Recording yourself is morifying. However, it is necessary. Should be video and audio. The video will be great to see that the angle I hold the banjo is too high, my fingers raise too much and I have to do something about that goofy look when I play. Boy, am I looking forward to this.

I can personnally do without the vocals. I think this is not a jam but an instrumental workshop. Having said that, if it makes someone happy.............sing on.

Well it was mentioned in class again and I'm looking forward to it. It's got to help right?

I don't see much value in doing audio only. It should be audio and video. I'm just not sure how to accomodate those who don't support video. I guess Dave could be the controller, and put it in the forum as read only, that way it can't be snatched and sent to you tube, like he did with our profiles in the member's area, for us to access only.

This recording business as well as group rating efforts is a two-edged sword, both for the individual player, and the health of the class as a whole in my opinion. This group is very diverse in each person's expectations and willingness to put their nose to the grindstone in learning at a faster rate, I mean it seems to be all over the board, which is OK to me. What might need to be kept in mind is that some people may use this class as an outlet from a very stressed "day job" environment, or may see it as the perfect time to broaden their experiences after retirement, and aren't interested in being brought up to the level of being able to join a jam group and rock along, they just want to enjoy themselves and relax. I wouldn't like anyone in our group to be so uncomfortable that they don't feel like coming back, so I think we should be very careful with any pressure to record, not record, rate, or not rate others. Just my opinion.

Some of your points are well taken, Hogapaws (is that another way of saying PIGSFEET?)