Pres Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 Hi folks, no new questions in the pool so once again I'll post one. Periodically we seem to ask the same question about how you keep your company. Some folks have a pet they talk to, others listen to music, and some watch a little TV or have some other background noise. I have been watching old movies mostly, as I don't have to watch them as I know them, but if interested in a particular scene I do watch for a few minutes. What is your preference? QotW: What is your latest background "noise" in the studio? Hulk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 books on cd. Hulk and Pres 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 two 400 cd changers on shuffle mixed in with some pandora mixes Hulk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 talking books from the library. Anything from young adult adventure/sci-fi/fantasy to Dick/Felix Francis, James Patterson, JK Rowling, Lee Child Hulk and kswan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted August 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 Interesting Selection @Chilly I read a lot of the same! Mostly on a tablet, Ever read L.E. Modesitt? Social Science fiction/fantasy. @Mark C.any particular genres, are there some with more play times, 60's, 70.s, Surf Rock, Country??? @oldladygenres? Mystery, scifi, fantasy, thriller? My tastes in music and books runs all over the place, one minute it is Hard Rock and the nest it may be Classical Guitar, books may run from Sci-Fi to Thrillers and anywhere in between with a lot of the Classics thrown in. best, Pres kswan and Hulk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 Elderly MacBook connected to Studio's surround sound makes selecting locally produced KCBX* shows simple/easy; when not listening to "live" radio, I'll pick a favorite to stream. Sometimes I'll play music from my library, but not often - I listened to familiar music in my working life and have stopped collecting music since retiring. When the weather's nice, I'll roll up the door halfway or so and listen to the birds, breezes, waves... *Evening Blues, The Road Home, Across the Tracks, Morning Cup, The Club McKenzie, the Saturday afternoon folk music show (I like everything about it, except the Name - negative associations with broken spokes, see?), and several others. The nationally syndicated shows can be streamed as well, however, I'll usually catch them when broadcast, else skip it, e.g. Democracy Now, TED Radio, Fresh Air, Bioneers, Latino USA, Counterspin, Hidden Brain... kswan and Pres 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 The radio stations have gone down hill in our town so I have started listening to Sirrus music on my television. Sometimes I listen to a movie or television show I have already seen. When I designed my studio I put some nice big windows in it for light and the view. I enjoy the light but I rarely look out the window, I am usually so focused on what I am working on I don't look up. Denice kswan, Roberta12 and Pres 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted August 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 @Denice I understand being in the zone! For years it was detrimental to my health as I would go to the shop at 6, and think I was going in at 10. . . . when it was really 2am. Even setting an alarm didn't work as I would turn it off and have to finish what I started, and then find something new! @HulkSounds like a round of news snaps and social issues and I enjoy much of those also along with the Natl. Geographic, and history channels. Much ado about the next vacation trip or weekend getaway. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 I'm a very deversified listener but rock is the main theme-I'm not a country fan usually Guy Clark to Jackson Brown Pres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinR Posted August 29, 2022 Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 CBC am if there is something interesting or CBC fm for classical music. Lin Pres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted August 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2022 @Mark C.good choice in Rock, but I do like some country, mostly ballads. . . Ghost Riders, Battle for New Orleans, some of that heel kicking stuff. However, rock is my biggest call, loved the golden oldies stuff, and the rock instrumental guitar as in the Ventures, all the way out to Hendrix and back. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 Often I'll just work in silence. I don't get that very often in the studio so it's kinda nice. But if I need some sound I'll turn on a Pandora station or a mix on my laptop. Pres and kswan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) I have a number of playlists I made just for various studio vibes. My current addiction is music from the soundtracks of Korea according to Netflix. I loved the series Itaewon Class - here's my favorite track: https://youtu.be/U1Fxt5wCqAg If you have a short attention span after a bit of the beginning, pick it up again around 2:30 . The song is known as Stone Block and is also known as Diamond (there is no literal translation from the Korean).STONE BLOCK.pdf Edited August 31, 2022 by LeeU Hulk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 (edited) And just for fun, you really should check this out, which, astounding to me, is the SAME vocalist Ha Hyun Woo https://youtu.be/xgkDAEdSVeg Also a great series (Stranger 2). I made this bowl a bit ago, listening to Korean rap & hip hop, & glazed it w/Coyote's Aries. This last piece fills my kiln, literally my first firing in a year--finally broke through the morass. For some odd reason the K-films & music has been significantly instrumental in lifting my spirits. Update-just for fun, here is the finished bowl. It too is lifting my spirit! Edited September 11, 2022 by LeeU oldlady, Hulk, Roberta12 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam2015 Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 Lee, that's a beautiful piece! I hope you will share the final results with us. I listen to audiobooks, I'm addicted! I renewed my library card during the pandemic and stopped buy ebooks and audiobooks. Extra $$ to spend on clay. Betty Hulk and kswan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 Thanks for the links Lee! Your posts reminded me of my Milk Carton Kids phase. I still listen to them occasionally (vs. every day). Here's a YouTube mix:(126) The Milk Carton Kids - Michigan - YouTube LeeU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta12 Posted August 31, 2022 Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 @LeeU Love your piece!! I love texture! Interesting link. I start out my day listening to Spotify and slowly migrate to older movies or series (like @Pres mentioned) If I am out in the shop glazing, it is music or podcasts. Makes the time go quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kswan Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I've found as I get older that I do not want to hear music at all anymore. I can't stand the earworms that follow me all day long. Today it's Lizzo... I listen to a streaming local NPR station for a few hours, until it starts repeating itself. I've learned things about human sweat, the new Webb telescope, the color of Greenland's melting ice sheets, John Waters' latest novel and other random things I'd never know otherwise. They also have a bunch of youngster reporters talking about the things that youngsters like these days and I've got no idea what they're talking about!! Audiobooks from the library: knowing that people are trying to ban Toni Morrison's books got me to read and reread some of her works, especially The Bluest Eye. Luckily, I live in a county where they are doubling down on providing more access as opposed to reducing it. Also went through a few Anne Tyler audiobooks recently: French Braid, A Spool of Blue Thread, Noah's Compass. Historical fiction is good too. Hulk and Callie Beller Diesel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 On 8/29/2022 at 1:31 PM, Pres said: @Denice I understand being in the zone! For years it was detrimental to my health as I would go to the shop at 6, and think I was going in at 10. . . . when it was really 2am. Even setting an alarm didn't work as I would turn it off and have to finish what I started, and then find something new! @HulkSounds like a round of news snaps and social issues and I enjoy much of those also along with the Natl. Geographic, and history channels. Much ado about the next vacation trip or weekend getaway. best, Pres I did the same thing, my studio was in the back yard and my husband would throw rocks at it at 2 in the morning. I had been wanting a telephone installed (before cell phone), he finally decided that was a good idea. Denice Callie Beller Diesel and kswan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 I tend to like abject brain candy when I’m working. I listen to NOTHING that threatens to edify me in any way while I’m in the studio. Just finished off the latest Patricia Briggs audiobook in her Mercy Thompson series. Been waiting for a year to figure out who the heck Sherwood Post really was, and it delivered! I will not spoiler if you are also a fan. Spent most of the summer going through all 4 of Annette Marie’s Guild Codex series in reading order. Sounds like a lot, but they’re only 8 hours each, and they’re like potato chips. You go through them quickly. I love that they’re set in Vancouver, but I do cringe at the reader’s pronunciation of the word toque, and a couple of place names. (The place names I get. But it’s “took” as in the hobbit! Not toke, as in.. nevermind.) Currently looking to trade urban fantasy recommendations. I need a new series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kswan Posted September 2, 2022 Report Share Posted September 2, 2022 @Callie Beller Diesel Not sure if this is to your liking, but Robin Sloan's books were fantastic. I laughed so hard listening to "Sourdough" that I messed up my work on the wheel. He also wrote "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore". They are not a series though, but they're fun. Callie Beller Diesel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 On 8/29/2022 at 3:16 PM, Pres said: @Mark C.good choice in Rock, but I do like some country, mostly ballads. . . Ghost Riders, Battle for New Orleans, some of that heel kicking stuff. However, rock is my biggest call, loved the golden oldies stuff, and the rock instrumental guitar as in the Ventures, all the way out to Hendrix and back. best, Pres Pres My family made surfboards in the 50s before foam boards (balsa and redwood stringers) so of course I have the ventures etc in that mix-also saw Hendrix back in the day, light his guitar on fire so yes have some of him as well, The diversity is huge in my mixes of cds-as I have more than the 2 x400 cd players can hold. I also have a huge mix goin g with pandora thru the iPod as well pumped into our stereo system in house with 7 sets of speakers around like a pair in kitchen,living room ,office ,salt kiln area, studio ,Kiln loading area,BBQ backyard area. I like music when working so I wired it in in the 80s everywhere. My friends family owned Cerwin Vega speaker Company so all my speakers are Cerwin Vega's Music is a big part of life around here. Pres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Fabulous history there Mark, I only got so close to surf boards, living at Hikam field in the late 50's early 60's. Closest I got to surfing was body surfing at Bellows beach, HA. Often thought I would have liked to surf. Pandora we play through the Alexa, and the new one is pretty good in the sound department. Wife has it on all the time for her "noise". best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Pres My ceramic collage teacher (mentor) was posted at Hickham field on Dec 7th 1941-He gave me a 50mm cartriage holder for a rapid fire gun from those times. He had great stories from that day. Pres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 We toured all over the island, and saw much of what was left from the attack. . .bullet holes still in administration building, Pearl Harbor naturally, the army base in the valley that the Japanese missed, and the cross that marked the first aircraft over the island. I would be at Punchbowl every Memorial Day putting leis on graves of the fallen as I was a Boy Scout at the time. We left after my 6th grade. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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