If you or Hollie want some advice, I'd love to get you in touch with my uncle. I sent him an e-mail saying I had some friends who were going into the studio, wondering if he had any advice and he'd be okay with me passing along his number
He's a sound engineer with NPR - he used to tour/record with Beck, he's recorded with No Doubt and The Cardigans (and others I can't remember) and now plays/records with The String Theory. He's a fantastic engineer (before the NPR thing he worked at KCRW, and before that in radio back in the Middle East) with plenty of experience in a recording studio.
Ha. I feel like I'm referring him for a job or something
Anyhow, he's an expert! If you want to give him a call just PM/e-mail/facebook me and I'll pass along his number or e-mail or something