That’s very cool. Being recorded is probably less stressful for certain people. Or maybe it helps if you start doing it early. Depending on how detail-obsessed one is, being recorded has that sense of permanence to every note, like you can’t take it back and if you mess up you may as well start all over again. I figure this is a similar feeling like when a teacher’s eyes are on you. You definitely have a head start if you already feel comfortable playing with a microphone on.
That paralysis you feel in front of your teacher may be a different kind of block. It’s totally understandable since a camera is an inanimate object, and your teacher is a knowledgeable drummer. Also the stakes seem pretty high cuz he’s watching
you very intently and thinking about your technique and you must be wondering if you appear to be any "better" than you were last week. What a nightmare, lol.
We should have a laugh at it too, and we should probably just relax. It’s not like the teacher is gonna go and tell the other drum teachers about this one terrible student he has who definitely isn’t ‘the one’.
A little bit of Zen mixed with some Captain Obvious here, but I figure drum teachers would probably be
most impressed if their students were at least relaxed while playing in front of them, whatever level the student is at.
But that's also very observant of you. It's hard enough to focus on your technique and your sound let alone posture and the way you look when you are moving around the kit. When and if you start making drumming videos to share, its surprising how many annoying little things you notice. Things like your posture of course, and the faces you might be making when you mess up. Even the clutter in the background or the angle of the camera or just the way your socks look, lol.