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.
midficollege
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
Drummer.

Foxtrot, if you haven't done so already, check out Phil Collins' drumming with Brand X on their "Livestock" CD. It'll really open your ears to his versatility.
not real good but enjoy playing guitar,bongos and keyboard esp with friends that play
Tvad,

Of course I've listened to Phil playimg with Brnad X and have an album of them called ''Moroccan Roll''.....man could he play the drums.

Rgds,