For years I have wanted to play music badly and I have achieved that goal
Cut to the chase,
I have a computer, A Nikon digital SLR, A fairly nice microphone (need to get a stand) and more guitars than you can shake a stick at.
So as a tech I envision all I need is software and some kind of physical connection between my noise makers and the computer (and cables to do so).
I know many of you have mentioned home recording so what are you running?