Everyone: How important is music in your shop? Any downside ie. loss of attention, daydreaming, dancing in the isle instead of working? What do you listen to? KDM
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KDM, there was a long thread a few months back on this subject...
I like jazz, big band, and NPR (National Public Radio).
No distraction. Half the time I can't hear it anyway - ear protection on...
Mark
Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.
My ZZ-TOPS CD's and old blues...
man after my own heart.....
;)Mike Wallace
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Ken, my wife and kids just got me Sirius satelite radio for the shop for Father's Day. I'm a stay at home dad with a shop behind the house, so most of my productive shop time is in the evenings. With out some thing going on in the background, I'd have a hard time staying motivated. Right now I'm mostly listening to the classic rock and deep cuts type stations. The beauty of the satelite radio is I can find just about what ever I want at any time and with out the commercials and weather and news of local radio I really loose track of time. That can be both good and bad. The other beauty of the satelite is I just unplug it from my shop and pop it in the truck and I'm on the road. I am going to pick up another adapter to go on my boat, because I really have terrible reception while trolling for trout and salmon 4 to 10 miles out on Lake Michigan.
10 miles out on Lake Michigan! DAMN! You a old sea Captain with a PT boat???
No sea captain, Army Infantryman. 10 miles out isn't that bad, on a good day you can still see shore. I have a nice deep 17 1/2' boat, well equipped for the job, GPS, backup compasses, 2nd small outboard motor, VHF radio to call Coast Gaurd just in case. I used to run out near the middle of the lake, 15 to 18 miles (600 feet of water) in my old 16' run about with nothing more than lots of gas and a hand held compass. I'm older and slightly wiser now. I just don't take the chances I used to with my now 5 yr old son fishing with me.
Edited 6/29/2005 10:49 pm ET by BrianF
Army Infantryman! ZDang.. I think I rode over a few in my tank retriver... LOL...
I only listen to Cubs games. I've also mounted a TV on the wall to watch the games!
GO CUBS!!!
BenchDog,
Music is one thing. But TV sounds really dangerous. I can just see Derreck Lee hitting one out of the park as your hand moves smoothly through the blade. OUCH!Mitch
"I'm always humbled by how much I DON'T know..."
Take this from a Red Sox fan, If the Cubs make the series, you'll not want to be watching them while woodworking...I'd love to see the Sox and Cubs in the series this year. Of course, now that the Curse has been broken, the Sox will make up for the previous 86 years and catch up to the Yankees in titles. (Ok so I'm an optimist).Did you know that the Red Sox have not won a World Series for the past 8 MONTHS!Mark
Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.
"Of course, now that the Curse has been broken, the Sox will make up for the previous 86 years and catch up to the Yankees in titles. (Ok so I'm an optimist)."
I'd say that's more of a masochist!! :-)Mitch
"I'm always humbled by how much I DON'T know..."
8 MONTHS! Go ahead, rub it in Bubba, you guys deserve it! If anything, for rolling over the Cards!
If we're in the series, I'd gladly sacrifice a digit for every game we win...but lets start off with my toes!!!GO CUBS!!!
Duke,
I listen to a variety - classic rock, jazz, NPR, blues, even some post-punk (ever heard of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes?). When I have ear protection on, I turn up the volume - OK, that may be counter-productive, but it makesme a happy camper. And the music is absolutely no distraction, except when I'm working on a design. Then it seems the silence helps. Fun thread.
See ya,
Mitch
"I'm always humbled by how much I DON'T know..."
I've got a 500 watt amplifier/reciever, a CD player and XM radio. I do crank it up at times. I've had neighbors tell me they knew I was working because of the music. This in winter with the windows all closed and the nearest neighbor is 300 yards away.
Distracting? You bet, that's why it's on..., but then I'm a paid (and often bored) professional.
Lee
There's a first-rate local public radio station, KMUD, that I can get in my shop. They don't do any NPR, which is good, because I can't get anything done while that's on - "driveway moments" in the shop! I like the locally-produced music shows, very eclectic.
But I still need to set up a CD player for the times when I don't like the radio (can't stand those call-in shows, jazz bores me, and I'm tired of classic rock).
I do get distracted sometimes by good music or programming, but it makes the whole shop experience more fun, so it's worth it on balance.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." A. Einstein
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Classical could be an issue, I tend to have arm movement associated with large scale orchestral pieces, that could cause me to bring digits or limbs into contact with moving blades.
Perhaps Yani is the only music that should be allowed around power tools......:)
I would think that playing Yawni while woodworking is a dangerous idea. Falling asleep at the tablesaw is definitely a bad thing.Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
You've got a point there bro.
NPR through the day, CDs at night. I crank it up too. I am partial to songwriters doing their own stuff, since I have a brother in the business, and he has introduced me to lots of great music that you would never hear on the radio. We also have a great venue here that brings in lots of these artist. It is the Acoustics sounds Cafe, and is a non smoking non-alcohol, no talking listening place. I usually bring home a couple of CDs, otherwise Blues Country, jazz, and rock.
Often music, mostly adult contemporary. But frequently I get tired of the same old songs. About the time I was in the shop most evenings, CBC aired the interview show As It Happens, which has become one of my all time favorate radio programs.
It isn't broadcast where I live now, and I miss it.
YEP'' My old station I listened to ALOT;; Chicago 104.3 FM.. Oldies station..
I LOVE the new one ALOT... They play all sorts of music..
I got the hearing protectors with the internal AM/FM radio. Love 'em. I sometimes use them in the house if I have to concentrate on something -- drowns out the voices of the other inhabitants.
I love music in the shop. Hate when the machines - like the dust collector, shop vac, table saw etc. drown it. Favorite discs at the moment to blast in the shop:
The White Stripes (Peel Sessions)
Springsteen (Devils & Dust)
Elvis Costello (Delivery Man)
I have a portable CD player and a pair of powered loudspeakers that I crank up whenever I'm out there. Listening choices are varied but I'm partial to Jimmy Buffett, Garth Brooks, classic rock (The Who, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, SRV, Skynyrd) and for finishing work I like something a little more soothing like James Taylor or Leo Kotke.
Kell - likes song in his key.
Forgive the spelling, never was vary good at it. I can't work without something in the back ground. Could be music or a speaker but most likely it's the kids fighting. I like contemperary christian music and christian radio. I really like listening to James Dobson and Chuck Swindal (they help me be a better dad/husband). Helps me remember the one who gave us all the skills and resourses we have. Besides, when things aren't going right, it reminds me He's always making new trees.
Edited 7/2/2005 7:35 pm ET by jeffp1
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