I like this guys videos...I found him about a month ago and have been going through some of the older videos.   I BELIEVE he makes music that gets played in the background in tv shows and stuff like that.  but i could be wrong there .

anyway.. I found and really liked this and thought others may here as well.   Talks about cheap vs better instruments.. who to listen to for inspiration... just things in general when learning different instruments.  

Feel free to share other stuff here that relates to learning instruments along with playing violin and how it helps YOU ON violin.  OR how what youve learned about violin helps you on the other instrument.