Do you play an instrument/sing?

I am terrible on everything I play, but I still play with my Flutes (open hole and closed hole) and my sons guitar, but I have fun!

I have been playing trumpet for the last 27 years, thats how I got into classical music. One day, my teacher gave me a Maurice Andre record. I liked it so much, that I found the classical station, WQXR, and sat and listened to my dads fisher 400 unitl they played Maurice Andre. Somehow in all that waiting, I began to really like classical music. And, WQXR still plays Maurice Andre once in a while!

I am a classically trained percussionist (Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University) and a beginning acoustic guitarist. I think that the keen attention to tone quality that I learned as a musician carries over into my listenting to audio gear. When I'm really drawn into a recording, it's usually because of the tone quality.

Drummer for the last 12 years.
My main inlfluence was also Neil Peart of RUSH, for playing I usually go the progressive rock side.
There's a bunch of drummers I admire, Neil Peart, John Bonham, Bill Bruford, Phil Collins (Genesis, Peter Gabriel era), Christian Vander, etc.

Rgds,

As a musician (guitar & trumpet) and vocalist, my listening habits are a mixed bag. I enjoy singing along in the car with a cheap radio, and at home listening more closely to the fine musical details from my 2 channel rigs. I have always looked for equipment that has been described as transparent or neutral, so I can hear what the recording engineers intended. However, after spending time in recording studios, and knowing what the potential is, I am dismayed by much of the source material that's available.
IMHO it's source that's the key to enjoyable listening, not the MEGA-BUCK systems that unfortunately many times, just add up to being expensive EQs. So, I guess being a musician, I really, really do appreciate the few albums & CDs where the instruments sound like the real thing.
Sonny