How did I do on last week's rhythmic poem?

   After viewing the correct way to say the poem I realized that I did it wrong. I thought it was
ta ti-ti ta ta
ta ti-ti ta shh
ta ti-ti ta ta
ta ta ta shh.
In the second line I should have used a ta instead of a ti-ti. As a musician I was sure I had seen and heard the rhythm the correct way. I can read music, but I can play it better by ear so I thought this activity would be simple for me.
   The way I said the poem sounded the same, at least in my own head. I feel like I said the poem clearly and at the right tempo. Hopefully I'll become more comfortable recording myself on video. Last week's video was difficult. I had to remake the video seven or eight times because I didn't keep with the tempo or I was saying the poem wrong or I messed up a line in the poem. Finally, I pulled the words to the poem up in a side bar on my computer and wrote out the ta's and ti-ti's on my phone and read from those. I could plan my videos a little better. Instead of just thinking about it a little first, maybe I need to write out everything I need to say or do. It'd be like a lesson plan for a video. As a teacher I can usually make up things on the spot to say or do, but as a blog video-maker I cannot.

Rhythmic poem

I don't think making videos will ever stop getting awkward. I found this week's blog assignment easy because with my music background I instantly saw the rhythm. Keeping it with the beat when you are nervous, not so easy. Hopefully you can hear me over the beat. I didn't really have anything to tap on for a beat but my computer.

Video Introduction

I could never be a movie star, I feel so awkward on camera.