Originally Posted by: Pilotcowgirl

A big goal for me is to start singing and writing some songs. Does anyone on this thread have recommendations on setting up equipment for very basic beginning microphone amd recording equipment?

You can do a lot with just a laptop, a DAW ( digital audio workstation ) such as Reaper and a basic audio interface. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get started and YouTube is full of great tutorials on how to do most things if you get stuck.

Good luck with it.