Here’s what happened:

It’s Saturday noonish, and I have a Soundwave gig in a few hours and need to get the podcast done before then. So, is the microphone positioned perfectly in the sweet spot with input levels properly adjusted on the R-09HR?

Check.

Music picked out to play in case a song is needed?

Check check…

Ice maker turned off?

Chiggidy check…

A/C turned off?

That would be a….. CHECK!

Cell phone on vibrate?

Big Phat Check!

Dogs outside?

Diggidy dog check!

Parrot upstairs in the study?

….that would be affirmative

Yoko and SanBan upstairs in the bedroom keeping quiet for the next 30-40 minutes?

ccchhhhheeeeeaaaaaakkkkkkk!

Everything is ready to go so, I hit record on the R-09HR remote and begin to worship with music. I just had the piano tuned and it’s sounding beautiful! I feel the Holy Spirit fill the room and find myself thinking, this is going to be the best podcast yet! I finish the last song thinking that has to be right at 30 minutes excited about mixing since this was going to be the first podcast right after a tuning, and I look at the R-09HR and see this:

I know it’s blurry, but it says “standby”, which means the entire time I was playing, the recorder was waiting for me to press “record” one more time! DOPE! In the past, I’ve always checked to make sure it was recording before starting. This time, I was so excited about getting started that this was the ONE thing I completely forgot to CHECK! As you can imagine, I hadn’t been that frustrated in a very long time. But after a few minutes of banging my head against the wall, I realized that it was by no means a waste since my LORD heard every note played, and that made all the time spent in preparation and playing totally worth it. I pray next week will be even better!