Ultimately, I want to release something that feels 'professional'. I'm confident in my writing and playing abilities, but I feel hamstrung by a lack of support. I've put stuff together with Audacity, a DAW, and a microphone, but it doesn't sound polished and I have no idea how to make that happen. You can hear an example here: https://solar.credenso.cafe/vibes/ - click on Time
Which DAW?
You could program percussion if you don't have the instruments. You could multi-track vocal sections (and harmonize). Learn about stereo field mixing, basic effects etc (which can be automated in the DAW to more obviously define song sections / enhance crescendo).
Synthesizers and ambient pads could work here IMO. There's a huge amount of amazing fully free ones.
But at least your initial recording is clean, definitely tons which could be built up around the seed.
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