]

I was fooling around recording myself playing this short piece which
you'll recognize as a very imperfect rendition of the CBS Sunday
Morning theme - "Abblasen". I was dismayed to discover a brittle
raspiness in my tone that wasn't previously obvious to me from behind
the horn. You can hear it particularly on the ascending double-tongued
line in the middle from about :08 - :12. Gaaah! Quite a dismaying
revelation. This, as with all "legit" playing is supposed to sound
silky smooth.

Have you ever heard something like this being caused by the mic or is
it really just reporting back what I'm doing? Dang, need to do some
serious woodshedding to iron this out.

Here's the recording in question.


http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/...8/abblasen.mp3