Don't faint...I bought an interface

[Sonic Mountain]

This I find a problem, we have recorded a truckload of stuff ( over 60 original tracks in the past 18 months ) and I have to go back and learn all of the guitar parts I've done.

Yeah it's annoying. I also find myself doing things that I find difficult to replicate after ward. I'm reasonable at playing and singing (I mean I can keep time and melody, but my voice is very ordinary) but writing this way will often let me record a melody that is very difficult to sing over the progression. But really, I'm not any performing at the moment and Garageband is a hell of a lot easier than trying to find a rehearsal space and 3 other musicians to play with.

All good points gents, i have garageband in my Mac but i've never really used it.

Perhaps it's time to start eh?

It's really easy to use and heaps of fun, but hard to explain. Do you have an interface? On the older macs you can just line in without one and it works fine.

Even just opening it and creating a guitar track, you'll see there are a stack of great presets, but you can also fool around with virtual amps and pedals for ages. Add a drum track, again heaps of presets and away you go. The virtual drummer is one of the best things ever for having a bedroom studio.

I've resisted sharing my soundcloud, but I might as well, these are all at least a year old and I'm learning all the time, but might give you a bit of an idea whats possible. The only thing I don't play in these tracks are the Drums, but I arrange them and tweak the virtual drummer. Excuse the mixes...something I've been focusing on improving lately.

If you just want to hear one generic rock instrumental:

https://soundcloud.com/magicbullets/drive

Couple of others here:

https://soundcloud.com/magicbullets