Quality of pre-screen recordings

musicprnt
Mon, 18 May 2015 19:00:20 +0000

My son like GH’s D didn’t need to prescreen Juilliard, because he was in the pre college there. However, from what I can tell I would encourage you with your pre screen to submit as good a quality audio recording as possible, I tend to think that the quality of the recording may hold you back, if the quality interferes with their ability to decide. It is possible to do a great recording using something like a zoom recorder, if you have the right space and know how to use the device properly, setting the gain on it, and also the recording angle and such, plus being able to use a recording program can be useful as well (not to splice takes or such, but you can take noise and such out of a recording using programs like Nero).

That said, you may want to pay a pro or semi pro to do the recording. Pre screens aren’t as long or intensive as the full audition repertoire, and doing it in a recording studio with proper sound levels and such is certainly not going to hurt you.