Music comps while you work

[frase]

Just wondering what music some listen to here I love dark country - it's like country but Red Redemption lol hard RNB I spose. I was surprised as I don't get into country music though this is different. Just cool to groove around to when "operating" lol.

 

[glennd]

At the moment, classical piano, eg Liszt, Beethoven, Satie...

 

[glennd]

but next month it might be the Spacelords

 

[GTP]

Hmmm, depends on mood. I play Moby's "18" album....a lot especially "In this world,"
Mi-Sex is my first choice always then maybe some James Reyne, or anything from Motorhead or Rob Zombie, to Girlschool, or Iron Maiden.
Sometimes I dont mind Carpenters, Belinda Carlisle or Petula Clarke etc.
Classic 60'~70's Australian rock is good too.
I just load up a playlist of mixed songs and let it go.

 

[GTP]

And if you can't pinpoint my date of birth within five years from that lot, you're not really trying.

Oct 5 1963

 

[Kitten Kong]

I have anything from the 80's, 90's light rock, bon Jovi, Bruce, meatloaf, Queen etc going.

I cant do anything without music. Even cooking lol.

 

[GTP]

I love these compilations when I'm relaxing. Found this one today. Love it

 

[glricht]

I graduated from college with a BME (Bachelor of Music Education) with a major in performance and a minor in composition/arrangement. As such, it's very difficult to have music playing without me subconsciously analyzing it, such as form, keys and modulations, lyrics, chordal structure, etc. It's fun when I have nothing else to do, but I can't have it playing while I'm working on a customer machine. Weird problem for most people, I know, but there it is.

However, if I'm in the office alone doing non-tech work, I like listening to Baroque, a capella groups and Southern Gospel.

 

[Diggs]

I can't listen to music in the background any more either. I use to be a sound engineer on tour with a rock band. I listen in detail to EVERYTHING. Can you hear each vocal, how is the EQ, what's the tonality of the bass, did they get the drum mic'd and mix'd right, how's the compression, etc., etc., etc. Sometimes I try a bit of instrumental chill mix while cooking but that's about it.

 

[britechguy]

I use to be a sound engineer on tour with a rock band. I listen in detail to EVERYTHING. Can you hear each vocal, how is the EQ, what's the tonality of the bass, did they get the drum mic'd and mix'd right, how's the compression, etc., etc., etc.

You're one of those poor souls for whom a professional career in the nitty-gritty details of sound have, in a way, ruined music for you. I know of others for whom this is the case, too. Once they get used to listening for all the various technical bits and pieces they can never listen to the entire performance without "hunting for those" and experience it as most people can, and they could, before getting into deep dive audio engineering.

 

[Diggs]

and they could, before getting into deep dive audio engineering.

Exactly! I was an audiophile in college. We used to get details down to a discussion of phono cartridge shapes and their corresponding frequency responses. Natural progression was to a sound engineer and I've never really enjoyed music the way I used to in my college days since. The early days of audio on the Internet were really depressing......

 

[Sky-Knight]

@Diggs I'm no professional on that level, but I do play two instruments myself. And with all that time invested, a lack of intonation or complexity really leaves me bored very quickly. My personal pet peeve is autotune... I can hear it a mile away and it sounds like nails on a chalk board to me. I WANT to hear a human sing out of tune darn it, that's preferable. Because what I appreciate isn't the music so much as the artistry and the effort that went into creating it.

I seem to be listening to a fair bit of these guys lately:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKurapML4BF9Bjtj4RbvXw

 

[britechguy]

I was an audiophile in college.

So the infection was there, but had not taken full-blown hold yet.

I've said in the past, and stick by it, that a certain strain of audiophile (and it's most that I've had the misfortune to encounter) can take the joy out of musical performance in an instant. They suck the very marrow out of the performance as a whole fixating on the tiniest details. And, if that's someone's personal wish, then that's perfectly fine.

But I can listen to ancient, scratchy 78 RPMs on a Victrola and hear the performance, not the shortcomings of the recording and reproduction media. Caring about the minutiae of recording technology is, in my observation, the quickest way to drain the life out of actual musical appreciation.

 

[Diggs]

I seem to be listening to a fair bit of these guys lately:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKurapML4BF9Bjtj4RbvXw

I'm not much of a piano enthusiast but it's an interesting and enjoyable combination. I'll listen more.

 

[Blues]

Depends on what I am doing but most often something that fits along the lines of these bands: Iron Maiden, Savatage, Rush, Queen, Megadeth, Dream Theater, and Queensryche for the top names off hand.

 

[cypress]

Music is something I need in my life honestly lol. When I drive in my car I rather hear the noise from outside or listen to a podcast. But when I do listen to some music it's gonna be 90's and early 2000's music, R&B and rap.

 

[HCHTech]

I graduated from college with a BME (Bachelor of Music Education) with a major in performance and a minor in composition/arrangement. As such, it's very difficult to have music playing without me subconsciously analyzing it, such as form, keys and modulations, lyrics, chordal structure, etc. It's fun when I have nothing else to do, but I can't have it playing while I'm working on a customer machine. Weird problem for most people, I know, but there it is.

I have a friend with this 'affliction'. Very musically educated, choral director, multi-instrumentalist, etc. - can't enjoy a piece of music unless he is tearing it apart mentally. I have some musical education, but am so glad I never got into theory enough to slide down this slippery slope. Music (as a listener) is a huge part of my life and I can't existence without it. My happy place is definitely a soft chair, a glass of scotch and a jazz combo in the background - and occasionally some carefully-chosen friends - ha. There is an over-used quote out there that is definitely on-point for me,

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." Berthold Auerbach

All of that said, I rarely listen while working - too many phone calls, interruptions, etc.

 

[britechguy]

I rarely listen while working

Same here. But, there is actively listening to music for it's own sake and enjoyment, and "listening" to a soothing or pleasant background. (With soothing and/or pleasant being very personally idiosyncratic choices).

I do, at least on occasion, engage in the second sort. And, if you want to count having music on while driving, I probably do way more of the second sort than the first.

 

[onduck]

I can relate to the issue of analyzing the music and not just listening. I can't listen to much music while I work without getting distracted. When I do I usually prefer classical or video game soundtracks, particularly The Elder Scrolls soundtracks. Video game music is made to help you focus better you know. The Lofi Girl hip hop beats playlists are my go to right now however. I can put those on whenever and they just help me relax and tune into whatever I'm doing.

 

[frase]

Caught this one today an awesome pirate chanty.

Imagine sailing and hearing this in the distance but seeing nothing until they are upon you.