The seven years I spent playing cello refined my ears to the point of being a music connoissuer. It's not only the cello music, but all kinds of music. It's one of those by products of taking orchestra-class semi-seriously. It endowed me with a sense of... knowing. I know when the music is a bit off, when it's off. I can hear out of tune notes. I have a defined aesthetic sense. I know why music does or doesn't flow very well. All this from just participating, and I'm sure there are people better at it than I am.

Music, performing or composing, is baring your very soul in public. It is pure thought collected and presented.

So more to the point.
I love the audio portal. It is a collection of souls and thoughts, presented to for the world to hear. It is a beautiful thing, really.