im just glad you listened once what i did was put limits on myself. i visited my gf and while she was at work i gave myself 9-5 to do a side of a tape. 404, condenser mic, some old drum samples and a dvd player. both sides were created on two seperate days. about 4 beats within the tape were already made, and i put them in to fill empty space (making 30 minutes straight of new beats is tougher than i thought it would be). also i tried to keep the tape paused in between tracks, and jump right in with a beat going so there would be little silence between tracks. recorded to a $20 radioshack tape recorder