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1. You certainly can review your notes from the previous day, and doing so will probably help you record a better first take – but an additional challenge would be to see if you can remember them without a review as well (the self-testing effect). =)
2. Whether you listen back to the recordings or not is kind of a judgment call. It’ll depend on whether you can afford to do so time-wise of course, but also whether you think it’s necessary. You might already have a sense of what needs work without having to listen to the recordings, in which case there’s no need. But the thing you’re listening for may also be something that requires more careful listening. If it’s a subtle rhythm thing that you’ve been working on for instance, you may have to hear the recording in order to know for sure if it has improved. Whereas with something less subtle, it may be pretty clear whether it’s better or not just from your awareness during the runthrough. Often, you may have enough of a todo list from the first recording, that you don’t have to listen every day. Only when your original todo list starts to get shorter, or if there are specific things you want to check on in the latest recording to see if it’s truly been addressed.