Music?

[Viggen]

I have taken to listening to Blues, when listening. And I am particularly fond of a site in South Australia.
South Australian ROOTS and BLUES

That and learning to play Banjo in the frailing style, and later this year the guitar - folk type music.
There is this place called Tangier Sound that got me started on this. Patrick and his Dad teach on the site and there are lessons and insights going back to last May on the Blog. Begin at the beginning and it's easier to make sense of it.

[civilwarblacksmith]

Seems most everyone are rockers or metal heads. I listen to a couple of different styles depending on what comes through. Mostly Country/Bluegrass and also Christian and Classical.

[triw]

I love the old hymns especially writen by the Wesleyan Brothers (I sing along as I hammer, I know most by heart) I also like classical or if I am in the mood I like classic Rock (60's).

[ornametalsmith]

classic rock , jazz, blues, reggae .... and a few of the newer artists. John Mayer and Clapton are in many of my iPod mixes.
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[Daryl]

I don't leave talk shows or news-type radio on in the shop as it is far too distractive.
I particularly like classic rock, some old punk, some (not all) country, blues, some of the new rock (rock, not bubble-gum stuff).
Of course Lemmy, Jimi, Stevie, Angus and Eric all have their music in my shop. Classical music is sometimes played in my car, never in my shop - it just never works in to things. Yes, bagpipe music does play in my shop too.
It is nice to have some variation in the music during the day. However, I keep the 'trend' fairly close; no new stuff on the same day as classic rock, etc.. It can be distracting. Rather than trying to watch a clock all the time, I make up CDs for my player and try to have them last sixty minutes or so. That way, I stop on the hour to change CDs and I can keep track of my time.

[ironrosefarms]

Primarily contemporary Christian, but that is because of what is available on our local radio... however
I love bluegrass and old country a good bit of 50's and early 60's rock and roll, I listen occasionally to classic orchestra's including Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and the like and modern orchestra's like that from movies such as Lord of the Rings. If you was to look into my CD collection or in my MP3 you would also find Christian Hip Hop, Christian Country, Christian heavy metal...

So long as it isn't vulgar I very well might have it or enjoy it. My music taste used to be very narrow until I started running sound at our church about 10 years ago. I never knew what kind of music might come either from Southern Gospel for the older folks or the next day some Heavy metal scream band for the youth. I came to open wide up to learn what each style of music should sound like and found that there is not much I really can't stand to hear.

I have found that forging to the sound track of any of the three Lord of the Rings movies is quite inspiring, especially for bigger projects. I have to be careful of what music might be on if I am doing delicate work though as it really does effect my mood and my results.

James

[JAFO]

I like 50's and 60's rock. Reckon its just the old xxxx syndrome.

[AtomicForge]

Black Metal!! *Bangs head*