1. I'm tired. I think continual listening, especially when checking for pitch, may be exhausting. Just a thought.
2. Recently, while recording an album, I witnessed one of the most amazing vocal performances I've ever heard. It was a subject so personal to the singer, and delivered straight from the heart/gut with so much passion, that I still nearly cry when I hear it. It makes me wonder why I don't hear or feel this more often though.
3. Some small studios milk their clients dry. A friend told me a story about an artist who started recording at a studio, was told it would take $3000 and 6 months of weekend/evening time to do. A year later the project now sits at $6000 total and they owe the studio half of that, plus it's not even done. Why did the studio keep working on it? How does it get this far? I feel bad if clients need an extra day or two...