No Wonder You Spend So Much Money On Stereo Equipment

RE: dopamine levels, I’d like to see a comparison between listening to music and playing it...

 No comparison IME — there’s nothing like playing live music when the band is locked in. 

I remember my days playing the cornet in our high school band . . . the dopamine was screaming through my brain!

@immatthewj 

I remember my days playing the cornet in our high school band . . . the dopamine was screaming through my brain!

How about the listeners' brain? :)

How about the listeners' brain? :)

Who knows.  We were all coked up and jamming out in our own world; we gave the "pep" in pep rallies a new meaning!

The gig is up…

@soix 

"When the band is locked in"...

Yeah, I haven't played in a band in a long time but I know just what you mean -- there's a mysterious force that steps in  and "takes over" when everything is just right and then "the music plays the band"!