You have a point about goals, FD. Mine are pretty modest. However, it is possible to make a recording sound pretty decent without spending a whole lot of time and money. Not up to a professional recording in most cases, although I have heard some here that were that good, but it makes it easier to appreciate the song's potential. I don't enjoy the technical aspects but I have found some inexpensive and quick ways to make a recording more presentable. If you have too many bags of money cluttering up your garage you can get all this done professionally smile I will probably do that with a couple of songs, maybe more and end up with a few boxes of CDs sitting in my garage where all those sacks of money used to be.