What is your engineering soundtrack?

Not sure I could pin down an exact playlist, I'll listen to anything (One or two excepts with genres like rap). My playlists have been ranging from Yo-Yo Ma to GSY!BE and British Sea Power to Mindless Self Indulgence. I must admit a guilty pleasure recently has been a touch of Lady Gaga for some reason.

Vast majority of the time I cannot work properly without music. I can cope without it, but I lose that natural rhythm of getting things working and lose concentration more. Last 10 artists that stick out that have been on my playlists this week are:

1. White Stripes
2. Mindless Self Indulgence
3. British Sea Power
4. Clinic
5. At The Drive-In
6. Young Legionnaire
7. Broken Social Scene
8. Clint Mansell
9. The Polyphonic Spree
10. Mclusky

May be that one morning and completely different in the afternoon. Makes for some interesting looks when people ask what the music is thats for sure. Depending on how I'm listening to music (MP3 player, CD, stream etc), I do keep track of it on Last.fm, anyone else use it?

I used to use a music streaming site..can't even remember what it is called now. You typed in a couple of bands you liked and it picked music based on your preferences. Then it stopped working out side the US and I never went back.

I don't listen to much now, bit of music here or there if a mate sends a tack to listen to, or a playlist on youtube if I feel like it

Good call on British Sea Power, John. I used to listen to their first CD quite a lot when I lived in London. They were playing in leeds a few weeks back, and I meant to go, but had other stuff on....

edited due to getting bands mixed up

Thinking of Pandora?

They are a great band, worth checking out their other albums, and indeed the recently announced tour dates for next year. http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/ for anyone not aware of them.

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Jane's Addiction, Bob Marley, NPR News, Channel 9, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Joe Jackson, Johnny Mathis, etc.  But mostly silence.

To be honest I was thinking of a guy who came from the western Isles and played all the music himself.. I saw BSP were an actual band and edited.

Circuitpeople,

I completely forgot about NPR and the BBC. However, I usually turn off everything if I am trying to read or truly concentrating.

I look forward to checking out everyone's lists.

Cabe

If you remember who it was, post it, you've got me intrigued now!

British Sea Power...Mull Historical society..Easy mistake to make http://www.myspace.com/colinmacintyre

Old post, but things change.

Lately I have been listening to books, lectures, and comedy while I am designing/drafting and other tasks that do not need high focus.

Any time spent in a cube too.

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

Short stories of Philip K ***

Stand up comedy - Any and all

Cabe

Planet Rock (but not too often because they use such  a short playlist).

I don't usually listen much when designing but if I'm soldering bits on a board I do.

Best music to machine to (as in cutting metal on mill or lathe)

Sabbath, Judas Priest, Free, Deep Purple etc.