I’m old enough to have had a real four-track. Wow, how things have changed. Now, many people out there have killer recording solutions already and they don’t even know it.

I wrote a blog post two months ago about Adobe Audition vs. GarageBand. I discovered how cool the Mac notebook recording solution is when Leopard wouldn’t work with my usb microphone.

As turns out the MacBook Pro as a quality built-in mic. I looked it up and the less expensive MacBook has the same mic. So that’s it. That’s the solution.

You need a MacBook and… ah… that’s it.

The entry level MacBook starts around a grand. It has the mic and the software (GarageBand) to get you up and going.

Now the machinery of recording is no longer the weakest link in you discovering that you were never meant to be a songwriter.

To recap, if at all you think you might want to record yourself in the future and are shopping around for a new laptop now go with a Mac.

If you are thinking of recording and you already have a Mac… click on that little guitar icon and stop putting off the inevitable.

-J Roland Kelly