I play piano. Other instruments I'd like to learn are bass guitar and saxophone. My favorite rock keyboardist is Steve Winwood. My favorite hip hop producer is Pete Rock.

I have chosen to forgo rating films; however, I will state that I think that Lawrence of Arabia is the greatest one I have watched (although it is not my favorite, that would be Dances With Wolves).

I'd rather make/listen to music.

I like drum fills. I like good bridges. I like both steady rhythm guitar and slack-tuned guitar.

Over time life changes, but great music lives on.

If you ever have doubts about what is real in this life, well a lot of it may not be real, or may not seem real, but one thing that is always real is music. Sure, some people make music for fame or money, but most of it is pure expression of the human spirit, and there is nothing more real than that.

I have decided to not rate singles. I do, however, rate EPs.

New proposed rating systems:
Spinal Tap amplification system rating

For anyone wondering, I will eventually have a list of my favorite songs. Quite a daunting task, however. It will be a long time in the making.

For those people who think that a stereo system does not have advantages, it allows the listener to isolate individual instrument and vocal tracks by adjusting the speaker balance between the two speakers, perhaps THE most essential part to production or learning how to play a song as a musician. This mostly holds true for music recorded in the 1960s and 1970s, when "stereo" was not yet "perfected".