What music do you listen to while building?

Do you have music going in your shop? What do you listen to?

Right now, for me it's a mix of spaghetti western soundtracks and Brad Paisley.

While I like plenty of harder stuff too, Van Halen and AC/DC just don't seem to sound good for while working on a tele.

Do you have music going in your shop? What do you listen to?

Right now, for me it's a mix of spaghetti western soundtracks and Brad Paisley.

While I like plenty of harder stuff too, Van Halen and AC/DC just don't seem to sound good for while working on a tele.


suprisingly i dont listen to anything. i have tried to but i find it distracting while i'm building.

I actually listen to talk radio, because I find the music distracting.

I listen to my wife telling me what I SHOULD be doing.

Depends if my 5 year old son is keeping me company or not. He is partial to vintage Kraftwerk and the Yardbirds. Me, it's Barry White to Buck Owens and everything in between.

Barncaster:cool:

Me, it's Barry White to Buck Owens and everything in between.
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I take it from your avatar that you're probably listening to some Unknown too. :twisted:

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Usually Isis or Mogwai.

Brad Paisley's 5th Gear album. It used to be because it was the only CD I had out there. Now its become tradition

Anything in EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, usually by the Makitas.

Whatever classic rock is playing on WBLM
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I listen to my wife telling me what I SHOULD be doing.

+1
If the laptop is nearby, however, I fire up the Itunes, usually Hellecasters or praise music, or Brian Setzer stuff. Other than that it's usually the sound of my wife's 4 Girl Scout troops, as my work area is in the back of the area she has her meetings in, and I spend my time on those nights working on the toys, and entertaining the girls with stupid jokes etc...

Arlo West .....

I always start out with Too Much BBQ.
http://www.arlowest.com/aa/Full%20CD%20-%20Arlo%20West%20-%20Best%20of%20disk%201%201987/Arlo%20West%20-%20Best%20of%20disc%201%20-%20Too%20Much%20BBQ.mp3

Sure helps with the sanding. :smile:

I listen to my wife telling me what I SHOULD be doing.

I usually hear her, but don't listen.. :mrgreen:

Regards,

D.

I make a lot less mistakes when I listen to SRV.

I listen to my dog barkin' at squirrels.

Depends if my 5 year old son is keeping me company or not. He is partial to vintage Kraftwerk and the Yardbirds. Me, it's Barry White to Buck Owens and everything in between.

Barncaster:cool:

A 5-year-old Kraftwerk fan... will wonders never cease?

Count me among those who find music distracting; the gentle buzz of the fluorescent lights and an occasional bad word are my soundtrack while building.

Pop Country - I usually run a Pandora station seeded with Zac Brown Band

I'm not capable of multi-tasking..When I'm working no music..When I'm listening to music there's nothing else going on..I can't even listen to my car radio when I'm in city traffic.

No music. I talk to the squirrels and ducks that wander in and out looking for a hand out, and the cats that wander in and out looking for squirrels and ducks.

I have the mp3 player on shuffle so it could be anything from Stone Roses to Dave Brubeck to Stiff Little Fingers to Nora Jones to Colin James to Amy Winehouse to Van Morrison............... and so on, and so on, etc, etc.......................

Nuthin'. I can't concentrate with music on.

Always something playing in my head anyway.

My 2,000+ CD collection is in the garage. Of course I listen to music :razz:

Anything from Zep to Aerosmith to Uncle Ted to Kraftwerk to Ramones to Larry Coryell to Neil Young to even the occasional film score. My musical interest is pretty W I D E

I find that music dosn't interfere with what I'm doing - it relaxes me. Heck, I even listen to music at work.

Silence. I love it!

Triple J (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/). Taxpayer funded and thus, no ads. Just music, interesting stuff and funny bastards.

What music do you listen to while building?

Huh?

Pardon me, I barely noticed you standing there, I was busy building ...

Triple J (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/). Taxpayer funded and thus, no ads. Just music, interesting stuff and funny bastards.

The soundtrack to my memories of 6 months driving around Oz. The best radio station I've heard anywhere. Maybe I need an internet radio in the garage...

Everything = from classic rock to jazz to country to pop...its on the list

Today it has been KISS Alive! and Double Platinum. Might pull out Bat outta Hell later.

I really don't work with inspiration unless I listen to music. Plus, although I play blues/jazz 90% of the time when I'm playing the guitar - I listen to anything but blues most of the time when I'm not playing guitar.

I listen to a lot of Paganini lately - that is not the silly neo-classical gear head stuff...:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcnGrie__M The harmonic movement in Paganini's music is amazing.

I also listen to a lot of Vivaldi too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N00XKtROddc - again - I think I'm addicted to the harmonies - what Vivaldi does with minor 3rds and 2nds is really awesome without being unapproachable.

I also listen to a lot of Chris Tomlin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQI5wxtH6OY and tons of Phil Keaggy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WCX1iYGqsQ

I think I listen to Brent Mason (who may be one of the greatest guitarists out there today), Howard Roberts and Joe Pass at least half the time I'm building.

And, lately I've been listening to all of the stuff I can down load from YouTube by our fellow forum member Tim Lerch and convert to MP3s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4I5tN9_Mrc - It's crazy that he does not have a CD out - he's awesome! I got to listening to Tim Lerch because I really like to listen to Ted Greene while I build too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXwmNN8t0KQ Ted Greene's style is not quite what I would listen to all the time, but the chordal melodies he comes up with are great.

Also I listen to a lot of our fellow forum member Redd Volkaert too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8AFtlAykA Man I miss being able to go to Austin Tx once in a while - I used to live in Houston and it was not that far away...

I just put in some ear plugs, crank the ipod and pipe it into some old compute speakers I have in the Garage. I'm not sure what the neighbors think of my choices, but I think the ROSS and my table saw drown the music out when I'm using them.

Depends on what I am working on. Lots of country from Brad Paisley and Keith Urban to Chet Atkins and Tom T. Hall. Blues from BB the King to Seasick Steve and Ronnie Baker Brooks. Lots of 70's classics and 80's hair bands. Even some heavy metal once in a while when I'm home alone. But if I need to concentrate, silence is golden.:smile:

I enjoy the sweet music of the table saw ripping, planer planing, chop saw chopping, router routing, sander sanding, and mainly me cussing... Beautiful music!

I take it from your avatar that you're probably listening to some Unknown too. :twisted:
Unknown is my hero. He inspires me to write bad country music ever time I travel and find myself in a cheap motel. Something about itchy beds, busted door jams and chain locks that just makes me want to compose.....

Barncaster

I have permanent hearing loss from too many Ramones shows when I was a youngster. Johnny should have just ordered his Marshall heads with just on and off switches as everything was always set at 10 anyway. Gotta love the Ramones.

Barncaster

I have eclectic taste in music. I usually let my iPod shuffle through the 4000+ songs I have on it. But last night I was in a Chris Thile and Punch Brothers mood. I like Brazilian Choro music at times. Some times I just put on an acoustic guitar mix, other times I let it play ambient background music.

Yeah, eclectic.

Pandora set on my "Zac Brown Band" seeded station.

I get everything from pop country to Van Morrison and The Band, to first-wave reggae, to Sam & Dave and old soul. It's perfect for working in the shop.