Guest rick r Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Every modeler I've ever known has used the hobby as a relaxant, and almost every one uses a special concoction of environment to aid the process. Earlier this year I would've said 'Talk Radio" was my sole bg element, but it got old, local hosts changed, and while I'll be back, it may not be tomorrow... More recently I bought some tv dvd sets of old tv series, 'Mannix', `Harry O', stuff from the 70s that I didn't see first-run when I was in Alaska. Neat stuff, but in short doses, so I'm casting for background noise. What do some of you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Rain Tons of it lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Creative Explorer Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 CHRISTMAS SONGS!!!!! LOTS OF IT!!!! it is the best period of the year, well, I just like it But normally the hit-radio in the Netherlands, sometimes good ol Rock&Roll to get in time correct projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rick r Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Rain Tons of it lately SEE? You shoulda gone to Detroit wen you had the chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 You funny, haha :-) I love paying $3.52 a gallon for gas $6.75 gallon of milk Bread under two bucks? yeah, right... $5.85 box of cereal Life's just peachy!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Actually, my background music is Hawaiian music, of course. Talk show hosts are so full of themselves, think their opinion matters, and they are always right. Sorry, don't like them, but they are fun to laugh at some times!!!! Nothing beats a good jam with a great slack key guitarist and an incredible voice, telling stories of our land, the way it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlguy Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 NPR. Oldies. If I'm working near the computer I'll click into Rhapsody and pick my own. Bill Barrrett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Well, I'm a talk show junkie............but when I get tired of that it may be oldies on MP3 or The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre. I have all 1400 episodes on MP3 CD's-----I can just transfer them to my cell phone or MP3 player and build away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Can Am Garage Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 TV. Preferably a repeat of something good like the Mythbusters. I can snicker at them and work to my hearts content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 For my birthday this past year my wife bought me a portable DVD/CD player. I have it set up in my workshop, just a little 7 inch screen, but I like it for the noise. I usually play any of my auto related movies and my Best Motoring collection. They are all in Japanese with english subtitles. They test out some pretty cool cars not unlike Top Gear out of the UK. Anyway, that's what is on in my work area when I'm their, which has been not lately... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAL Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 A selection from our extensive musical library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert81 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Me i do most of my modeling right here, in front of the computer. I just work between key strokes. Window"s Media Player is usually blasting out 70's and 80's hard rock/heavy metal. Ozzy, Metalica (oh wait, that's 90's), Pantera, Fait no More, The classics. If you ever get a chance listen to the band called Apocalyptica , they play hard rock/heavy metal on Cellos. It's just amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooner Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I enjoy basically all music depends on the mood or job at task.But lately I've been listening to Old Time Radio programs like Amos and Andy, Unsolved Mysteries, Aldrich Family, well you get the idea. It gives me something to fill the void of silence and a chuckle here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Old movies on TCM or old sitcoms, I'm stuck in the land that time forgot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurth Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Typically I will try to put on some talk radio. I enjoy the chatter. The cable jack in my model Shoppe doesn't seem to work and i have never really felt the motivation to climb around the attic tracing cables and getting all itchy from the isultation, so I never put a TV in there. If I can't find any good talk radio I'll put on some CDs, streaming mp3s or put on the sound from the tv on in the model shop's stereo with the Zone2 from the receiver in the living room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzoenvy1 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 (edited) Well it varies for me but above all I need some noise or form of it. It is either: Movies on Ipod - screen is small enough to see but takes up little room. I have ripped my entire DVD library to an external drive. Drag and drop baby. Music on Ipod - this is an easy one. I have modeled so long before that I have killed a full Pod charge! TV - given source of noise. Usually Discovery or TLC or History - always technical shows like How its Made/Mythbusters/WWII stuff. For the ultimate shut out the world feeling I turn on Dr. Phil or some ###### like that. I have found that I have learned more politically through modelling than I have ever known in my life. So I am finding that the news and CNN are on a lot more lately. EDIT - One noise I hate hearing is the wife yelling at me to get up and do something that can wait til later. I think she likes to tick me off when she gets bored!!! Edited December 1, 2007 by Enzoenvy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roadkill2525 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I'll listen to rock music, mostly AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, KISS, The Doors, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osborne, ZZ Top, Van Halen, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Magedeath, Motorhead, Metallica, Motley Crue, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Ramones, Rainbow, Rare Earth, Steppenwolf, Ted Nugent, Twisted Sister, The Who, Guns & Roses, Jethro Tull, Iron Butterfly, Grand Funk Railroad, Foghat, Blue Oyster Cult, Dio, Deep Purple, CCR, The Clash, Boston, Billy Idol, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Anthrax, ELO, Jefferson Airplane, Cream, America, Bad Company, The Kinks, Thin Lizzy, Slayer, .38 Special, Canned Heat, Foreigner, Chuck Berry, Jan & Dean, The Beach Boys, Kansas, The Box Tops and Bill Haley to name a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I can't work with the TV on because it's too much of a distraction. The repeated commercial loops get to me a lot too. I do, however, get more done when I am listening to music from one of many sources like: hard drive, CD, DVD-A, SACD, MiniDisc, or even internet radio (Swissgroove.ch if you want an idea of what kind of music I'm into. If you added Zappa and a bit of classic rock to their playlist you wouldn't have too many holes in my collection. ) I haven't tried to do any vinyl because I have to keep getting up every 15 to 20 minutes to change what's on the 'table. I guess I could do it while I'm painting because I move around more between the spray area, the dehydrator and the bench. Although, I could just use the record side as a timer for the dehydrator.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Patterson Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Generally it's the kids listening to the tv or playing a video game. Also, the cats slapping something around and skidding in the kitchen. I do try real hard not to drop anything on the floor while building, or it disappears in a hooked claw slap shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAL Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Yeah, I can't watch TV and model either. I know a lot of guys who do, and can't understand how they do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVZ2881 Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 right this very minute its the Oregon Ducks v. Oregon St. Beavers Civil War football game, so not much modeling is being done, as I watch my Ducks crumble without Dennis Dixon. I very rarely have the TV on when I model as i find it too distracting. usually its either nothing at all, or some type of music, which usually consists of hard rock( Tool, Metallica, Faith No More), or country music. cant stand talk radio, or any other type of music except classic rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Wyatt Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 My son is saving up to upgrade his Ipod...his only holds 800 or so songs ( I didn't even know there were 800 songs!)...so I will purchase his after Christmas and I can get rid of the P.O.S. Sansdisk thingy I have. Sometimes I'll just listen to the t.v. while I'm modeling but when the kids are playting video games I have to have something to cover up that...the background music for those video games drive me nuts. I listen to mostly metal with some hardcore punk, classic rock and even some classical thrown in. Pantera, System of a Down, Slayer, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Prrimus, Scorpions, UFO, Tank are a few of my faves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 I have about 5000 songs in iTunes on my computer, and my home office is also my modeling room...so I put on a playlist with the volume relatively low for background noise when I model....a little bit of everything...classical, jazz, classic rock, alternative rock, metal, ambient, electronica, a little country and hip-hop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefbo Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 At my modeling desk, I have a small TV that's always on. I tend to put on stuff that I have see many times before. I don't watch the TV for the most part. I also watch those sporting events (not my teams) that I might not normally watch. Looking up for the occasional replay. And quite often I will put on Deep Tracks and just listen to music. But the Best noise is Thursday nights, when I invite my modeling buddies over, and we sit around my dinning room table building & shooting the bull. Non-stop... It's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jairus Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Talk radio, Classic Rock, Blues and Jazz in that order. Used to love Classical music and have a huge CD and Record collection but.... have not listened to even Vivaldi in over a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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