Rehearsing

I’ve been getting ready to record the love songs for my album. They’re not the standard Laura Cohn songs that get played in every set. I have a few of those. It’s fun to play them. For the studio, I have to be exact in timing, articulation, and expression on every song. It’s a lot to think about when the song has a lot of chord changes.

Two of these songs have finger picking guitar parts. “Our Love” is pretty intricate with the changes. My neighbors will probably know the song well after I’ve played it about a hundred times. That’s what it takes to get my chops in shape on a song like that. One song I wrote took me over two years to be able to play right, when I first started writing.

Most of the extreme talent people display is a result of a lot of rehearsal hours. I’m lucky that I can be redundant in my personality. It gives me the ability to play songs over and over again without getting tired of it. That and being a perfectionist gives me stamina. Rehearsing for the studio is different than rehearsing for stage. It’s more work.

Blessings!
Laura

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