Over the past 5 years, I've been the recording engineer on about 20 classical, world and folk albums, all of them for free so that I could "learn my trade". 2 years ago, I stopped taking free jobs, and started charging (modestly) for my recording services.
If you're interested in having a recording done and you play un-amplified music (that's what I specialize in), take a look at the Tone Gnome web site, listen to the recordings I've done, and let me know what you think:
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