I'm trying to fight this, though, because without doing music every day I feel...incomplete, lost, disconnected...unfulfilled. So lately I have been pushing myself on my time at night to work on music more, and it's been really nice. I certainly am thankful for every moment I have to do music. Lately I have been taking a new approach to recording, since I have still been kind of disappointed with my results. What I've been doing is making Click Tracks on Finale to play along with. I then diligently practice each part that I'm recording, with the goal of playing through either the entire piece in one take or entire sections of a piece if it is tiring. I make a minimum of three takes for each part and/or section, which will give me some options if there's something I don't like about a particular take, like an out-of-tune note, chipped notes or a bad tone somewhere. I like this approach more, and it's much easier than splicing.
I've found it to be fun to actually sit down and spend quality time practicing other instruments besides horn. I feel like I'm developing more control over them and better proficiency. I find that I haven't really needed to practice the horn parts much, obviously, which is nice. But yeah, I've developed an efficient means of recording.
And I've been trying to balance recording with just general horn practice. I do fundamentals at least half of my practice time, and last night I dug out the parts to Mahler 5, with the goal of really learning them and getting a feel of them.
I also am going to get working on arrangements again. I have a huge list of stuff I want to arrange, not only for publishing, but also for my students when this ordeal is over.
I'm really thankful for any time I can get to work on music. Every minute counts, y'know?
Take care and value music.