April 22, 2024 at 3:21 pm
I always have music playing when I work, and it has to sound great. I've lucked out that every employer I've ever had has been fine with me bumping. I don't go crazy but am surprised at the volume levels I get away with.
I play busy music, which I would genre as energy/vocal dance/top 40. Crazy I know, but it keeps the other treads in my head from running off on me so I can focus on the current task.
April 22, 2024 at 3:27 pm
I mainly use You tube now. I used CD's back in the 90's early 2000's. I've also use Sirius in the car, I've also used it some while working from home, I feel I have better control using You tube.
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April 22, 2024 at 7:35 pm
My musical tastes are a lot like the following, so it's hard to dance and bop-around while working.
April 22, 2024 at 9:44 pm
I'm a mix. SOMETIMES I want silence when I work, sometimes I want music. It depends on the day.
But on average, I prefer music over silence. When I do put music on, it depends on what I am working on as to the type of music I have on too. Sometimes slow music is what I am in the mood for and "goes with" what I am working on, sometimes I need something faster and more upbeat. Sometimes I like "new" to me stuff, other times I like stuff I am familiar with. If I can't decide, then I pick a band I know I will enjoy that has a wide enough variety in their songs that I am not going to get bored or distracted by the music.
The above is all just my opinion on what you should do.
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April 23, 2024 at 1:41 pm
On the one day a week I'm going into the office, I don't play music (and I wish I could, but) because to be able to hear it over some of the other folks in the office, I'd have to turn it quite far up. I don't blame the other workers, they pretty much had the office space to themselves for the last 3 years and got used to not having to moderate their volume...
Now, when I'm at home, I have to have something playing, as it's just me and a bit of tinnitus, which the music helps cover. Mostly I'll listen to instrumental in the morning / early afternoon, as vocal music tens to fall into either "yes, I like this and can use it as background noise" or "I dislike this artist / song so what else is playing," and end up browsing the channels to find something, rather than working.
As for how I get the music, I've got a SiriusXM streaming subscription, fire that up on my personal PC and let it go, turn it off for calls / meetings. Station-wise, Symphony Hall, BB Kings Bluesville, Real Jazz, Spa, Forest Dreams, and several of the "chill" type channels tend to be my morning go-tos. Afternoons, when I switch to vocal music, 80s on 8, Hair Nation, and several of the country channels...
April 23, 2024 at 1:47 pm
Showing my age here...I listen to Forties Junction and Fifties Gold.
Rick
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April 23, 2024 at 1:57 pm
Often background ambient
Brian Eno
Harold Budd
Robin Guthrie
Robert Fripp - music for quiet moments 1-52
April 24, 2024 at 10:40 am
I have the radio on when I'm working at home playing a classic rock station. As much as anything, it's because I don't like sitting in silence and it's a bit of background noise. If I've bought a new CD, I'll listen to that because my car doesn't have a CD player in it. I still buy CD's because my thinking is that if a band has put their effort into making the album, we owe it to them to listen to it as they intended, without the compression and loss that converting it to digital involves. With that being said, I've got a lossless music player that I use in the car so I upload the CD to that and I can have my whole music collection available for the commute.
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April 24, 2024 at 2:27 pm
I have the radio on when I'm working at home playing a classic rock station. As much as anything, it's because I don't like sitting in silence and it's a bit of background noise. If I've bought a new CD, I'll listen to that because my car doesn't have a CD player in it. I still buy CD's because my thinking is that if a band has put their effort into making the album, we owe it to them to listen to it as they intended, without the compression and loss that converting it to digital involves. With that being said, I've got a lossless music player that I use in the car so I upload the CD to that and I can have my whole music collection available for the commute.
Neil, can you tell me more about the 'lossless music player' you are using. My Honda CRV has no cd player either. I have satellite radio and it will also play from my cell phone. I haven't tried using a USB disc yet.
Rick
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April 25, 2024 at 2:49 am
I always have headphones for times when you don't want to bother others. And I am 100% the same way when it comes to loud rooms. At this point, when it is loud, I mostly just find a corner of a party to hide, or just leave.
April 25, 2024 at 6:38 am
Neil Burton wrote:I have the radio on when I'm working at home playing a classic rock station. As much as anything, it's because I don't like sitting in silence and it's a bit of background noise. If I've bought a new CD, I'll listen to that because my car doesn't have a CD player in it. I still buy CD's because my thinking is that if a band has put their effort into making the album, we owe it to them to listen to it as they intended, without the compression and loss that converting it to digital involves. With that being said, I've got a lossless music player that I use in the car so I upload the CD to that and I can have my whole music collection available for the commute.
Neil, can you tell me more about the 'lossless music player' you are using. My Honda CRV has no cd player either. I have satellite radio and it will also play from my cell phone. I haven't tried using a USB disc yet.
I've got one of these. I bought it in early 2021 and I largely can't fault it. It hit the sweet spot of having plenty of features and good reviews at a price I was willing to pay. Although it says 16gb, it'll take a memory card up to 256gb which was one the things I was looking for. It works well with the Ford Sync 3 app in my car. It works less well but still works with the system in my wife's Jeep. When I get a new CD, I transfer it to the home NAS as flac files then copy those files to the player and plug it into the car. And there's the reason why I wouldn't recommend it. That plugging-in uses Sony's stupid proprietory connector into the device and USB into the car. The newer model uses USB-C like civilised people so I'd get one of those instead. It has been made very clear to me that having a more compatible connection is not a good enough reason to replace a perfectly good music player...
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April 25, 2024 at 6:39 am
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