I had a bit of a bastard for a supervisor once upon a time (actually, I have had several) but he did have one very useful bit of advice that I have adopted....
Provide all of the information you can, even that which you consider obvious or superfluous.
What, in the blazing heck, are you asking for!?!?!?!?!?
search under my name and other keywords. tons of information on this topic
on bbs.
eg ; PC(athlon),mics(millions of them eg cad/senn),software(eg powertracks),mixer(eg yamaha or build your own), a/d/a (eg delta) ,
spkrs (eg yorkvilles) etc etc
i already have a comp....
lookin for a set up basically..
mic(mid tone voice),pre,control center,monitors,cables
its goin to be for makin hip hop...recordin vocals