This is the first time I've been in a studio since I gave up guitar and bass for mandolin.
I love playing, and thought I was making some real progress.
Digital recording doesn't lie. I suck.
Even making allowances for the fact that I was standing, whereas we always perform sitting down (it's part of the gag, don't ask) and I always practise sitting down, and making allowances for the fact that I usually play through a pickup and this was my first time playing the mando into a mic, there is no excuse for how badly I suck.
"Disappointed" doesn't begin to cover it.
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"De-motivated" goes some of the way.
Thanks for listening.