A Record of Yourself! 

A lot of people have the simple dream of hearing their songs recorded professionally. I've been operating Babymoon Recording out of my cabin for the last couple of decades, having done before that about 15 years of serious audio production (click here to read about larger-scale work). I've particularly enjoyed helping people with little or no recording experience. It's a 32-track Pro Tools digital system that can send you out the door with a handful of CDs of your music.

There are two rates. If you're making all the noise and I'm just recording it, that's $48 an hour. If you need me to be creatively involved, anywhere from playing along on harmonica to supervising the whole project ("producing") and even coming up with arrangements involving guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, and digitally-generated orchestrations, the charge jumps to $64 an hour. A fun project has been working with a guy who hums (and whistles!) the songs he's made. He shows up with mere words on a page. He has enough music in himself to communicate the tune to me--then the fun begins. It's work I love. I'd love to do it with you. (I'd even love it if you were a gifted and seasoned professional, because I record them, too.)

Email me at mp@marvinpayne.com with any questions.

You do have to come to Utah, of course. But then, people have.