Behind the recording studio walls

In studio, things are not a breeze. I started thinking about recording in 2008 after getting so much positive feedback from persons who heard me sing during my Colgate University years that I thought, (as I have always thought), I have to reach the point where the proverbial 'ten thousand horsemen', who can't be wrong, agree with me that I should do this. That way I know I won't make a fool of myself if I try. Who wants to be courageously delusional? Not me.

To begin with, I was always wary of being taken advantage of by programmers and producers: financially and sexually. I am a young attractive female after all (the feedback says so, not my vanity). Then, the worst part has been trying to double my lead vocal. I often would sing the same line in two different ways. In nine years, I've gotten much better, but it used to really mess with my sense of self-worth and spontaneous artistry as a singer in the beginning (especially since I was trying to keep hourly costs down).

Making a viable music product for listeners to actually pay for or consume is a hell of a lot different from freely making art, I'll tell you that. But singing is always enjoyable for me, so I try to make it work.