Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments
Here's a link from Dr John's Cheapskate Audio Blog with a review on Musicians as Audiophiles from a few years ago at Stereophile Magazine: https://cheaptubeaudio.blogspot.com/2020/05/click-to-enlarge.html?fbclid=IwAR0uCEx_pzSVdl-XJAlwIc-Sn... |
I'm a retired semiconductor engineer. I'm also keyboard, bass and guitar musician (order of competency) and have played professionally (classic rock, blues, originals) on and off. I also work on instruments (primarily repair and restoration of Hammond organs and Leslie tone cabinets) as well as stereo equipment. I have recording studio in my home (pro ATC active monitors). My older son, 24, is a professional EDM musician; headlining an outdoor festival this weekend in the forest just south of Flagstaff, AZ. My younger son is also an aspiring EDM musician. My wife enjoys playing our Steinway piano. All of my professional musician friends think my stereo systems are silly. My sons, even they grew up around great stereo sound, have no desire to own anything that isn't relatively portable. I applaud them for their relatively non-materialistic lifestyle. |
One of the strange things that happens when I suggest Audiogon'ers support local music programs is the number of people who come on and say you don't need to teach music, people just magically know it or don't. But still, I persist. We need to fund education, including music programs if we want to be worthy of being called leaders. |
I’m a visual artist and designer. I think one of the reasons I like and respect music and musicians so much is their ability to play their instruments. I learned a very long time ago that I just didn’t ‘get it’. It was in third grade, when we learned the basics of music on a plastic ‘flutophone’. I started OK, but as we went along, I realized I just didn’t understand it, and faked it the rest of the course. When it comes to artistic endeavors, I do not like to participate unless I can do it well. I can do visual arts and design well, music? Not so much. I’m OK with that. Again, probably one of the reasons I adore those who can. |
