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I’m not sure why this happens for some, but a) it happens in varying degrees to more people than you’d think (to the degree that I think a bit of discomfort when recording yourself is pretty normal), and b) I think getting nervous for recordings is actually a more useful phenomenon than being totally calm for recordings, in that it gives you an opportunity to practice the skills you’ll need in a performance/exam situation. Not fun, perhaps, but useful!
Do you have a sense of what thoughts are occupying your attention as you play for a recording device? This might be the place to start – i.e. experimenting with singing brain, or seeing how effectively you can get “centered” before even beginning to play. And does the panic/forgetting start to dissipate at all the longer you keep playing, or does it stay the same or even get more pronounced as you continue to play?
