Over Confident, Under Qualified

I woke up this morning and read what I wrote last night.  Though I don't disagree with what I wrote, I think that I was a little loopy, and will attempt to tackle this more in depth at another time.  After reading my post, I went to my studio and listened to what I wrote last night.  Most of it, I still loved.  But I almost fell on the floor laughing at the thing I recorded right before I left.  I was attempting to do some really "out of the box" cello stuff for the final section of the song, and had looped the ending so I could just play over it as many times as I wanted.  It appears that I had a complete lapse of judgement, and skill.  If you can picture an over-confident, over-excited, under qualified cellist trying to be a virtuoso, it was kind of like that.  Eight minutes of "cello solo", not a single usable idea, not a single note in tune.  Well done.

Thanks for reading.

Jeremy

Comments

[stephanie]

i read this post & the previous post... both which i can relate too. i actually laughed a little when i read this part "But I almost fell on the floor laughing at the thing I recorded right before I left." my husband & i are both artists & just the other night he had a similar experience. we both struggle with being able to convey our messages in a physical / tangible way that does the vision that is in our heads justice. we often find that we are forcing it too much & / or trying to make it work without necessarily having all the pieces to make it work.

[Phil]

I don't know, Jeremy. Sometimes the great moments in music come from that kind of unbridled eagerness, whether you have the skill to pull it off or not. Often it turns into something far beyond what you had in your head in the first place.