Ok.. First off hi lol.. i have a few questions one or two.. im not sure yet bc im quikly remembering them from my day.. if you could answer them that would be great.. thanks. 1. Im not the greatest singer.. is there anything i can do to help that out.. i sing to my self all the time hoping it might help.. which it has but not enough. 2. I come up with little rythms in my head alot.. i read that i should use a tape recorder of something so i can remember them. is there any suggestions on what i should use? 3. Whats the best, free, music recording/editing program i can get.. i have kristal audio wave right now but i was wondering if there was anything better i could get. 4. Whats some nessacary things to get started with composing and recording?(other than instruments) things like hardware. 5. There is no five but i thought i would end it on that instead of four.. thanks again for any of these.. actually i have one more.. what are some good headphones?

1) How old are you? You might think about strengthening your diaphragm; a quick Google search should give you plenty of information about that. Also, I'm sure practicing in front of people will help a lot.

2) I have a cell phone which has a recorder feature that is very useful. In the past I purchased a little recorder (which operates with hours of recording time without tape) from radio shack for ~ $20.

3) The best free program? If you have Windows 98, there's an LE version of Pro Tools...

4) A sound card with MIDI support, or if you have more $ something like an MBox, or something with multiple line inputs. If you want to record vocals then a good microphone, good condenser, and a sound-proof room (or the egg-carton closet setup which many home-brew studios employ)

5) I have these and they are awesome for everything I do with them. I'm sure you can find them for $99 somewhere at any given time.

1. i already have a six pack.. bc of two reasons.. i play the trumpet so i have a good strong diaphram.. and two bc im uber skinny lol.

3. i have windows XP profesinal(spelled it wrong, grr..)

4. like what exactly would i be looking for? like an exact product.. i dont have much money to spend but i dont want a cheap little thing thats worse than what i got.. which i dont know exactly what i got O_o

thanks for what you gave me funkymunky.. any more things from anyone else would be good.