So, I've been doing some hard thinking about what to get my girlfriend for Christmas and her birthday (a bit of a ways off, but I like to be prepared), and I struck upon the idea that singing some love songs to her would be cool, except for the fact that it would only last as long as I would sing to her.

I then thought that I could make a recording of myself singing, and give that to her. I then remembered that I have no talent at making music (be it an instrument of computer generated - and I won't violate copyright laws), and I don't have a microphone or anything.

I was about to go one to another idea, when I remembered that my friend (the Uilleann piper - I posted a link a while back) happens to run a small shoestring budget recording studio out of his dorm (or somewhere over there) at Point Loma University in San Diego. I also remembered that he is a music composition major, and that he has Finale and all that, and knows how to use them.

A few e-mails later, and he agreed to arrange music for some songs I'd picked out, as well as compose music to go with lyrics I came up with, and I could come down in four or five weeks to record the vocals.

So, end result: I am recording an album! And (hopefully) Amanda will love it! And if not, I'll sell it and make money! It's win-win!