What kind of music do you like? Do you like it when problem solving? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 08:18:55 am
content: I really enjoy Greek (and foreign, but mostly Greek) classic rock,rebetiko, and traditional songs. I don't like heavy metal music, RnB (although there are song that I like to hear), RAP and light pop. Some years ago I was font of country music but not any more.Does music help to face electronic problems, or you want a quiet room when something goes wrong? I rarely work without music.Greek Rebetiko example.?? - ??? - BithikotsisAlexander.

author: Pentium100
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 09:54:15 am
content: I usually turn on the radio when repairing electronics or play a recording. However, when I really have to think hard, I usually pause the music, but that happens rarely, since most of the repair is soldering, measuring etc.I listen to classical and older pop/rock mostly, but will sometimes listen to other songs (but never dubstep or something like that).

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 10:16:09 am
content: why the electric drill song of course

author: Short Circuit
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 10:51:46 am
content: Electronic music of course!

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 01:09:29 pm
content: I work from home as artist/programmer, so music is a massive thing for me; I have it playing pretty much all the time, I tend to cycle through my collection, which includes almost all types. This week I'm having a Masters of the Blues, featuring Buddy Guy! ;-)

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 02:06:11 pm
content: I go through phases, but it's usually techno or rammstein

author: bullet308
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 03:03:11 pm
content: Its all about Maynard and the people he chooses to work with: Tool, A Perfect Circle, etc.But not while I am working at the bench. That is what the EEVBlog is for.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 03:04:35 pm
content: IDM, techno, dnb, dub, glitch, industrial, dark ambient... the list goes on.And yes, I use listen to music when problem solving. In fact, the music is always on in the background.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 03:13:56 pm
content: Poptones, I apologise for the Answer, thank goodness they live mostly in the states............Myself, I listen to the radio as background muzac, whatever is on Shady Pines FM, or i will open Amarok and set it to random play from my collection. Often there are podcasts though in a queue in Totem to go through first.

author: ModemHead
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 04:37:24 pm
content: Radio Paradise

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 04:56:48 pm
content: The Electric Light Orchestra of course ... so the little light bulb above your head may turn on.For PCB layout : nothing beats ZZtop's sharpdressed man. The sound of four flat tires on a dirt road.

author: M0BSW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 05:45:29 pm
content: Can't say about problem solving, favourites German rock singer Doro Pesch is my absolute favourite,then it's Pinkfloyd Guns & Roses & Metalica, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Alice Cooper , Def Lepard, Kasabian, that just about covers it.

author: senso
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 06:00:49 pm
content: Generally, trance, dubstep, electronic music in general, with a particular love for Armin Van Bureen, Mat Zo, and the likes, usually I listen to the Trance Around the World compilations, pretty good music to hear, when tired or really want to be really really focused, Black Sabat and Queen.

author: twbranch
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 07:19:50 pm
content: Heavy metal!!!

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 08:53:14 pm
content: I'll put on some jazz when I'm doing a layout. Miles, Cannonball, Bill Evans, that kind of stuff.If I'm actually working on a circuit or trying to solve a tricky problem, music is too much of a distraction though. I can focus better when it's quiet. Which brings up the issue of the dude in the next office that sounds like a chipper shredder when he is eating lunch.

author: asbokid
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 11:03:40 pm
content: When soldering up a large board, you can't go far wrong with a Sousa march - sure to keep you in rhythm, and the solder nicely in line

author: FenderBender
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 11:15:43 pm
content: Well if I'm actually trying to be intelligent, I don't like any music unless it's Mozart playing really softly in the background...otherwise I distracted.But if it's a mindless sort of task like when I'm cleaning the house, soldering, or something that doesn't require all that much thinking.I found listening to Van Halen makes me really productive because every song is driving rock with some really powerful rock chords. Great song.Also rap puts me in a good mood.Wow look at the name of this song..Focused...It actually makes me focused. I do not necessarily share the views of this song haha. Listener discretion is advised :

author: asbokid
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 11:47:14 pm
content: Quote from: FenderBender on October 11, 2012, 11:15:43 pmThis is what you deserve for that pansy attitude:

author: jamesp15
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2012, 12:11:59 am
content: Anything but Rap/Hip-Hop, Dance/Trance and Country (old or "new" country).

author: FenderBender
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2012, 01:06:54 am
content: Quote from: asbokid on October 11, 2012, 11:47:14 pmWTF is pansy about that?...I can't solve a differential equation with friggin Metallica in the background

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2012, 07:48:34 am
content: I listen to heavy metal or derivates mostly when I tinker on my work bench, however I don't do that all the time. About 50% of the time I spend on my workbench I enjoy the silence. Sometimes I am just not in the mood for music.I hate the local Radio stations, they all get very repetive after a while. During my apprenticeship and the following year of employment I was forced to listen to a single radio station. Bloody 4.5 years! I stopped listening to music on the radio during that time and grew an extreme disliking towards that particular station.I am very thankful that in my current workplace noone has the need to constantly listen to the radio.There isn't even one installed in this room.Ah sweet sweet silence, and the hum of my obsolete PC.Cheers,Florian//EDITOne of my favorite bands. Loud music ... watch out.

author: deephaven
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2012, 08:17:53 am
content: Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Moody Blues, Kate Bush, Madonna......but only if when I'm not having to concentrate too hard on a new design!

author: Nirios
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 12, 2012, 06:18:23 pm
content: If I'm trying to concentrate, classical. WCPE -http://theclassicalstation.org/internet.shtmlOther than that its random Pandora stations, depends on the mood.

author: twbranch
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2012, 12:50:02 am
content: Pop is that the same girl that plays avenged sevenfold like a pro? She is badass!

author: cwalex
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2012, 07:53:52 am
content: Quote from: poptones on October 12, 2012, 04:04:17 amThanks for that! She is awesome.The only radio station I listen to at home is JJJ. At work we have 94.5 because it's customer friendly.

author: M0BSW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2012, 11:37:16 am
content: Quote from: poptones on October 12, 2012, 04:04:17 amI heard this lady before , brilliant

author: djsb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2012, 07:10:49 pm
content: NowCarpenters-Voice From the heart and Horizon albumsAt workRadio LBC (sometimes)http://www.lbc.co.uk/RandomAnything from Led Zepplin,Rush,Boston,Heart, Deff leppard or other rock.But mostly I enjoy the sound of silence.David.

author: PA4TIM
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2012, 08:54:11 pm
content: MSG, Rainbow, Rory Gallagher, pink floyed, neil Young, Joe Bonamasa, lynyrd skynyrd, Alman brothers, anouk, ZZ-Top, SRVAnd everything between Blues and Hard RockBut as long as it is not Rap or hardcore its OK, but I only listen to my own music on mp3 , CDs ect so I'm save for that ;-)

author: jamesp15
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2012, 08:19:27 pm
content: In no particular order:The Gathering (pre 2008, their new singer sucks), Within Temptation, Aqua de Annique/Anneke van Giersbergen, Pink Floyd, Anathema, Serenity, Sirenia (2008 and on), Evanescence, Sarah Mclachlan, Dido, Theatre of Tragedy, Delain, Linkin Park, Loreena Mckennitt, Nightwish, Xandria..Some of which im sure some of you may have never heard of, but if you like the others I list you may find one you like lolSo a fairly diverse mix.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2012, 09:57:41 pm
content: Solder Gangnam style !

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2012, 11:26:37 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on October 11, 2012, 08:53:14 pmThis way he gets sophisticated layouts with attention to detail, like the music he listens toI like jazz as well as different kinds of rock.

author: PA4TIM
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 17, 2012, 11:40:28 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on October 17, 2012, 09:57:41 pmNot smd I presume,What the heck is this, a guy from the far east who thinks he is an Afro-american with italian ancestersbut the video s very amusing. A mix of rap and italo. I think i need prozack to be able to solder with this on my speakers >:-)

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 03:39:08 am
content: I absolutely cannot listen to music when I am problem solving. If I listen to music while working on mildly mindful tasks my work efficiency goes down, I make mistakes.If its some completely mindless shit then I am good.I envy you people. I guess I enjoy the music way too much to get any work done lol.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 04:52:34 am
content: Quote from: PA4TIM on October 17, 2012, 11:40:28 pmjust pretend you are a pick and place machine. the synth 'sneer' is the steppers positioning the stage and the beat is the 'thud' of the nozzle slapping the part down. industrial music ...

author: JVR
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 09:25:57 am
content: Generally while working the headphones put out a mix of stuff from Dire Straits to Robbie Wessels.Coding gets done to either dubstep or hardcore rock, as loud as possible please.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 09:54:14 am
content: Joe Satriani, no lyrics, just music. Good pure music.

author: OndraSter
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 10:00:17 am
content: 50Hz lose transformer vibrations!Usually trance, chillstep, dubstep, when programming I switch to Drum 'n Bass usually... Or anything that has some (usable) rythm.

author: peter.mitchell
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 10:13:34 am
content: According to your above description, these are perfectly usable.

author: Tuomas
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 11:06:59 am
content: When I'm problem solving (coding, laying out a pcb...), I can listen to some instrumental music at best. Lyrics, guitar solos and so on are distracting.When soldering, though, I like to listen to something more complex, like prog rock. Last time I had a long soldering session, I had the Dream Theater Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York live DVD playing in the background.

author: Neilm
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 06:40:09 pm
content: If I am designing a circuit or trying to fix a design fault the most I will listen to is instrumental jazz or classical - I find Ludovico Einaudi particularly good for that.If I am just putting the design in to the CAD package, then I'll listen to some vocals (I've just got a CD from a jazz artist called Nicola Farnon I find quite nice)If fault finding a PCB, I'll listen to any of the above plus pop. Most appropriate song for that is of course "(Magic) Smoke gets in your Eyes"Neil

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 07:43:55 pm
content: like i said , nothing beats ZZtop sharp dressed man when doing complex multilayer high desnity pcb layuot.

author: david77
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2012, 09:13:39 pm
content: I often listen to radio comedy/documentaries/features (mostly BBC Radio4) while doing electronics stuff or generally working in the shed. I've stopped listening to commercially available radio stations completely - they play just crap and annoy the hell out of me.When there's a hard nut to crack I actually prefer silence.While drawing up circuit diagrams I prefer some music, usually something smooth. Just now it was Matt Berry's "Opium".Radio Paradise was mentioned, which a brilliant source for music.

author: cloudscapes
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2012, 05:08:45 pm
content: My tastes are pretty variedClassical, ambient, drone, experimental, noise, rock, blues, folk, electronic (not dance, though), glitch, punk, etc.I usually prefer instrumental when debugging or coding, and occasionally need to turn it off for a few minutes when something really doesn't make any sense.

author: poptones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 20, 2012, 07:25:08 pm
content: I have a chillout channel on pandora that works really well for me. Stuff like Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Crystal Castles, Massive Attack, Phantogram, Mono, Mazzy Star, Air...http://youtu.be/S8QOaaoiT9UShe's only 4 years younger than me, but somehow Hope Sandoval leaves me feeling like a dirty old man...

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 22, 2012, 05:34:50 pm
content: Quote from: LEECH666 on October 12, 2012, 07:48:34 amSaid as a man who discovered a "flaw" in a scopeOh yeah. Heavy Metal's the best!Quote from: twbranch on October 13, 2012, 12:50:02 amAwesome!

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2012, 09:06:11 pm
content: I saw alot I like in this tread, but like to add:Prodigy, Bowie, Bérurier noir, Breeders, Crass, Deftones, Moby,...And at the moment, this one:I tried Sunn O)), but still getting used to it :-)