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I’ve been playing music for over 43 years so “starting over” means different things at different stages.

Since my experience on bass shaped my later entry to electronic music, I think about that. I am left handed so I always wonder what would it would have been like if I’d started playing bass guitar left handed instead of right handed. But since I started on upright at 10, that wasn’t an option–“left handed upright bass” wasn’t an option in school at the time. I also wonder what my life would be like if I’d actually gone to music school.

If we are talking about synths, there are many points of inflection. 20th century things I’d do differently: I wish I’d taken a class on analog synthesis when I had the option back in the day. Would have sped up my learning later, except that I didn’t know to be interested.
I have no regrets regarding my discovery of granular synthesis around 2002 – that was fantastic.

21st century things I’d do differently: My most commonly given regret is not starting Eurorack with a single-manufacturer system or really even understanding the incompatibilities built into Eurorack. I think something without those incompatibilities would have saved me time and money though it would have required more initial outlay.

No regrets about “music career” stuff as it’s my avocation and not my day job and I’m happy with that.

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