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Re: Prescreening Recording

Author: JF Clarinet
Date: 2017-10-16 08:54

I don't have as much experience as those who have already posted, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.

This last year I went through this process myself. I only applied to one school that did prescreening before live auditions (I didn't apply to conservatories). I recorded all of my video + audio prescreening on my iPhone 6s, and my audio only recordings were done on a zoom h1. My recording equipment and methods weren't great (I kept my phone propped up with a jar on some stacked shoe boxes and edited out me starting and stopping recordings). I made it past prescreening, my live audition went well, and now I attend that school.

In my opinion as long as your tone and technique are clear, a college shouldn't care about the quality of your recording equipment. If they can tell you have the skills they are looking for, why would they care if you could afford top level recording equipment or a recording studio? I doubt schools would be that picky based on quality of recording, unless it makes you sound fuzzy or obscures the visuals. However, it obviously won't hurt to have a high quality recording. It's going to be your live audition that will really matter.

I don't have tons of audition experience, and maybe I just got lucky, but don't stress about your recording equipment as long as it isn't gonna hide your talent. Your skill on skill on the instrument will shine through even if you don't have the best equipment.

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