When I’m in the shop, I like to listen to music. When I can, I just use a stereo, but when that’s not possible I use my iPod. So here’s my question: What’s your favorite piece of music, album, cd, mp3, etc. to listen to? Me? I like the Pixies album “Doolittle” and two obscure musicians, M. Ward and Bonnie “Prince” Billie (aka Will Oldham).
And before anyone thinks of censuring me, I have all eleven of my fingers and mostly use hand tools.
Pretend there’s a witty quote here.
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Nothing with discernible lyrics to distract me.
I like Lisa Gerrard, Keith Jarrett, and various guitar soloists (Bruce Cockburn, Jesse Cook, Peter Lang, Leo Kottke, Django Reinhardt, etc...).
Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before
Yes, another Bruce Cockburn fan!
I just downloaded "World Turning" a short time ago. Can't say I found anything else as interesting, any recommends?Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
It depends. I listen to adult alternative most of the time when I need mindless backgroud noise. Classical when I'm carving or doing detail work. Christmas music when I'm making Christmas presents even if it's July. But no elf shoes or hat.
Eleven.... I still have all twelve thumbs... View Image
Len
"You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. " J. S. Knox
Sirius Satellite Radio. Channel 74: Sirius Blues
Edited 7/11/2008 12:59 pm ET by mvflaim
Right on!Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
Right on. I need satilite or internet music in the basement. Wierdly, I like PBS talk shows while I'm down there. Also, blues or Bach.
MK,
Something quiet, and contemplative. Soft rock: AC/DC, Alice Cooper, or if I'm in the mood for classical, John Philip Sousa, or PDQ Bach.
Ray
Mostly Talk Radio /News /etc.
But sometimes when my wife isn't home
I'll rock-out to Yes or Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
with the volume turned up to 12:00.
Bill-
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans and Relayer. I've been listening to these two albums so much lately in the shop that when I walk into the shop and it's not on, something feels strange. I can spend hours in the shop with Yes playing and just get lost in the woodwork.
Today I was listening to Uncle Tupelo's "No Depression" when I wasn't running the router. I hate using a router.This is my personal signature.
On a different note: I badly need some sort of interference device to use on radio(s) in close proximity to my shop which is way too loud, repetitive, full of shouting inane advertising and just plain unacceptable.
Diplomatic approaches have only resulted in temporary volume reduction.
Sabotage produced an even more powerful stereo system.
Complaints via so called proper channels will undoubtedly be counter-productive.
The "boss" is a pansy- and is not there most of the day.
Does anyone know of something like an interference device that I can use to control this situation? (An air strike would be good but then "they" would know who was responsible)
Any web sites/links?Philip Marcou
Philip,
Maybe a bad suggestion, but if you've tried sabotage already, how about stooping to their level? Position your screaming shop vac or router at their fence and run it for a while. I guess, you could also get a universal remote and try to find their frequency. I'd like to see the look on their face when their thousand-dollar sound system keeps "turning itself off".Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Thanks Chris. I wouldn't want to add to their own noise- can you believe that they all wear hearing protectors?
I think clandestine methods are the answer-please tell me more about this universal remote- are you meaning the item for use on tv's etc?Philip Marcou
Philip,
Do they seriously wear ear protection?
I am not very good with technology, but I believe that we are talking about the same thing. From what I understand, you can use a univeral remote to control your TV, VCR, CD player, etc. as long as you can find the frequency.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
I can't believe no one has mentioned Geraldine & Ricky
Not sure the same but how about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffLumvbl3r8
I am not pushing any religion.. Whatever God or None you believe in is OK by me..
And then there is this.. Sorry... One of the best videos that was made ever!
Nothing bad.. Really!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukqrAfuuha8&feature=related
And then there is this.. Just two teen girls and a boy.. Nothing bad just some teens havin fun!
Not bad.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RVFNl4KmQc&feature=related
I was young once!
Edited 7/22/2008 11:20 am by WillGeorge
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Down the road from me the owners put in an invisable dog fence! When I drive by I hear an annoying buzz on my truck radio.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Philip,
What you need is something that creates RFI (radio frequency interference).
Problem is, it is highly illegal to create RFI, and everything on the first 30 or 40 pages of Google on RFI was nothing more than how to isolate it, or purchase filters to eliminate it. No secret weapon, so to speak. I'll keep looking, and if I find anything I will reply via private channels, due to the nature of legality.
Chris (flairwoodworks) is speaking of a universal remote, which can be programmed to turn on/off electronic devices. You would need to find the manufacturer of the offending device (stereo) and then program the remote for that manufacturer's frequency. Could be hit or miss, but the programmable remotes here in the states usually run $20-$30 from electronics stores (like Radio Shak).
I would also try a walkie-talkie, and another possible disruptive source is an electric fence transformer. The more powerful, the better. Might need to plug it in inside of the offending shop for the best (worst) effect. It would not to be attached to a fence, seems the transformer when plugged into the same vicinity causes plenty of interference on it's own.
One thing to keep in mind, if the offender has too much trouble with the radio, they may just decide to put a CD in the stereo, which will not be affected by any interference causing device.
Best of luck,
Lee (secret society of Hell's Planers co-founder ;)
Philip - as has been mentioned, you need a device to generate RFI noise. One very effective way to do that is to find an inexpensive van de graaf generator online. A VDF is one of those machines that have a metal pole topped by a metal ball, and generates enormous voltages at very low amperages. They're often used to demonstrate electrical principles in schools, and you should be able to purchase one for not too much from a scientific hobbyist site.
You might have to check your local laws. In the US, intentionally generating RFI that interferes with reception is illegal, with the law specifying that you have to remove, shield, or shut down the offending device if a neighbor complains.
One other rather diabolical solution is a low-power FM transmitter. These are very popular in the US after the FCC changed the regs a while back to allow low-power "community" radio stations. You can tune this to broadcast on the exact spectrum of the offending party's favorite radio station, which will no longer be receivable within about 250 feet of your building.
Of course, if your locality has a local noise ordinance, legal enforcement is a lot easier, and no one but the cops will know who complained.
Lots of Broadway Show music, CCR, a bit of Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Rachmaninov, Pearlman, and if and when I'm cleaning up, Spike Jones
SawdustSteve
Artist - Tool
Album - Undertow
Artist - Tool
Album - Undertow
Holy Smokes! Impeccable taste! Though I might change the album to AEnima.
Also, anything by Crowbar
Lee (who desperately wanted to be Ozzy when he grew up ;)
Even though I love music--maybe because I love music--I cannot listen to anything serious in the shop IF I have to think--which for a guy like me is a lot of the time. I enjoy my Bosch power unit, and prefer instrumental music so that lyrics don't distract me.
Jim
Yeah, I don't go for "wussy" music, though I'm quite old to be in the head-banging crowd. Back when everyone in high school was listening to Tears for Fears and other schlock like Duran Duran, I was searching out 1970's AC-DC bootlegs at the local college music store. Listening seemed all the more worthwhile because it took a hunt to find it.
iTunes did away with those search expeditions (and the college music store as well), unfortunately, but is nice to have obscure music that doesn't appeal to the masses available with the click of a mouse.
Rock On! I sarted with 8 track to cassete to one of the first walkman players, then CD and now Ipod. I too, am a little off center from mainstream. Listen to talk radio when I'm in the shop? Those guys need to get a life. Even NPR has gotten too preachy for my old ex hippie ####.
I mostly listen to classic and modern rock while working in the workshop. My favourite CD is a compilation of Stevie Ray Vaughn. When sanding, there is nothing better than the whiny sound of pop to discourage me from turning off the sander for a break.
Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
SRV? At Your Age?
Who says the younger generation isn't cultured?!
I give up. Who says that? You know how it is - everything goes around in one big circle. But as far as I'm concerned, SRV is timeless.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
If you're a big Stevie Ray Vaughan fan check out music from Chris Duarte, Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Healey.
I'm also a fan (though not as much as SRV) of Jeff Healey. It's too bad I'll never get to see either perform live. I haven't heard of the other two, but I'll check them out.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
I'm also a fan (though not as much as SRV) of Jeff Healey. It's too bad I'll never get to see either perform live
What happened to Jeff Healey?
Lee
He recently passed away in March. He developed sarcoma in his legs that spread to his lungs. He just came out with a new cd called Mess of Blues which I just happened to receive through amazon today. Got really good reviews and can't wait to listen to it tonight. It's a shame he's gone
"Heaven done called another blues-stringer back home"
Edited 7/25/2008 8:16 pm ET by mvflaim
Wow! That's a shame. I believe I have his first two albums (cd's - I'm showing my age). I'll wait on a full report from you about the new disc before I take the plunge.
Lee
Next time you're on Amazon you might want to look for a duet CD by Eric Clapton and B.B. King called "RIDEIN' WITH THE KING", great when the power tools are off and you're doin' the hand tool thang!
Crossroads with Rye Cooder.. I had a Old TUBE amplifier many Watts or so and them old Heath 16 inch speaker with, as I recall had 50 Lb magnets, will shake your house off the cement slab that hold it up there!
Feelin' Bad Blues!!
I just love that song for some reason.. Maybe because I was listening to it when I got a call from the Hospital that my wife just died.. NO! I was NOT happy She died! She was my sweetheart! Still is... and that was LONG AGO!
Just the song playing and it fit perfect for what I was felling... I knew my Lady since Kindergarten.. She slept next to me on a rug and always pulled her dress up over her head as she slept! But still a Lady in everything she did and then some..
Edited 7/27/2008 5:42 am by WillGeorge
Sorry about your loss WillGeorge. One thing about the Blues is that it can greatly help you during the hard times. I know it did me.
Thanks.. She was and still is my mate... Hope she not to pissed at me when we meet again! She has had many years to get over it. But with a Woman, you NEVER know for certain!
Lee,
Sadly, he passed away earlier this year, a couple months ago.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Chris,
I just discovered another great blues rock artist today. The groups name is Indigenous and they sound a lot like SRV. They have a few albums out already so look them up at amazon and listen to some of their songs.
Mike
Mike,
So what's the bands name? Just kidding. The who? The radio station I listen to has been playing a great blues song by Marc Broussard called home. The acoustic version is absolutely incredible. Check out the title track off his latest called Must Be the Water. It's a real toe-tapper!
Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Edited 8/10/2008 10:00 pm by flairwoodworks
I've been reading up on these guys tonight and apparently they are all members of the Souix tribe, hence the name. Incredibly they're going to be in Cincy next month so I have a chance to check them out. I'll check out Marc Boussard. I like acoustic blues as well.
Here's a link to his his music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa2ojStxbg&feature=related
Edited 8/11/2008 9:59 am ET by mvflaim
Or skip them and go straight to Mr Buddy Guy. I like them all, Managed to see SRV 10 plus times live , words cannot describe him. IMO Buddy is to that style of blues, What Krenov is to his style of woodwork, Second to none.
PS; For those who love the blues , I recommend The Clapton Crossroads guitar fests on Hd dvd . Everything from BB , Buddy, J Vaughn, S Vai, R Cray, J Walsh, Clapton, Hubert Sumlin, Vince gill,J Beck, J Mclaughlin, D Bramhal, Eric Johnson, Santna,Robert Randolf, JJ Cale and others . I attended the first one at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Talk about blues. Great Viewing.
Tom. T
Edited 7/26/2008 8:21 am ET by gofigure57
I'm a big Buddy Guy fan as well as BB King, Clapton, Magic Slim, Otis Rush and countless others... I must have over 500 blues cd's in my library and am constantly adding to the collection. The new Jeff Healey cd is really good. He recorded some of the songs in his blues club up in Canada. All the songs are covers and are done really well. Worth picking up if you got some cash burning a hole in your pocket.
Nice to see so many Knot heads here are Blues fans! I knew I liked this site for a reason.
Who is the best undiscovered Blues artist out there now? I find that I often have to stumble upon new artists by accident as they are seldom nationally promoted.
mike
Mike,
mvflaim mentioned Joe Bonamassa in a eariler post. I checked his music out and was quite impressed.Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Dont forget Albert Collins!
There are so many fantastic blues artists out there. The summer blues festivals all around the nation are events to put on your calendar. There are the second generation artists like Shemekia Copeland, Big Bill Morganfield, John Lee Hooker Jr. Ronnie and Wayne Baker Brooks as well as some of the former players for Muddy, Buddy, Junior and others, Carey Bell, Coco Montoya, Albert Castglia. A couple of younger folks, Janiva Magness, Roxanne Potvin, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Cathy Jean, Reverend Slick Ballinger, Michael Burks, Anna Popovic. Some of my favorites, Margie Evans, E. C. Scott, Kenny Neil, Derek Trucks as well as some veterans, Barbara Lynn, Barbara Morrison, Little Milton, Lonnie Mack, Smokin' Joe & Bnois King, It's a big list, check this site out.http://thebluehighway.com/links3.htmlBeat it to fit / Paint it to match
Wow, what an impressive list of blues artist that is. Thanks for the link! I go to The Chicago Blues Festival and Cincinnati Blues Fest every year. A lot of good music at both. In fact Cincinnati's is this weekend. I normally hear new artists thru Sirius Sat Radio so if Sirius doesn't play them, then I probably haven't heard of them. I'll check out the link and see who i like.
Mike
I was sort of a 50's guy.. OK.. SO I also love the old Boogies and anything Big Band.. I STILL DO!
All my friends would (in a sort of a nice way.. Ask 'Why do you bother to listen to Black music?' I would respond because I LIKE IT! Any objectioners? Not sure how to spells that? can start the fight right here and now! You all know I NEVER give up!
Over time I think my friends learned to like it too.. I held the parties and paid for the beer! They had to listen to what I had on!
Sharon Jones ??
Never heard her.. I'll look around..
The name Sharon has a very special place in this old heart.. It was my wife/mate name.. She did not like the Name.. I thought it fit her perfectally. Like in the Rose Of Sharon... Very beautiful and smelled so nice!
Reverend Billy C. Wirtz.
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London
I like to listen to recordings of the "Dr. Phil" show, especially the early ones.
Measure your output in smiles per board foot.
Too hard core for me. You're the master. But, may I ask, how's that working out for you?
I used to do the classic rock, but now it's the modern rock becuase the DJs are local and they give me free cds for answering easy questions (at least easy for those who listen to the radio all day) like a trained pet knawing on wood and music all day.Brian
Brian,
I was just kidding about Dr. Phil. A while back, I watched parts of a few of his shows on TV, but found it hard to take. Why would people with problems want to air them in front of a TV audience? When the person with the problem starts to talk, it is usually very obvious to everyone what their problem is, so you don't need Phil to tell you. In the workshop, I rarely play music. Not sure why. I do a lot of carving, and am a member of the local carver's guild but I don't go to their weekly "carve togethers". I guess I like the solitude of the shop.WHen I listen to the radio in the car, i switch between oldies, jazz, classical and Public Radio. I must be an eclectic. I did my undergraduate work at Catholic University in Washington, DC. It is called "The National Pontifical University". I formed a rock and roll band early in my freshman year. Just four guys - guitar, bass, piano and me on drums. Our group was named after the old "MJQ", the Modern Jazz Quartet. We called ourselves the NPQ, "the National Pontifical Quartet". We played the rock and roll of the day - 1960, with an emphasis on Duane Eddie, because none of us sang. Our specialty was in taking Catholic and Protestant hymns and putting them to a solid rock beat. It was a hoot. We did "Tantum Ergo Rock", "Rocking in the Sheaves", etc. My rock and roll tastes are still hung up back in the days of Bill Haley and the Comets. "Four chords and a capo on the guitar." Have fun. Thanks for writing.
MelMeasure your output in smiles per board foot.
I was just kidding about Dr. Phil. A while back..
I listed to Dr. Phill a few times.. My brother and I would shoot air gun darts into each other... We would scream then run for cover.. We never shot at faces! OK, so maybe my little brother did but I did not! Hell .. He was just my little Brother!
Celtic Folk, Bagpipe Bands, Natalie McMaster and talk radio(Rush, Savage Nation) OOps that will go over big ;-)
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Guess I am not as strange as I thought (yes I am - really!).
I too listen to bagpipe music, Off Kilter, Tartanic, and the like, as well as McGillivray and traditional pipe bands.
Been taking pipe lessons for several years now and have to either buy a set of pipes or pass.
If I cant find pipe music, then classical will do.
Mike
I know Jamie Holten(pipes) and Mark Weldon(Bass) of Off Kilter pretty well. I'am not one of the groopies, but my daughter and grandsons are good friends with Mark. Enough to have them dressed up in their kilts when they go to EPCOT. They had Jamie laughing so hard one time that he could hardly play.Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S.
Bruce -
You know Jamie?!! YOU KNOW JAMIE!!!! GAAAAAK!
I'm impressed!
I hope he is as nice in real life as he is on stage; but dont tell me - some things are best left unknown.
Phbbbbt! (and I mean that in the nicest possible way)
Mike
Yes you are and so is he, No offence. I think of funeral processions for cops or firemen. I have tried to listen. To each his own. I would rather listen to my compressor. As far as music Just about anything, Blues, Jazz, Jazz fusion, classical, Country, Rock, Folk , Bluegrass. I am listening rite now to classical Piano live, as my son Plays/trains everyday.
Gofigure57 - If I had a child practicing his instrument, I too would find it the most engaging sound in the world.
Good for him, and consider yourself blessed!
Mike
Thanks Mike, They are all blessings.
I guess this applies, instead of music I normally have a tv station such as the history channel or a&e on in the background while I work. My daily dose of education :)
I tend to just whistle, and sing. Out there, there is no one who cares that I am way of tune, and since I make up most of it, it always matches my mood..
Just about everything you can imagine. My first "Pandora" user-created "station" which comes through the computer's internet connection, is based on a Townes Van Zandt song. It plays folk music similar to that. I have blues "stations" as well. I'm a big John Lee Hooker fan. The Cash Box Kings are a modern group playing that kind of raw, gut-bucket blues.
http://www.pandora.com
I like the waltzes by Strauss - especially "Artist's Life" and "The Blue Danube" but I don't have a music player in the shop. Don't plan to get one. I like sacred music also. Since I have lost a good bit of my hearing, I can't enjoy music like I used too. The music that I do hear in the shop is best of all. It comes from the intercom with a voice that says, "dinner's ready."
Edited 7/12/2008 10:05 pm ET by Tinkerer3
What's your favorite piece of music, EASY question White man here that just loved almost anything By Robert Jonson.. And BB King. God rest his spirit..
Also Celtic Women anything they do! And listening to my Grandbabies sing... Ittsi Bittisi... Little Spider...
EDIT: OK so I also loved Elvis and Opera? NOT ALL! BUT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmJZHd-_Cc is my all time favorite..
I like women with a 'bit' of fat! They look like women! Not men!
Joan Sutherland & Marilyn Horne - Viens Mallika/Flower duet.. Sort of like the first time I heard Bill Halley in Rock around the Clock!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kes6jahveVg&feature=related
AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd60nI4sa9A&feature=related
Thinkin' what got this old man in trouble was..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIvka3SSv9Y&feature=related
OR was it..?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM-73uROlR4&feature=related
Women in the video are all white.. I think any woman or man of ANY color or is it colour? Deserves the best respect... Especially the women.. Men CAN fend for themselves!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo5n0HwaRmQ
And then there is this..
What Is A Girl?
Little girls are the nicest things that happen to be people. They are born with a little bit of angel-shine about them and though it wears thin sometimes, there is always enough left to lasso your heart. -- Even when they are sitting in the mud, or crying temperamental tears, or parading up the street in mother's best clothes.
A little girl can be sweeter (and badder) oftener than anyone else in the world. She can jitter around, and stomp, and make funny noises that frazzle your nerves, yet just when you open your mouth, she stands there demure with that special look in her eyes. A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.
Girls are available in five colors -- black, white, red, yellow, or brown, yet Mother Nature always manages to select your favorite color when you place your order. They disprove the law of supply and demand -- there are millions of little girls, but each is as precious as rubies.
God borrows from many creatures to make a little girl. He uses the song of a bird, the squeal of a pig, the stubbornness of a mule, the antics of a monkey, the spryness of a grasshopper, the curiosity of a cat, the speed of a gazelle, the slyness of a fox, the softness of a kitten, and to top it all off He adds the mysterious mind of a woman.
A little girl likes new shoes, party dresses, small animals, first grade, noise makers, the girl next door, dolls, make-believe, dancing lessons, ice cream, kitchens, coloring books, make-up, cans of water, going visiting, tea parties, and one boy. She doesn't care so much for visitors, boys in general, large dogs, hand-me-downs, straight chairs, vegetables, snow suits, or staying in the front yard. She is loudest when you are thinking, the prettiest when she has provoked you, the busiest at bedtime, the quietest when you want to show her off, and the most flirtatious when she absolutely must not get the best of you again.
Who else can cause you more grief, joy, irritation, satisfaction, embarrassment, and genuine delight than this combination of Eve, Salome, and Florence Nightingale? She can muss up your home, your hair, and your dignity -- spend your money, your time, and your temper -- then just when your patience is ready to crack, her sunshine peeks through and you've lost again.
Yes, she is a nerve-wracking nuisance, just a noisy bundle of mischief. But when your dreams tumble down and the world is a mess -- when it seems you are pretty much of a fool after all -- she can make you a king when she climbs on your knee and whispers, "I love you best of all!"
Enough Said!
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Joan Sutherland - you may not believe this, but, in person she is the most beautiful person in the world.
As a young lad, I had the great privilege of meeting her at a rehearsal for "Tales of Hoffman" at the Met. One of the great lessons in my life - that beauty comes from within.
Mike ( still in awe, almost 40 years later)
Never saw her in person but she sure has a beautiful voice!
i dont really play much music unless im doing finishing work.thats a quite time and i dont have to blast it.iv been on a real Leon Russel tear lately for some reason.
but what is really fun.anything my little mind can come up with at the time i download off limewire and bingo im enjoying my fav at that moment
Keith
Lately it's been Joe Bonamassa, The Derek Trucks Band, or some recent live Allman Brothers. I have to admit old Slayer and Metallica help me get the juices flowing on those complicated glue-ups. This morning it was Sunday morning blues on a local radio station.
-Paul
I just use a radio, and I have it either on public radio or a classic rock station. I usually flip between them.
On the public station it is either classical during the week, or a combination of things on the weekend.
Webby
XM 40 90%
XM 45 5%
XM Various Channels 5%
Life is what happens to you when you're making other plans .
"Life is not a success only journey." Dr. Phil
Edited 7/13/2008 4:21 pm ET by JerryPacMan
Close for me. XM 40 most of the time except when a baseball game is on.
Turning on the music is the first thing I do when I go in the shop. Stereo/CD and 12'' woofers. I lesson to country music most of the time but also like oldies (rock). I like to crank it up.
Lets see what this says about my personality. I listen to PBS and Russ Martin on talk radio. For music I like Bach, Vivaldi, Metalica, and Robin Trower, Hendrix, Beatles, Led Zepplin, Santana, Bethoven, Hendel, all the classics.
Russ Martin , Almost every day here. As far as the music The more diverse the better. I like your choices. I am in north Texas as well, on the border of Arlington/ Mansfield. My wife is a Texan, I am fifteen years here from Long Guyland.
Tom
Edited 7/14/2008 4:45 pm ET by gofigure57
The contrast between NPR/Diane Reem liberal Bush haters and the evils of "big oil" (is there a little oil???) and the Russ Martin take on why a batter in baseball in on defense or why oil companies don't invest in windmills (they are oil companies, duh!) is why I like them both.
Not sure if a 57 year old is supposed to listen to Metalica or Russ lighting fireworks in Gavin's office.
Who cares.
Funny thing is, despite never voting for a Democrat in my lifetime, and really despising "easy listening" I listen almost exclusively to NPR on the local PBS station.
The reason is pretty simple - lack of commercials. Radio commercials on Clear Channel stations and the like have gotten really, really bad - all yelling, all the time.
dkellernc,
try satellite radio. hundreds of commercial free channels and you can still listen to NPR. Terrestrial radio sucks!
Got in the truck, but not in the house. That'd require a bit of extra installation to reach the basement shop, and I've been too lazy to do it yet. A couple more months of loud-mouthed local car dealership commercials and a few more episodes fo the "Diane Reem Show" on NPR might push me over the edge...
I bought the boombox and put it in my shop. course I have the sat radio that is detachable and not built into the car radio.
So will this work in a basement shop (I'm thinking "no" - it's gotta be called satellite radio for a reason). Does it come with an external antenna that you mount outside your house?
yes.. you can buy an outside home antenna as I did, that you stick on the outside of the house to pick up the signal. Works great and get a crystal clear signal.
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Quite the variety. I don't suppose you find all those on one radio station!Chris @ http://www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
- Success is not the key to happines. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Albert Schweitzer
Mostly NPR.
I notice many of you listen to public radio. I like to listen to NPR, but not classical. When the music starts up I switch to something else.This is my personal signature.
We're lucky in Raleigh. The local NPR station (WUNC) stopped doing the classical music thing a few years ago, and now it's all talk radio all the time.
If you find your local station frustrating, you can listen to WUNC over the web - great way to avoid your local station's preferences:
http://www.wunc.org - click on "Listen to WUNC now"
Snow White - Whistle While You Work (English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxieLcA5PLQ
Sorry I had to!
XM Satellite radio Deep Tracks channel 40. It is kind of strange that I listen to it very loud ,I find it inspirational ;) But when the power tools get fired up it is on with the hearing protection.
For me, it depends on the time of day. Early, I like to play "Flight of the Valkyries" while I walk around in my cowboy hat saying, "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning." ;-)
Fiddle and banjo music for this old fart. And the sweet voice of Patty Loveless. I also like scandanavian music. Trakel from Sweden. Varttina from Finland.
For cabinet making . . . exclusively classical. If you catch me in my welding shop at two in the morning stick welding I will be listening to "Good Country Music" : Randy Travis, George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam
Fine metal working then I listen to Big Band: Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey
Funny how that works ? ! ? !
Only recently did I find out some of the great woodworkers like the classical e.g., Sam Maloof.
I started to copy my favorite play list into text for this entry but with fifty pieces I got worn out and stopped with what is here but you get the idea:
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings RV 537 - 1. Allegro
by Wynton Marsalis, Raymond Leppard; English Chamber Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings RV 537 - 2. Largo
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings RV 537 - 3. Allegro
Bach (JS): Concerto For 2 Violins - Mvt. #2
by Anna Holbling, Quido Holbling, Richard Edlinger; Capella Istropolitana
Bach (JS): Suite #2 - Badinerie
Corelli: Concerto Grosso #8 - Pastorale
by Anna Holbling, Quido Holbling, Ludovit Kanta, Richard Edlinger; Capella Istropolitana
Corelli: Concerto In G Minor, Op. 6/8, "Christmas Concerto" - 2. Allegro
by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Corelli: Concerto In G Minor, Op. 6/8, "Christmas Concerto" - 4. Vivace
Corelli: Concerto In G Minor, Op. 6/8, "Christmas Concerto" - 5. Allegro - Pastorale. Largo
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Serenade in G Major, K. 525: I. Allegro
by Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Serenade in G Major, K. 525: II. Romanze
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Serenade in G Major, K. 525: III. Menuetto
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Serenade in G Major, K. 525: IV. Rondo: Allegro
Fifth Beethoven Symphony Movement I Allegro Con Brio
by London Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, Pacato Beethoven Quin
Georg Philip Telemann: Concerto for 3 Trumpets and Orchestra - 3. Allegro
by Wynton Marsalis, Raymond Leppard; English Chamber Orchestra
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 3 Trumpets and Orchestra - 1. Largo
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 3 Trumpets and Orchestra - 2. Allegro moderato
For anyone who is still with me at this point I tried to put the full list in iTunes ( titled Woodworking in the iMix section) but it only took part of the list but perhaps that will make it easier to buy the music. Not sure how much is there; iTunes said they only list the pieces they sell and I didn't buy it all on iTunes.
PS:
Wow they totally butchered my list! Very odd; they sell the album Wynton Marsalis: The London Concert which is Anthony Newman, Raymond Leppard; English Chamber Orchestra
guess they don't want to sell that one.
Edited 7/20/2008 4:48 am ET by roc
Edited 7/20/2008 2:57 pm by roc
HAY... I was a welder once.. OLD Army. No training...
Really!
I remember my VERY NEW ARMY M88 on RR flat cars.. As in 'cars' not just one car! I was driven to the RR platform.. A Texas State Police escort stood by to to get me back to Fort Hood... Gee, I was just a young 'Whipper Snapper' that never driven a thing bigger than my 1948? split windshield Mercury! Chopped and Channeled.. My friends helped ALOT to make it! Could have never finished it without them!
17 years old or something like that!
I had no idea how to even get into A M88 ..Much less how to even start it or then drive it!
Yes.. Somehow... I got it 'Home'...
Welding.. LOL..
OK, so I had to read a book from the post Library..! I got Pro Pay on that test.. But these were carbon arc sticks on a Tank.. I was so dumb then.. I wonder how stupid the folks were that did NOT pass! .. NO.. No insult to them at all!
We all do different things in different situations!
I could run a perfect pool of hot metal (if the surface was flat).. I NEVER caught onto overhead welding! LOL.. It hurts so much ..
That molten metal down your back and other places!
Whatever fits my mood for the day. Van Morrison, Jimmy Buffett, Eagles, Blues, Blues based rock, Little feat, Sonny Landreth,John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Grateful Dead, Mellencamp, Neville Bros,very,very,very little Hat Music (country), 0 classical, and no Celtic or pipes. Guess I'm still a child of the fifties and sixties. I too have all of my digits and hearing because I know when to turn it down or turn it off.
Bonnie Raitt! Geeee... she somethin' and then some!
I was thinkin' about Whistle while you work? When I was a kid.. Grandpa sang this to me...
Whistle while you work Hitler is a jerk. MUSSOLINI bit his.. XXX And now it does not work!
Edited 7/21/2008 2:26 pm by WillGeorge
classical or Depeche Mode or punk rock...depends on what i am doing..
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Three Words - CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED!!!!!
(album-Soul Gravy)
No offense, but that sounds like something that would make my nose itch!This is my personal signature.
Depends on the time of year! hehe
Absolutely. Listen to the local boys here in Okie land
I would say,,
Down here in the Houston area we are fortunate to have two public radio stations. KPFT starts Saturday mornings with Cajun Bandstand (3 hours of cajun music and humor). That is followed by three three hours shows that focus on Americana, Texas musicians, Real Country(as opposed to the fake stuff on commercial radio) and Roadhouse/Texas/Blues music. They cap off the evening with a Celtic music show. Sundays they serve up Blues all morning and into the afternoon. The other public radio station has the NPR stuff. They are digital and offer three channels now if you have a digital radio. A local community college station plays classic rock. All that being said, as I started working with hand tools and hardwoods more, I enjoy a quiet shop so that the wood can speak to me and I can listen. I spent hours trying to figure out what a big slab of Pearwood was saying to me recently until it showed me the alter for my Yoga studio.
Peace,
Scotty
classic and my favorit worship music.
Just a whistle
I pretty much just whistle a happy tune.
Nothing formal, just a happy whistle, and it is probably off key. It's my shop, and if you don't want to hear go away.
If I'm not whistling, I'm humming something. Again probalby off tune, and just something I'm just making up, or a medely of what ever I heard on the radio in the last day or so.
Music, Talk
Depends on my mood. Mostly Celtic Folk, a lot of talk radio= Beck, Rush, Hannity, levin, Cunningham, Savage. You know, the ones that aren't too controversial ;-)
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