Does anyone else have extreme playing abilities day to day?

[sixesandsevens]

I'm stuck in a rut where I can sound like a wizard on a recording and pedestrian live. I'm hoping this is because I've really only done studio stuff for four years but haven't had an active band in six. I feel like the biggest hack in the world lately, and it is a bit depressing.

You're not alone: It's called "impostor syndrome" among other things. I read an interesting post about it the other day.

I'm very familiar with imposter syndrome. It may be one of the most common anxieties you see among college profs; I certainly went through it when I had my first class that was totally mine.

Off topic a little, but when you went through that with teaching, what got you out of it?

And I hope the job hunt has improved!