So you're an audiophile - are you also a musician?

I was wondering if a "typical" audiophile is or has been a musician (air band not included). If so, what instrument(s) do you play now or have played?

Thanks for taking my very unsophisticated pole.

Kevinzoe

kevinzoe12-05-2002 2:49am

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oneprof Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 148 posts 12-05-2002 at 01:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Formal training on trumpet from preschool up through sophomore year in college--classical and 'big band' type jazz ensembles, broadway musical charts (lots of things transposed down an octave), etc. I got good enough to realize that I wasn't good enough! Then I discovered the guitar, and bye-bye trumpet. Been playing guitar now for 25 years now, not professionally, although I have tried to get bands together on several occasions; never had enough time, and yes, once again I got good enough to realize that I wasn't good enough.
oneprof Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 148 posts 12-07-2002 at 12:40am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dan, I'm curious about how/in what way people without formal training can't listen in the same way as those with formal training. Do you mean that those with formal training can analyze the technical details of music, like "So and so is playing the Mixolydian mode for the first two bars of the solo, then switches to the straight major scale? (Aeolian Mode? I forget my theory; been a while)", or something like that?

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