Funny, I know tons of hobby "musicians" (I use that term loosely here) that are professional engineers. I've always observed that engineers are often more inte

Funny, I know tons of hobby "musicians" (I use that term loosely here) that are professional engineers. I've always observed that engineers are often more interested in playing music than others. Perhaps we are observing the same thing still: engineers gravitate towards music but then get stuck because the rules are so arbitrary. Oh, and speaking of making music a numbers game: check out Tool's Lateralus!