She's already heading into college in Fall '14, but I'd like for her to start doing some recordings and just sharing them with friends. Most of her friends have no clue how well she plays. None. She's quite self-conscious.
I mean, she plays that Bach Invention 8 at about the clip that Andreas Schiff manages... and is self-critical that she doesn't play it as well as he does. Yes, this is crazy given that she practices about 2h a week total, but her standards are extreme even by a Perfectionist's worldview. Last summer she did an animated short video using the Prelude in C-- and I'm pretty sure that the judging team had no idea that it wasn't a recording that she ripped from somewhere else.
So I've encouraged her to record and create a private YT channel just for friends and family. Record some of her improv on it, some of the favorite works that she's done, etc. I think that she needs the feedback to realize that NO, most 'mediocre' 14yo pianists are not playing what she plays.
