I've got some songs I wrote on guitar and I want to record them to record more of my music, but I feel stuck unless I'm playing on my guitar. Is it better to record the guitar and build from there or try to lay a groundwork and then overdub it for stable rhythm?
it's going to be a very different activity, playing/singing as a 1 person live performer (guitar), vs. designing an arrangement. both processes can be very rewarding, but they're totally different. if you're doing an arrangement i would not recommend starting with your normal solo guitar performance. if you're working alone, i would strongly recommend using a click and doing percussion first. then do temp instruments, then temp vocal, then go back and re-build the instrumental arrangement, then finally re-do the vocal, then maybe touch up the instruments then maybe touch up the vocal. where as, on the other hand, if you'd rather capture the solo singer-songwriter/guitar performance, i would suggest capturing as much room noise as you can