I've been doing home recording. since 1983. I'm crap at it. I always was. its a bit like sex, some people think they're good at it but they're not.

if at first you don't succeed - pack it in. stop throwing your money away.

talk to people whose recordings you have enjoyed - not people with huge recording contracts, just working musicians. ask them where they did it. inevitably, it will be somewhere expensive. but if you care about sounding nice then you have to be prepared to pay someone.

you can get a hard disc portastudio these days that burns straight to cd for about £500. these are great machines, I've got one. that is all you need to pay to find out if you have any talent for this - which is dirt cheap - home recording gobbled up all the profits from my one and only hit record back in '83.

bon chance, but don't let it break your heart.