Geez, this is encouraging! I think you're right; it's the fun of it that should get you going. The thing is, so much of the process is overwhelming that you're almost afraid to get into it. People you talk to always seem to warn you like "Do it high quality or you won't be happy". But part of me thinks that if you keep it simple, there's nothing stopping you from keeping on doing it many times cheaply, as opposed to once really expensively. And hell, I kind of like the sound of more simple recordings. Iwas actually thinking of having a friend do the mastering at his home studio, partly to get another set of ears in on it. Thanks folks. SB