Need home recording advice!

The photo above was taken from Urban Tapestry's recording session in a Richmond Hill studio some years back, when we recorded vocal and flute parts to go on Chris Conway's Alien Abduction CD (you can hear my flute and Allison's and Jodi's vocals on the soundclip from Track 9: "Alien Jellyfish Song"). Chris Conway, by the way, will be the Guest of Honour at FilKONtario in just a couple of weeks!

The main focus of this Blathering is a plea for advice re: home recording. I've been asked to play flute on various recording projects over the years, sometimes with Urban Tapestry and sometimes on my own. I've done recordings in professional studios, home recording studios, hotel rooms during conventions, and friends' living rooms.

Most of these recording collab invites come from people in other countries. I'd really, really like to figure out a way I could do this sort of thing from my basement office with my laptop and high-speed connection. Far less hassle, money and time.

I've posted my details of my current set-up in my Livejournal, for those interested. If you have any experience with home recording, I'd very much appreciate your advice! Ideally, this set-up could eventually be used for recording future Urban Tapestry projects as well. Thanks in advance for any help.

Speaking of music, Allison and Jodi are coming over today in prep for our concert with Franklin at FilKONtario; Allison's on March Break, so Jodi and I are taking an afternoon off so we can get some solid time to practice. We all live far enough apart that when we meet on weeknights, we tend to spend more time commuting than we do in actual practice. I'm cooking Sicilian Seafood Stew tonight, a recipe from one of the Moosewood cookbooks.

Only 15 days until FilKONtario!

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