If all rumncoke wants to do is make a simple recording as a means of 'auditing' his/her live performance, one hand-held would do the trick. I use my Zoom H2 for exactly that purpose - when I'm learning a song (to dump the recording via my laptop to CD for playing in the car while I'm learning the words) and also with my 3-piece acoustic band. The band actually did this last night, to record our entry for a local song competition - my Zoom on the front-room coffee table, with U.S. Playing and singing round it. The result was very good.