| No one expects a prescreen audition CD to be perfect. (It is rare that any live performance is ever flawless.) My opinion is that the recording reflect the ability of the performer at that point in time on the requested selections.
It may take one, three, or thirty takes to get there. The key is to begin practice and prep well enough in advance to be able to be as close to "perfection" as is possible within one's talent and ability.
Time constraints, deadlines, tough material, recording cost issues may all well seem legitimate reasons for editing or piecing together a number of takes on a recording, but it doesn't reflect the truth.
An edited prescreen may get one to an audition. They may well play a near perfect audition, or they may repeat the same errors they could not overcome during recording takes. Mastery of the material, musicality, intonation, technique, and stage presence are part of the deciding factors in determining those who get in.
IMO, it does however speak to issues of integrity if one is willing to bend the rules to their advantage. The music world is small, and doors open based on one's reputation as well as one's ability.
My $.02, and just something to ponder for those embarking on this journey. |