I think people like the warts and all approach to youtube. With soundcloud there's always the question of how much editing has gone on. It makes us feel better to see other players in the raw.
Not sure where I stand on the rights and wrongs of editing recordings. Professional musicians do this all the time. For me Soundcloud is primarily a tool for recording my progress with morris tunes and sharing these with team officers so there would be no point in recording other than warts-and-all performances, and it shows, but I am happy with that.
Should have said it makes
ME feel better to see players in the raw. No hint of criticism about those who use Soundcloud intended - I've done several myself - but in
my case it's because I know I need to edit the playing. I've played on quite a few CDs as a clarinet player, over 1200 in fact, with some great players, and although I only every bought one or two of them I do now look out for cheap copies in charity shops (thought twice about posting this as I am here as a melodeon learner, not an ex clarinettist). Those recordings did of course benefit from having recording engineers who did nothing else all day long. So I've nothing against editing per se. I do want to learn as I watch - subtleties of technique etc. I also get involved in the piece so much more if I can see it happening.
