Err.. actually pete, there is no evidence that it starts with a player / vocalist. The oldest instrument I have ever seen, believed to be at least 10,000 years old, (older than your God of course) was a hollowish boulder in Azerbaijan that was used as a percussion instrument, and there are cave paintings nearby to where it was found showing it being used.

Unless, of course, your God put it there to test us... Like he did with dinosaurs.

{Is there any alternative to taking the piss? Really? How can you have a discussion about reality without fantasy wanting to be heard on the same level?}