About 5 or 6 years ago, Recording Magazine ran a 36 part series of articles (1 article a month for 3 years!) that was called ""The Compleat Recording Musician." The focus was to take someone from "ground zero" (no nothing at all) and educate them. At the time my head was swimming with terminology that was literally was a foreign language, concepts that I didn't understand but a desire to learn. I subscribed to the magazine so that I wouldn't miss an issue. It was the most valuable information that I had come across.

So I looked at the Recording Magazine's web site to see if anyone could access these articles and what I found was that John Shirley (the original author) is currently doing an updated version of this series on the web site (this time a 36 part, bi-weekly series). Anyone can access it. There are 16 parts already posted so you're friend would have a great place to start their education.

Hope this helps...here's a link:

[url= http://www.recordingmag.com/?do=resources&cat=113&page=2]The Compleat Recording Musician[/url]