Music Supplement Dilemma

sageshrub
Sun, 29 Oct 2023 16:31:59 +0000

I’m submitting a cello supplement to most of my schools, and I recorded my performance at a competition yesterday.

The problem is, my recording device gave a notice that it was about to die halfway through. Luckily, my teacher was able to set up his iPad to catch second half of the piece. The performance went great, but now I have two recordings from different angles with slightly different lighting that I’ve stitched together. It’s obvious that it’s the same performance: same clothes, piano, and room, but I’m worried that having a pretty abrupt stitch mid-bow might be distracting.

Rerecording would be a) expensive and b) super stressful since November 1st is right around the corner, but should I do it anyway? I do already have a cohesive recording of the same piece, but it’s lower quality and I didn’t play as well.