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I never have my songs memorized at the time I record them…. they’re too “new”. So I have to be able to see the TAB version as I record it- (if for no other reason…. just as a security blanket). I’ve tried a few things such as placing the material in the same general “direction-of-view” as the camera, and also the neck of my guitar- that way I don’t have to turn my head, looking back and forth between things…. (believe it or not, it works for me…). And then, I have to hit the “record” button on my laptop- (also– in time with my headphones-only metronome going-on). There’s just a lot of things happening in a short time– (at the start especially). So not only are my eyes goin’ all over the place/ so are my hands….
Maybe it’ll all get better with more experience. I just gotta chuckle about it – (and also swear a bit at times). Gotta love it when you flub-up the last line or bar in an otherwise, pretty-good recording.