Phil Torrone, senior editor of MAKE and creative director for DIY site Adafruit, is a DIY guru and all-around good guy. So we had him give us good songs to listen to while building stuff.

He gave us a list of tunes chock full of productive, creative goodness. We posted the songlist and a video to get you started, but you can see the rest of the vids with commentary over on the Adafruit blog. (Photo courtesy of HSmade)

• Peter, Paul and Mary - "If I Had a Hammer"
• Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
• Kraftwerk - "Pocket Calculator"
• John Prine - "Grandpa Was a Carpenter"
• Madness - "Our House"
• Elton John - "Electricity"
• Kraftwerk - "The Robots"
• Starship - "We Built This City"
• Rufus Wainwright - "The Maker Makes"
• Radiohead - "House of Cards"
• ZZ Top - "Woke Up With Wood"

Listening Test: It's music tech week at Gizmodo.

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