1. I'm tired. I think continual listening, especially when checking for pitch, may be exhausting. Just a thought.
2. Recently, while recording an album, I witnessed one of the most amazing vocal performances I've ever heard. It was a subject so personal to the singer, and delivered straight from the heart/gut with so much passion, that I still nearly cry when I hear it. It makes me wonder why I don't hear or feel this more often though.
3. Some small studios milk their clients dry. A friend told me a story about an artist who started recording at a studio, was told it would take $3000 and 6 months of weekend/evening time to do. A year later the project now sits at $6000 total and they owe the studio half of that, plus it's not even done. Why did the studio keep working on it? How does it get this far? I feel bad if clients need an extra day or two...
4. I was reading some other mag and the editor was going on about how much he loves gear, how he wants to buy all this stuff, and what a tempting gear-fest the trade shows are (NAMM, AES, etc). I realized how little I care about that shit. When I walk around these trade shows I see a few things I wouldn't mind owning, and a couple that might actually make my job easier, but nothing I'm salivating over. I love hanging with the gear manufacturers and engineers that are there and talking shop, but when people walk up to me and say, "Did you see anything good today?" I have to jog my brain to figure out what they are talking about. Maybe it's just me.
5. I can't stand Steely Dan but I love Pink Floyd. Would someone please take me to task for this?
6. It seems like I'll get in a rut of recording, using the same mics and techniques on every session, and then one session will push me out of my routine. I like that. It's driving me crazy when I'm working on a record and nobody gives me enough input to jog me a little. You know, ask for something nearly impossible so I can try to do it. That's when things get interesting.