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| That probably wasn't a clear statement. I meant 
that I enjoy playing atonal music, but when I put my instrument down 
and I'm acting as a listener, I don't typically enjoy listening 
to atonal music other than as reference (to study, compare, etc). So, what 
I listen to and what I play are often two different things. When I work at 
the office, I like to listen to ambient music or new age, because 
it relaxes me or allows me to focus on other 
things.   When I listen to the music I 
like to play, it excites the intellectual/analytical part of my brain too much 
and is too taxing. But ambient music is easy for me to sit back and just enjoy 
it for what it is because there are often no distractions of virtuosity or overt 
chops standing out (any instrument).   I don't think this is that infrequent amongst 
artists. I've met many other artists who had similar listening habits. 
 Kris 
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