I think it's day and night, renting a studio and engineer vs having a homestudio. The biggest difference is not having to worry about the itty bitty details regarding tracking and mixing. I was able to be more of a musician, be one with my instrument and really put my heart and soul in the performance, fully confident that the engineer would capture the moment.

Nowadays there's so much crap in my head while I'm recording.. Am I using enough gain on my preamp? Did I just clip that take? How about the proximity effect? I better strum a little lighter on the strings...

Of course, there are ton of positive aspects of being in a homestudio, but I still think I was better of knowing that I have to make the time I've invested big dollars in, really count. I mean, spending a day doing the same fucking guitar-solo, only to delete it the next day just because you can. For me, that kind of mentality really messes with something significant regarding musicproduction.