the music plays the band" ...I love that
This reminds me of the Guy Clark song The Guitar.
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I've never had a nise bleed from lis6to my audio equipment all night long ,but have had it doing to much Blow....lol.
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@mitch4t, @soix
I can’t take credit for that phrase. It’s an excerpt from the Hunter/Garcia tune "The Music Never Stopped" that appeared on the Dead’s "Blues for Allah" record. I haven’t , so far, encountered a more apt description of the experience in question. BTW, I've also experienced it playing in a duo, whether or not that constitutes a "band".
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"the music plays the band" ...I love that!
Me too!
but we are not music addicts here, we are hifi gear addicts :)
I hope this is a poor attempt at humor cause otherwise it’s just really sad.
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"the music plays the band" ...I love that!
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@soix
"When the band is locked in"...
Yeah, I haven't played in a band in a long time but I know just what you mean -- there's a mysterious force that steps in and "takes over" when everything is just right and then "the music plays the band"!
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How about the listeners' brain? :)
Who knows. We were all coked up and jamming out in our own world; we gave the "pep" in pep rallies a new meaning!
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@immatthewj
I remember my days playing the cornet in our high school band . . . the dopamine was screaming through my brain!
How about the listeners' brain? :)
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RE: dopamine levels, I’d like to see a comparison between listening to music and playing it...
No comparison IME — there’s nothing like playing live music when the band is locked in.
I remember my days playing the cornet in our high school band . . . the dopamine was screaming through my brain!
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but we are not music addicts here, we are hifi gear addicts :)
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RE: dopamine levels, I’d like to see a comparison between listening to music and playing it...
@stuartk No comparison IME — there’s nothing like playing live music when the band is locked in. Listening is like a poor facsimile in comparison yet still supremely rewarding and satisfying in its own way. That’s my take anyway.
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RE: dopamine levels, I’d like to see a comparison between listening to music and playing it...
An excellent guitar costs less than many forum member’s dacs!
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I never spent anywhere near as much for blow as I do for audio gear! 
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Dopamine is good.
I used to compare buying audio gear to a cocaine habit. However, I always said that audio gear compared favorably because although it has the potential to suck one dry, at least you have something to show for it when you wake up in the morning.
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Good point. It is amazing how universal music is. Dopamine is good.
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