I’ve just spent the last three weeks re-recording and mastering a song I wrote in 2007. Which was about three times as long as it took me to write, arrange, and record it in the first place. I never liked the way the old recording sounded, so it was one of the first I wanted to re-record now that I have better equipment and know a little bit more about the recording process.
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What Are You Most Proud Of?
What are you most proud of? The Bible scorns the idea of pride (Proverbs 16:18, Pride goeth before destruction, Proverbs 11:2, When pride cometh, then cometh shame.). But Aristotle (a much wiser man than the author of Proverbs...) sees pride as a virtue. He distinguishes it from arrogance in that to feel pride is to have a rational evaluation of yourself. Arrogance is feeling proud of yourself when there is no justification to do so.
Making Music
I was once talking to a serious Christian I used to work with who heard some of my songs. He liked what I had done, and was in awe of what must be the power of God that came through my music. “There’s no other possible explanation!” he said. To which I replied “No, the explanation is called practice. The explanation is that I’ve been playing the piano since I was 4. The explanation is that I’ve been working on music my entire life. This isn’t something that just happened yesterday.” Then he just looked at me and walked away.