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Do you play an instrument/sing?

Personally, I'm a trombonist. Quite a bit of my audition is searching for something such that Joe Alessi sounds just the way he does when I actually see him at Carnegie/Avery-fisher. In other words, PHENOMENAL! Similarly, another part of it consists of listening to some brass heavy orchestral works, such as Mahler 3, Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, Beethoven 5,Brahms 1,2,4, etc, Beethoven 3 (maybe slightly less brass-heavy), etc. Then I listen to some classic rock, just to sound how it deals with yet another part of the music that I listen to, but the initial two parts tend to be the more important.

Are you an instrumentalist/singer, and if so, how does it affect the way you audition equipment and/or listen to music.
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stevenkc
49 posts
 
Piano since I was 4, stoped in the teen years to pursue guitar, bass, and little drums. Also lucky enough to have perfect pitch so that helps. Nowadays, it's hard enough to find time enjoying my 2-ch system and check on Audiogon. Musical instruments took a backseat...
wildoats
339 posts
 
I play the guitar, a Les Paul electric and a Picador acoustic, more enthusiasticly than good. I have been told I have good voice, but won't sing on stage unless I'm hammered, and then not so good.
pbb
1,140 posts
 
Saying that I "play" the guitar is an insult to everyone that actually does. I noodle around with it. My hobby probably is more buying guitars (although I don't have very many) than actually playing. So far I have an Ibanez AR 100, a Fender Stratocaster Deluxe in black, an Ibanez acoustic. What I would dearly love as a substitute for a vintage Hamer Studio in TV yellow would be a Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cutaway. Would also like a Guild acoustic and a big box jazz guitar, geez I’d settle for a Washburn. So my "collection" would still be very small, but give me a break I can't even play the damn things!
flemke
596 posts
 
I play the Tuner. FM of course.....
Tim
dkidknow
61 posts
 
I studied classical piano, sang off-broadway, taught myself guitar and played in bands all over New York. Being a musician has absolutely affected the way I approach audio.

First, from making my own recordings, both on puny 4-tracks and in big studios, I've spent time getting the right sounds in the room so they would sound good on tape, and when you're mixing, you really have to think about balance between instruments and carving out a range for each instrument so that it stands out from the rest while blending into a whole. I think a good audio system accomplishes a similar feat.

Gear-wise, I have a 1967 Super Reverb for my guitar. The Fender not only introduced me to tubes, but it's simply the best purchase of anything I've ever made. For 8 years now, every single time I plug in, I always have to smile at the sweet sound coming out of the amp. This experience has given me something to strive for when assembling a music system-- even if just for a second, I want to just get some joy from the equipment and be reminded of why I was excited to buy it in the first place.

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