YES YES YES YES YES YES etc etc. But it's not better than sex, though I get a lot more music practice in. I can't even sit at my computer without having folk music playing, it's in the car, and if I'm sitting having a coffee I usually pick up some instrument. I take any chance I can at school to have a go. When i get home the first thing I do is have 5 minutes widdling on something. (you'd think I would be good with all the tiny bits of practice, but I'm still crap) I can't think of many things I'd rather do than listen to or play music. I take folk music on tapes when we go on holiday, I take then fishing. So I guess yes is the answer. Cheers Eric