Recording
I got started in recording around 2001, on the advice of someone who suggested finding a way to blend my love of music with my love of computers and electronics. With Joanna's patient indulgence, I bought a basic recording setup, to which I've added over the last few years to form a core set of equipment.
Being a classical/jazz musician myself, I wasn't interested in recording rock bands, but instead interested in acoustic recording, which is a pretty different discipline. Instead of multi-mike setups with lots of post-processing, most acoustic recordings focus on minimal miking in acoustically good surroundings, letting the performers themselves set the dynamics and group sound: the focus is on accurately capturing the sound of the group, rather than creating the sound of the group in post-processing. This is simultaneously more fun and more difficult: it matters where you record people, and there's generally less opportunity for fixing things later on.
Most of my recording work thus far has been a mix of recital recordings (live recording with light post) and some competition/demo CDs (multiple-take recording with editing and mixing in post). I don't charge much, since I mostly do it for fun and experience, and according to the folks I've worked with so far, the results have been pretty good. If you're interested in having your next performance recorded, drop me a line and we'll chat.