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Generalwhat music do you listen to when doing mineral related things?

23rd Oct 2010 04:36 UTCLogan Babcock (2)

its a weird thread but i have seen many, many weird threads in my time.


to me:

Mars Volta

Gorillaz

Crosby Stills Nash and Young

Soviet National Anthems

Talking Heads

Neil Young (go hippies!!!)

Queen

Joe Cocker

Interpol

Foo Fighters

The Band

and a hit or 2 of The Who


now, its your turn!!!


my fav moment was when i was looking at a micromount of wulfenite from the Rowley Mine and i came across a bunch of hairs and Life During Wartime by Talking Heads came on!

23rd Oct 2010 05:15 UTCThe Craig Mercer

Eagles

Jeff Buckley

Pink Floyd

Rob Thomas

23rd Oct 2010 12:39 UTCMatt King

Rolling Stones

Iron Maiden

Led (Lead) Zeppelin

The Crystals

Metallica

Rare Earth

Stone Temple Pilots

Velvet Underground


:-)

23rd Oct 2010 13:13 UTCRobert Rothenberg

Classical !!!

23rd Oct 2010 13:46 UTCClosed Account 🌟

Iron Maiden

Dio

Rainbow

Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell

Helloween

Accept

Judas Priest

AC DC

Twisted Sister

23rd Oct 2010 14:42 UTCMatt King

Forgot the Stone Roses


M

23rd Oct 2010 15:35 UTCSteve Stuart Expert

The last music I had on while "mineraling" (is that a word?) was Bo Diddley's Greatest Hits.


Steve

23rd Oct 2010 17:46 UTCDon Saathoff Expert

any jazz

any blues

Stravinsky

Tchaikovsky

bluegrass

good rock


As Bernstein once said:"There is no bad music, only bad players."!!


Don S.

23rd Oct 2010 18:03 UTCTom Klinepeter

Classic Rock!

23rd Oct 2010 18:30 UTCPaul Siegel 🌟

I listen to anything when working with my rocks. However, slightly off topic I had an MRI done yesterday and I requested that they play opera in the head phones, it made the procedure easier for me because the soprano sounded like she was in worse pain than I was.

23rd Oct 2010 19:08 UTCMarcus Voigt

RAMMSTEIN X(



Depends on the situation...


For "sensible" minerals: only Bob Marley B)-

23rd Oct 2010 19:20 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

There was a similar thread before:


http://www.mindat.org/mesg-6-79076.html

23rd Oct 2010 19:20 UTCColleen Thomson Expert

just because we are rock people, doesn't mean it has to be Rock music, right?

I choose Progressive House B) or something a bit more ambient, depending on whether i'm actually breaking rocks or viewing through a microscope!

23rd Oct 2010 20:21 UTCJoseph Polityka Expert

Hi,


In tha past several days, while doing mineral things, I have listened to a variety of tunes and artists. Because I play the guitar I like instrumentals and have listened to...


The Ventures--Slaughter on 10th Avenue

The Shadows--Gonzalez

Duane Eddy--Lonely One, Ghost Riders

Mason Williams--Classical Gas

DeeDee Pick, Guitar Boogie Breakdown


Vocals,


Doo Wop

Stones

Falco

Rick James

MC Hammer--Der Kommisar, Super Freak and Hammer Time all sound similar.

Andrea Bocelli

Connie Francis

Desmond Decker and the Aces

Dickey Doo and the Don'ts


and more.


Best,


Joe

23rd Oct 2010 20:48 UTCDean Allum Expert

I have found that smooth jazz helps things run smoother, especially when you are struggling with the camera.

Tops of the list are Dotsero, Acoustic Alchemy

and the Rippingtons, especially the albums

Topaz and

Black Diamond.


-Allum

23rd Oct 2010 21:16 UTCAdam Kelly

Hard Bop Jazz

23rd Oct 2010 22:27 UTCJake Harper Expert

Branko's list mirrors my own!


Jake

23rd Oct 2010 22:29 UTCMichael Adamowicz Expert

Hail


Don't listen to music much when i deal with my crystals, but when i do i listen to:


- Delerium, most of the stuff i listen to is Delerium

- Rammstein

- Duran Duran

- Sarah McLachlan

- classic rock


Michal.

23rd Oct 2010 23:50 UTCBob Southern

Good Day


Any and all Neil Young

Pink Floyd

Loreena McKennitt

24th Oct 2010 00:14 UTCKeith Compton 🌟 Manager

Various

But mainly "easy listening" and Ballroom dance music.

Especially like to play my old vinyl records !!!!

Cheers

24th Oct 2010 01:02 UTCAdam Kelly

Ya Vinyl:D

24th Oct 2010 05:51 UTCScott Sadlocha

My iPod carries and eclectic mix, everything from Elvis Presley and Patsy Cline to Disturbed, Moby and Jay-Z. But I do have a heck of a lot of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and most of all, someone Michal already mentioned, Sarah McLachlan, who happens to be my absolute favorite singer.


I don't listen while out collecting, just while at home working on and looking over minerals.

24th Oct 2010 09:01 UTCSteve Federico

Rammstein,Ensiferum,RushAC/DC,hard like rock's.....Steve

24th Oct 2010 17:35 UTCDean Allum Expert

So on the Mohs scale for music, where does Heavy Metal go?


Is there an analogy between sedimentary/metamorphic/igneous and classical/jazz/rock?


Why hasn't anyone mentioned country/western?

24th Oct 2010 19:31 UTCAdam Kelly

@ Dean, "we play both kinds of music here, country and western!"

24th Oct 2010 20:24 UTCLogan Babcock (2)

heavy metal would be a 7.3

25th Oct 2010 02:05 UTCJoseph Polityka Expert

Hi,


Right now I'm listening to Django Reinhart, 1937 guitar and violin jazz. Give a listen.


Best,


Joe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJ7bs4mTUY

18th Mar 2012 18:41 UTCZach Ratley

listening to a lot of jack johnson while i dig vugs

18th Mar 2012 19:18 UTCErik Vercammen Expert

Now a selection of film music, mostly westerns.

18th Mar 2012 20:28 UTCRoberto Bosi

Wow! This is a really interesting thread! Well, I love many classic compositors: Schumann, Bartòk, Sibelius, Bruckner, Gershwin, Grieg, Beethoven, Brahms...Otherwise, I use to listen bands that reminds me my 18-20 years: Ultravox, Icehouse, Kraftwerk, Propaganda, Rush, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Inti Illimani...But I've no limits: I like also to listen Fritz Lang's "Königsjodler" or the extremely sweet voice of Enya! Moreover, I like medieval music...

18th Mar 2012 21:22 UTCDon Saathoff Expert

I go with Bernstein's philosophy....."There is no bad music, only bad players". If well performed, I have no favorites!


Don

18th Mar 2012 22:48 UTCHarjo Neutkens Manager

Bach. And when not doing mineral related things, Bach (that is, when I don't have to play it). Obvious.


p.s. I met Bernstein once, long time ago, when I was a student, we had a great conversation. He was a fantastic person, but I have to disagree with him; there is such a thing as bad music!

19th Mar 2012 00:14 UTCDan Fountain

I listen to both kinds of music - Country AND Western! :-D

19th Mar 2012 01:24 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

When doing mineral related things, or anything else in life, I am extremely varied in my musical taste. I listen to everything from heavy metal to 50s to country to classical to 80s to just about everything, whatever mood I'm in at the moment.

19th Mar 2012 03:06 UTCDan R. Lynch

I use mineral mounting/labeling/cataloging as a time to catch up on podcasts that I listen to. One of the best ways to spend an afternoon if you have a few favorite shows downloaded.

19th Mar 2012 04:53 UTCDona Leicht

Always the same:


Bob Marley

Frank Sinatra

UB40

19th Mar 2012 05:35 UTCTimothy Blackwood

Bruce Hornsby (solo, with The Range or the Noise Makers) and Billy Joel are always enjoyable when working with minerals. By the way, Billy Joel has a fantastic album of piano compositions in a classical style.

20th Mar 2012 23:31 UTCWoody Thompson Expert

Neil Young rules! Also: many great 60's-'70s rock and folk oldies (Beatles, Stones, Byrds, Who, Airplane, Spoonful, Judy Collins, Donovan, early acoustic Heart). And a little eclectic newer stuff like Alison Krauss, Adele, Arcade Fire, etc. And many others too numerous to mention! :-)


Gotta add the Ronettes and other incredible "Girl Groups"! Chuck Berry. The Temptations.

21st Mar 2012 00:56 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

Woody, that's pretty much all my tastes too (another aging flower child?)

21st Mar 2012 02:31 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert

Right, my home. And car is well stocked with live recordings of my favorite groups, Grateful Dead, Yes, Genesis, Camel, Neil Young, CSNY, Kiss, AC/DC, Spooky Tooth, String Cheese Incident, Allman Brothers....I could go on for quite a while.

21st Mar 2012 08:55 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

A broad spectrum of musical genres -a true sign of a real music lover!

21st Mar 2012 14:26 UTCWilliam C. van Laer Expert

Patsy Cline

Ennio Morricone

Little Feat

Weather Report

Captain Beefheart

The Bonzo Dog Band

Frank Zappa (especially Nasal Retentive Calliope Music!)

21st Mar 2012 16:14 UTCRui Nunes 🌟 Expert

rolling STONES :)-D

21st Mar 2012 16:28 UTCJames Christopher

The real question is do people who listen to a wide variety of music collect a wide variety of minerals, and those who have specific musical tastes, do you only collect specific minerals or localities?

21st Mar 2012 17:53 UTCDavid Bernstein Expert

I do like a wide variety of minerals. But if confronted with the choice to collect a Limestone Quarry or a copper mine, I'd choose the latter.


I neglected to mention Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Tom Petty, Widespread Panic and Phish.


And this morning, while cleaning up the mineral room, I was listening to Deep Purple accompanied by an Orchestra.

21st Mar 2012 19:03 UTCRowan Lytle

the sweet sounds of nature and hammer hitting pegmatite!

13th Nov 2012 02:57 UTCMark & Linda Mahlum

Classical and Native American. When listening to the flute I visualize myself as a bird, flying above the beautiful mountains and canyons of the American Southwest looking for mineralized zones never seen before.

13th Nov 2012 06:49 UTCnurbo

David Bernstein Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------


> And this morning, while cleaning up the mineral

> room, I was listening to Deep Purple accompanied

> by an Orchestra.



I wish my rock room was big enough to have an orchestra in there with me :-)

13th Nov 2012 12:55 UTCMark & Linda Mahlum

My rock room is. It's my 5.7 acre property. When I get it covered with rocks, I'll buy the 40 acres behind mine.

13th Nov 2012 14:54 UTCSteven Kittleson

Hello,


Hackett-era Genesis, of course.


TTFN


To absent friends...in memory...still bright.

13th Nov 2012 21:36 UTCDavid Zimmerman (2)

Folk and roots music.....is there any other kind of music?
 
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