What do you listen to

[Sheltie]

Having a conversation with my wife about the choice of music when I am working. I find if I am forging then something loud and along the lines of heavy rock (Marilyn Manson, Magnum, Early genesis, Early Marillion) However she has noticed that if I listen to My Chemical Romance/ Greenday then I tend to make more mistakes (with resultant blue air) But if I am doing viking knitting the best music to listen to is Simon & Garfunkel (starng but true)

So my question to you all is What do you listen to?

Apologies if this is in the wrong area (please feel free to move)

[Emerald]

I listen to my arguing kids and that just make me hammer even more - result very squashed metal:(| not kids

[Kalorlo]

Heheh - I listen to Last.fm stations mostly. Tom Waits station (has plenty of Leonard Cohen), metal covers station... or Fairport Convention.

[The Dragon]

Classical music when I have to concentrate on something especially young male tenors.

Easy listening for general work: Elton John, Bon Jovi, Phil Collins.

When I'm having a seriously bad day I'll listen to the entire Misplaced Childhood Album by Marillion, it never fails to get me back on track.

:dance:

[geti-titanium]

I'm in too many places at once to listen to music at work but on the way home I've had the same CD in the player since it came out - Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - can't beat it with a stick! If only I could remember to change it before I set off ....

[geti-titanium]

Funny session tonight folks - never had so much fun with my clothes on - well actually I haven't got any clothes on - only joking! still got me socks on!:rofl:

[The Dragon]

I'll have a pint of what your on! lol

Just wish I had the energy to drink it.

:-D

[Kalorlo]

kalrolo...with the greatest of respect....fairport convention belongs in the beading section.....

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but I'll raise you a surfeit of lampreys ;p

Let's add Boney M and the Animals and Helloween to my making things playlist.

[amazingbabe]

At the moment i am big into Paulo Nutini, he has got such a unique voice love him xxxx

[agent_44]

I listen to allsorts when I am making stuff, more dictated by my mood than what I am making, usually fast and noisy keeps me motivated though. I use last.fm, so you can see what I have been listening to here:

http://www.last.fm/user/purplerhian

[Dano]

i got a little cheapy DAB radio for in the shop and i mostly listen to arrow rock on it but i'm pretty eclectic

i got so much done yesterday while tidying up the shop when "don't stop believing" by Journey came on.

YouTube - Don't Stop Believing - Journey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-SbwCHJ80)
altogether now: "just a small town girl, livin' in a loooonely woooorld..."

for weaving chain i like some nice hypnotic stuff like groove salad on SomaFM: Listener Supported, Commercial Free Internet Radio (http://www.soma.fm) cause the quicker i get into alpha state autopilot mode the better i get at it

[Ominicci]

NOT classical music! I KNOW it's supposed to aid concentration but I do like to sing along...Heart FM (I usually know the songs) if I can't be bothered to put a CD on but if so, anything from Emma Bunton and the Corrs to Oasis and Queen. I don't have much 'new' stuff and don't tend to follow anyone religiously but do have all abums by Melanie C.

[mizgeorge]

I generally work in silence (Simon and Garfunkle again!)

If I'm going to listen to music, it very much depends on what I'm doing, but usually classic or conscious reggae - Max Romeo, Bunny Wailer, his Bobness, Tarrus Riley, Abyssinians, Beres Hammond, Diana King, Burning Spear, Sean Paul Buju and Shaggy - lots of dub, esp King Tubby and Lee Scratch Perry, Nyabinghi chants (fantastic for chainmaking). Opera if I'm in the mood. Bowie, Massive Attack, ELO, RHCP.

For singing along, it's usually jazz (esp Ella) or George Michael, or a bit of nostalgia with Evert Taube (Swedish folk singer and legend).

Can you tell I just checked the last few things on my playlist!

[Di Sandland]

Max Romeo - what a blast from my past when I was in to ska, rocksteady and bluebeat. My dad bought me a whole pile of singles (remember them) from some specialist place in London. I submerged myself in musicians such as The Pioneers, The Wailers, The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytalls...

Oh what days they were. 15 years old and bursting with vitality.

Nowadays my tastes are varied and, to be honest, I have the radio on Capital Gold while I'm working. When I listen to my own music, it varies from Led Zeppelin thru Pink Floyd and along the way it meanders by The Eagles, Clapton, and Elton John with occasional forays into light classics, big band, and wise woman chants.

A broad church I think

[caroleallen]

I don't listen to music but I always have the telly on in my studio.

[mizgeorge]

I kept forgetting to say, one of my favourite sites when I can't decide what to listen to is Musicovery : interactive webRadio (http://www.musicovery.com) - great way of finding new stuff too :)