I find little to distinguish sound from music: as though music never stops, and instead, it is listening which may begin and end.
It seems healthy/useful/good to engage the body in an increasing diversity of sensation/expression (input and output), for the body is the primary instrument.
In the realm of audio, and quite concretely, I have found that my body/mind/spirit benefits greatly by both exposure to, and production of, a wide range of sound, especially of frequency; such activity helps me shed my numbness/pain/tension/stasis and tune in to the bliss of being.
I think everyone should make sound/music; with or without the presence of others, it simply seems healthy. As long as one is still alive, it’s not too late to learn, to play, to listen. Listen and you shall hear… (and so too it seems for any other sense; such is the nature of embodiment in this persistent process we call the present.)
Much like taking photographs, I enjoy recording interesting sounds that I encounter.
This section has been waiting a long time, and longer more, to include selections from my archive of field recordings and other arrangements of sound. I’ll put some here eventually.
I used a Sony MZ-R50 MiniDisc recorder for many years, until I replaced it with an Olympus LS-10 which I’m quite pleased with. If I were to replace the Olympus, I’d also consider the Sony PCM-M10.