Bob,
my niece married a musician who, like many of us, doesn't like to mess with the technology, he just wants to immerse himself in the music. His solution is to cultivate a friend who LOVES the technology part and who wants to be part of the local music scene. (There seems to be a never ending supply of music scene wannabes)
Through the week he works on his ideas. On the weekend he calls the techie over to record him.
He's happy. The techie is happy.