Well..before we start, I totally get the idea that " the guy who dies with the most toys wins"

My office/computer room/music room/studio is beginning to look like a re-run of hoarders.

Other than the fact I need a bigger house to put all this stuff in I am beginning to wonder how damaging all this is to actually creating music.

I have spent untold hours messing around with the six zillion petabytes of music software I own.

I assume some of you are way more interested in the "tools" than the product they products. I also assume there are people who know nothing about music and don't play any instrument like trying to create music with software.

When does all this just become another video game?

Every now and then I turn all this stuff off and just play guitar through real tube amps with nothing in front of the amp. Amazing sound! Acoustic piano...what a concept!

Does this ring any bells?

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”