Recording nervousness

[Ach]

I found my self playing very sloppy when i know that i am recorded. But if i'm just playing for myself, or on rehearsal everything is ok.

How to stop a recording nervousness?

//sorry if the forum is wrong

[Stumpy]

Breathe

Practice until you can do the songs in your sleep

Breathe

work with a metronome on everything even in the recording sessions

Breathe

[BadB]

It's all in your head, just like stage nervousness. The same techniques to combat it apply.

[Ach]

Actually i have no stage nervousness, when mates are playing with me - everything's ok. But if it is a battle: "Me vs Metronome", i'm gonna give up

Really if i play with click i hear how sloppy i am, and i feel (probably wrong) that i became sloppier and sloppier, if i play by myself i hear (sometimes that i am sloppy but i can control it.

[MarkTAW]

Use my trick and book a rehearsal before the recording & run through the set. This way you're so warmed up by the time the recording light turns on that you quickly overcome the awkwardness of monitoring through headphones and having different players in different rooms.

If you're using that day's vocal tracks as THE vocal tracks, instruct your singer to use it as a warmup and not push so hard. Otherwise treat it as a normal rehearsal.

[JehuJava]

Originally Posted by Ach

Really if i play with click i hear how sloppy i am, and i feel (probably wrong) that i became sloppier and sloppier, if i play by myself i hear (sometimes that i am sloppy but i can control it.

Exactly, my friend!

[MarkTAW]

Originally Posted by Ach

Actually i have no stage nervousness, when mates are playing with me - everything's ok. But if it is a battle: "Me vs Metronome", i'm gonna give up

Really if i play with click i hear how sloppy i am, and i feel (probably wrong) that i became sloppier and sloppier, if i play by myself i hear (sometimes that i am sloppy but i can control it.

Then play with a drum machine. Just something that can do high hat, kick & snare at various tempos, and slowly remove parts until you're playing with just the hat, which is the same as a click.

[MarkTAW]

Originally Posted by Ach

I found my self playing very sloppy when i know that i am recorded. But if i'm just playing for myself, or on rehearsal everything is ok.

How to stop a recording nervousness?

//sorry if the forum is wrong

Originally Posted by Ach

Actually i have no stage nervousness, when mates are playing with me - everything's ok. But if it is a battle: "Me vs Metronome", i'm gonna give up

Really if i play with click i hear how sloppy i am, and i feel (probably wrong) that i became sloppier and sloppier, if i play by myself i hear (sometimes that i am sloppy but i can control it.

Hmm. Sloppy when recording, sloppy with a click. You don't think there's any connection there, do you?

[prattguy]

I´ve found myself very relaxed at certain times, on some other maybe i´m not relaxed but i´m confident with my time keeping and tone, on other sessions everything seems to be wrong. The song, the way it was written, the drums and/or rythm guide is "sloppy", maybe you don´t like the cat on drums. I´m very satisfied right know with the EP i´m working on right now, the drummer is a solid one, his chops are right on the money, doesnt drop tempo (ok...not so much) , melodies are nice and catchy. We did the four songs bass and drums all together, even if this can make you do various takes per song, the sensation of being (even with headphones, without your amp moving air) in the drum booth close to the kick drum, provided for me a strong connection with rythm section partner "Nene" Romero that turned those once acoustic oriented songs into more powerful rock tunes.

To the OP:

You gotta try to make the recording session as relaxing as possible, talk to the engineer, listen to his opinion on things, be smart enough to know what advice to take, is it because the guy wants to make you sound good? is it because there are technical limitations?, have water at hand, a jacket if it´s a friggin freezer (some studios are), and plenty of spare stuff like cables, strings, batteries (if you play passive instruments, bring a couple for the guitards), and the thing that matters most: Dig the stuff.