27/08/2025
I think in life we often write off things before giving them a fair chance, and tonight gave me a fun wake up call in that regard.
The past few weeks I've been doing recordings for some drum covers to go up on my YouTube channel, for the most part not being really being satisfied with the what I had just played. I'd finish recording, think "ah that was ok... I think I'll re-record those songs tomorrow/next week and go with that instead."
And I didn't even bother to listen to the recordings.
Fast forward to tonight, as I'm having a mini meltdown because my last recording (which I thought was great) ended up sounding like a trainwreck- the playing was ok, but mics were peaking because I didn't check levels, the cymbals sounded horrible because I forgot to switch phantom power on, everything production-wise that could've gone wrong, did.
So in a desperate attempt to pull a video together for this Friday, I grit my teeth and decided to listen through my "B-Roll" recordings I had done over the last few weeks.
To my surprise, they weren't B-Roll. They were actually... good?
Now here I am, cutting together three videos that I would have never had if I wasn't forced to go back and look at what I had previously written off as 2nd rate work.
Next time you create something, do something, or think something and doubt yourself on it- stop. Take a second, and give whatever just came up a fair shot - it might actually just be some good quality work you almost threw away.
All the best everyone- have a good night!
