I started out playing piano as a kid. Wish I'd have taken it more serious. Now I play by ear. Can read sheet music, but takes a while so sounds more like noise than sound if playing what's written. Lol. If you want to see a sick drum performance with an mpc2500 check out anything by aarabmuzik on YouTube. He's a beast! Id add a link to a vid I produced the music for, but not family friendly. Lol. Tons of instrumentals just sitting in my library at moment too. I really need to do something with them.