^ Yes, a spot-on and concise answer to the original question.

There have been a number of times when I've recorded at the request of the performer specifically for their own use in assessing how well the material is working and the performance of the band rather than for general release. In conversation with them about what they were looking for I've sometimes asked which perspective they would prefer to hear: as heard from the audience (facing the stage), or their own perspective while performing (facing the audience). Most didn't really care and just choose one or the other. One is a well respected jazz guitarist I dare call a friend, who chose to listen to the recording I was delivering to him while I was there, so I swapped channels and played a short segment for him both ways. He remarked, "I didn't think it would make much difference eitherway, but that one (the one from his perspective facing the audience) sounds a lot more like I remember it".