I haven’t paid much attention to listening to myself because why should I? I can hear myself play fine, what a dumb thing to do, right? So I decided to do a dumb thing and record myself. And how wrong was I?!! Playing back that first recording was an eye opener. I sounded awful!! No wonder my wife has taken to drink. I would have too if I had to listen to me! 🙂
So, the moral of the story is, if you want to keep your partner, record your practicing! Keep your first recordings and periodically play them back, and you will hear how you are improving.
PS I’m in the market for a deaf wife!