What does everyone listen to in the shop?

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Marnat3

Marnat3

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I , personally don't like background noise, but, I seem to be a minority on this.
So I started wondering...

What does everyone listen to in the shop?
Talk radio?
Top 10?
Voices in your head? (that would be me).
Something else?
 
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I'm an oldies fan when it comes to shop or lab time. Talk radio is for the car ride to work and around the plant. Oldies are upbeat, mostly positive songs that I can whistle or sing along with, and that makes me relaxed and happy.
 
I have a pair of worktunes, has a headphone jack for a portable MP3 player, also am/fm radio. I also have a fm transmitter I can hook to my computer to broadcast whatever i want.
 
If its the weekend, one of the local stations plays a really good selection of the 80s. If that gets dull, I have pandora available everywhere :)

I do recommend a good set of radio headphones. They block out the most of the shop noise and let you listen to whatever without the volume having to be too loud.

Mine has mp3 jack so I can listen to pandora from my iphone, but I don't like the wire going even to my pocket so I tend to use a FM transmitter too.
 
Nothing......the shop is my place to go to get away from the world. Don't even have a clock out there. Sounds crazy but it really is a great escape for me.
 
"Clyde Lewis; Ground Zero", "George Noory; Coast to Coast am", "Art Bell". I can pick it all up on Iheart Radio. …..Weird, I know, but it comes from my days as a Flight Control Officer in Nevada…working the grave yard shift and controlling the "Groom Lake, Area 51 Sector"…. I could tell you some stories, but then I'd have to kill ya.
 
Mostly country. Sometimes Eric church, sometimes Colt Ford. Occasionally new rock, but most new stuff isn't good.
It's an older Logitech 5.1 THX certified surround system I put on a shelf I'm the corner above the mess. It can take input from any input source and make it really loud.
 
At work .. Stephen King's radio station WKIT 100.3
At home, my mp3 player loaded with mostly classic Rock and Blues including ...
Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Elvis Costello, Todd Snyder, Tom Petty, The Clash, Dave Alvin, John Prine, Rick Estrin (and Little Charlie) and the Nightcats, Jimmy Reed, The Pretenders, Neil Young, etc.
 
An eclectic mix...

Talk radio at computer (except for a little 24/7 Polka Heaven), Talk radio in shop weekday days. Country weekends, with 6 hours of Classic Country on Saturday nights.

How's that for a bit eclectic !

Charlie
 
I keep an old laptop and keep Spotify running. My mood changes, some days its Etta James, Dobie Gray, Celtic Woman ladies and Ennio Morricone.

Or it could be a Rock day where I have Motley Crue, GNR, and a South African group; Just Jinger

A country day is has a mix of country and southern gospel. I like the Isaacs, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jessie Colter and some John Denver and the occaisional Carpenters or New Seekers hit.

Just a sampling of what I listen to
 
Nothing. The entry to my shop area is behind me when I am working at the lathe. We have 3 kids who can't seem to go longer than 15 minutes without needing something. When I have the dust collector on they scare the @$%# out of me when they come in and start talking . . .
 
Most of the time listen to myself talk.Ocassionally a full blown conversation is carried out.The voices in my head are just not trustworthy enough to listen to all the time.
 
NPR, Classic Rock, 40's and 50's Jazz, Grateful Dead live recordings, streamed Old Time Radio shows, or nothing at all. Depends on my mood. Nothing at all when I'm really trying to solve a problem but music helps me when I'm in a creative groove.
 
Music......Oldies but goodies........70's & 80's.......Country rock and classic country.

I also have a TV in the shop for the quiet times...(glueing up or planning)...John Wayne movies. Sports and weather. And when it is important to me....CNN

I also have a FLOOD LIGHT hooked up to the door so when someone comes in, I know they are there. Prevents me from getting surprised and having an accident
 
Lenny good call on Todd Snider!

I listen to Pandora on my phone pretty quietly so I don't wake up the kids. When I was a bachelor had a record player with some awesome old vinyl in my pottery shop. Willie, Merle, Cash, Skynyrd, Pink Floyd, all kinds of good stuff. All bought for about $1 each at antique malls.

On Pandora I have John Prine, Lucero, Drive By Truckers, James McMurtry, Jerry Jeff Walker, The Avett Bros, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Hayes Carll, and some other wonderful artists as well

Good thread!
 
I'm usually listening to, and catching up on Podcasts I get daily (3hrs worth minus commercials) for from the Dave Ramsey Show.
 
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My shop time is for me to find my happy place. So I usually use that time to listen to my thoughts. I was only able to turn for about 3 months before I deployed so I'm still a noob turner, so it takes me an hour or so to make a pen from start to finish. so I just take me time, and work out all of the issues in my head.
 
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