I went up to my studio to practice bass and try recording a second track using Audacity and was having a hell of a time getting my Radio Shack adapter plug to work – I ended up realizing two things I really need to do:

1) Get an AI (Audio Interface, not Artificial Intelligence). I’ve had a few more recommendations via comments: Edirol (now Roland) UA 101 via David Husted’s comment on my “Jonesin…” post and a few others via an Audio Interface & Adapter Guide which I found through an online “paper,” which this blog ended up in (yeah I was Googling myself – not blind yet!), called The Unsigned Podcast – it looks like there’s some other good info there as well. Decisions, decisions…

2) I need to block out practice and writing time so that I don’t get distracted by technical stuff (ooh, shiny). Ended up only practicing bass for about 10 minutes. No matter how proficient I get at home recording and what the quality of my studio and DAW end up being, the songs and playing must be solid.

-Lopside Ed