My first foray into music was as a (pre-puberty) soprano in a church choir. The common problem of the early stages of learning instruments being boring meant my teenage years had little live playing or recording. I still have 2 songs from that time though, one which I've recently redone ("Mellowed"). I discovered the synthesiser when Gary Numan became famous, and my love of all electronic grew as 80's synth pop did. This gives you an idea of what my main influences are on my vocal music, though my greatest (musical) love is Tangerine Dream.
Electronics were expensive, relatively speaking, in the 80s, and I was busy being a student, doing voluntary work and travelling most of the decade, so music pretty much took a back burner. I did buy my first synth in 1984 however, a Korg MS20 which I still have. I gets used for lead lines occansionally, but mostly for funky noises which I usually then sample. Most early recording with this machine live to cassette are best left buried....
I returned seriously to music making in the late 80s/ early 90s as gear got more affordable, and I had a more stationery lifestyle; the best addition in these years was a Korg DDD1 drum machine which let me do actual song arrangements; it is still used on some songs now as it has an excellent sound and is a doddle to program/play. Virtually all of the songs from the 90s have been re-recorded in the last few years as my studio got more versatile. I recorded 4 songs in a professional studio in 1998, and have even updated them as my current equipment gives me better results at home.
I like to experiment with my voice, and will sample vocal parts, even whole lines sometimes; I used to use effects on my voice quite lot but more confident or something now. I have a wide range, and sometimes even surprise myself; from my choir training I can repeatedly sing the same line accurately, so I rarely use chorus or similar effects as I will just record myself again. There has been times while I'm composing, (so the melody/timing isn't too rigid yet) where there has been really good "accidents" by mixing the 2 (or more) recordings together. There's an excellent example of this on the song "The Beginning of the End". I also like this way of doing duets, listen to "The Sky's got a Disease".
Some of the above tracks can be heard at my Myspace page, others are on my sounclick page -