today i'm breaking down my absolute best practice strategy into 4 steps.

for about 6 weeks during audition prep, i focus on one excerpt per day. i set up the mic and my computer, and i spend a few hours making the excerpt as perfect as i can possibly imagine.

like, spotless. uncuttable.

i'm cleaning up the mistakes, i'm shaping my phrases, and i'm imagining all the things that an audition juror might hear.

i want every single jury member to be completely confident in the precision of my playing and mesmerized by the musical journey i'm expressing.

and it all happens during self-recording. it's a HUGE strategy for me, and i want to teach you exactly how to do it, step-by-step.

so in today's video, i'm going over:

how my playing sounds before vs. after self-recording
the 4 steps to self-record effectively
pre-excerpt routines and your mental script

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0:00 intro
2:27 step 1: play
3:33 pre-excerpt routines and your mental script
4:32 step 2: listen
6:51 step 3: problem-solve
8:05 step 4: repeat
9:50 final recording of scheherazade mvt. III D-E