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    Image of taodude taodude
    04/17/09

    In reply to 10 "Instruments" That Have No Business Playing Music
    For dessert, how about P.D.Q. Bach's (Peter Schickele's) "hardart"?
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    Image of infmom infmom
    04/18/09

    @taodude: PDQ Bach's orchestra should be at the top of the list. :)
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    Shit, I better...I make it for a living.
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    Image of LittleJon LittleJon
    04/18/09

    @johnnyabnormal: What style of music do you make?
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    Image of johnnyabnormal johnnyabnormal
    04/21/09

    @LittleJon: I compose for TV and Film, so the answer is inverted: For my job, the more important question is, "What style don't you make?"


    Essentially, you have to be able to be a musical chameleon. It's quite often that a day might contain several jobs with many or completely different styles.


    This is a small collection of recent work that might be entertaining to illustrate that point:


    [www.johnnyrandom.com]

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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    Currently listening to Tears of Rage.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    Unfortunately, sound travels too well in here, thus music of any sort is frowned upon :(


    Anyway, what the hell is with the people who have complained about Giz' Audiophile articles? Speakers are gadgets, you friggin' maroons.

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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    Times in the day when music is not on.


    1) Morning Joe on TV

    2) Shower

    3) Podcasts for my subway commute (45 min for 45 min.)

    4) Lunch with co-workers

    5) Meetings that involve other people

    6) Steam room at the gym

    7) Watching television with my wife

    8) While sleeping


    Otherwise, I have music running all the time, either from my iTunes, my iPod, or Pandora.

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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    I've got another category you're not showing here: I prefer music but the type depends on the task.


    Stuff without vocals if I need to read or write. Like Acid-Jazz, Downbeat/Dub, Trip-Hop, Drum n' Bass, general loungy electronica, tiny bit of trance.


    Rock (stuff with vocals) works for design work, back when I was doing stuff that involved numbers and AutoCAD.

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    Image of ddmeightball ddmeightball
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    I listen to just about anything at work, just as long as I'm in the mood for it whether its Rock and/or Roll, Rap, Pop or even Classic. Though most of the time its JPop, JRock or anything anime related.


    Though right now I am watching season 1 of Battlestar Galactica in my cubicle!

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @ddmeightball: " (I work from home) (if you can call it work)"


    You don't work for Sony tech support do you? 'Cuz I've been on hold now for like 45 minutes waiting.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @bosskev: Um, ignore whatever the hell just happened in my quoting above, not intended.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    I used to enjoy listening to music at work until the only Alternative Rock station in the area went top 40. We went from Weezer, Ludo, etc... to Pink, Kelly Clarkson, and Jonas Bros. FML.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDav...: Can you get internet radio? If so, see my comment above for two standout recommendations. Either guaranteed to be 99.4% Jonas-free.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/17/09

    @bosskev: I can, but it's not viable in my case. I like local radio to let me know what's going on.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    In my apartment (I work from home) (if you can call it work), I have music playing 24/7. And, since I'm too lazy to deal with ripping and managing my CD collection (1000s), 99% of the time that music is from internet radio, either Radio Paradise or SomaFM: Indie Pop Rocks! The only time I turn music off is when I switch to home theater mode for a movie.
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    Image of Sword-chucks Sword-chucks
    04/17/09

    @bosskev: Is it on 24/7 because you're too lazy to turn it off as well? Because I could respect that decision.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @Sword-chucks: Hmm. Never thought about it. And I would now but, as you know, I'm too...
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    Image of htifun htifun
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    yeah seriously, what is the deal with all this music crap?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @htifun: Umm...did you just wake up all grumpy from your week-long sleep?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    Listening to the stereo mix of Within You Without You from Sgt. Pepper's right now on my Tivoli.


    There appears to be a sitar on my file cabinet, somewhere between the Alvarez case and the In Re Thompson files.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/17/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: And now the sitars are in the "Open files" rack.
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    04/17/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: That song will play at my funeral.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @Justin Paulson: Cool! Am I invited? What date do I need to set aside? My next week is wide open.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I sit next to the server room, so if I want to hear something other than banks and banks of humming machinery... Well on the headphones go, can style that block out ambient noise and allow me to pretend to not notice people wanting help for another 1.8 seconds longer than would normally be socially acceptable.


    Though nothing so grand as "The Beatles" current caressing my ears, instead I have "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" by Wolfsheim.


    And now I'm on to Border by Pride & Fall

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: And of course the happy song for a Friday afternoon: They're Coming to Take Me Away - Neuroticfish
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    Image of jiznerdo jiznerdo
    04/17/09

    In reply to Do You Listen To Music While You Work?
    I fall into the category of....I used to like this blog that had cool posts about gadgets, but someone seems to have replaced my bookmark to it with a site about music.
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    04/17/09

    @jiznerdo: did you not see it is music week?
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    Image of jiznerdo jiznerdo
    04/17/09

    @Justin Paulson: why yes, yes I did notice it is music week. perhaps next week will be puppy dogs and ponies week.


    i don't mind posts about music gadgets during music week--but the endless lists of staff 'first cd' lists, etc. put me in a bit of a bad mood.


    i'll get over it. i'm sure puppy dogs and ponies week next week will make me feel nicer. :-)

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @jiznerdo: "...perhaps next week will be puppy dogs and ponies week."


    You must be new. Every day is Ponies! day around here.

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    Image of mattattaxx mattattaxx
    04/17/09

    In reply to 10 "Instruments" That Have No Business Playing Music
    what about the top gear themesong done by Captain Slow using only car engine sounds?
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @mattattaxx: Does that count if it's mixed, or did he do it live?
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    Image of sir_pantsalot sir_pantsalot
    04/17/09

    In reply to 10 "Instruments" That Have No Business Playing Music
    I can't get video at work but I think it is safe to assume that all of those are better than listening to a saxaphone.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/17/09

    @sir_pantsalot: Or a duck-horn... I mean clarinet.
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    Image of glaeven glaeven
    04/17/09

    In reply to 10 "Instruments" That Have No Business Playing Music
    i want to play a building...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/17/09

    @glaeven: Play a building....In Tetris?
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