Music that makes woodworking impossible

[RobNichols]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

 

[Tris]

 

[dzj]

Anything to do with the Second Viennese School.

Zwölftonwerbung

 

[Fred48]

Thanks for starting this thread Rob
Widor Toccata Symphony no 5. Frank Davis our music teacher used to play it once every term. Utterly stunning
Fred

 

[Chubber]

Bach Cello Suite No 1 Prelude.

If I 'm not on motorway I will even pull over to listen. The machines go off, I sit down and feel it.

 

[RobNichols]

That's a piece I couldn't keep still to.

 

[RobNichols]

Thanks for starting this thread Rob
Widor Toccata Symphony no 5. Frank Davis our music teacher used to play it once every term. Utterly stunning
Fred

Nice. Reminds me of sitting with my father at Three Choirs festivals in our local cathedrals.

 

[RobNichols]

Bach Cello Suite No 1 Prelude.

If I 'm not on motorway I will even pull over to listen. The machines go off, I sit down and feel it.

Lovely choice. I like the St Matthew Passion a lot, but that Cello suite is just sublime.

 

[Bumble]

I think I can concentrate on my work with any music being played.

Except maybe Handel and Wagner.
Mozart and Monteverdi would also be dangerous.
I will not be able to work with Verdi, Donizetti, Vivaldi or Bellini going on either.
In fact I think it would just be safer to say absolutely no opera from Caccini to Saariaho.
No sacred works at all.
Or any tonal poems.
Actually, I'll just say music is banned from the workshop.

 

[RonnieI]

Opera. And Coldplay.

 

[Chubber]

Find this, sit comfortably, plug in your head phones and just soak it up...no woodwork possible.

Domenico Dragonetti 'Concerto for double base'

 

[paulrbarnard]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

That was excellent. Definitely deserves to be listened too rather than back ground noise.

 

[jb94]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

For me at the moment definitely the baby monitor
It usually starts playing a noise about 5 minutes into a workshop session, just as I’ve got my tools out

 

[pulleyt]

I find the track Starless by King Crimson a worry. It lulls me into a false sense of serenity at the start but takes on a sinister note that slowly builds to a violent and chaotic crescendo by which point I must put down tools. It's a long track so if you-re only mildly intrigued, 4.28 it takes on a sinister tone, 7.56 it's all falling apart and 10.26 chaos reigns.
(perhaps I'm over thinking this )

 

[Terry - Somerset]

I don't hear the music when I am working or the machines are running - whether it is due to the noise of the machine and extraction, or simply being so absorbed in the task.

Probably analogous to the experience when driving a frequently driven route. We get to the destination without incident every time (we hope) - but who can honestly say what happened at every traffic light, junction or roundabout - green, red, stopped, length of wait etc.

 

[recipio]

No music or radio for me. I like to concentrate on the job at hand.

 

[Ozi]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

That is absolutely beautiful

 

[paulrbarnard]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

Have you listened to this? I really love this too. For those of a quickly judgemental persuasion persevere for 30 seconds or so.

 

[mudman]

Following on from another thread, where being distracted by Radio 3 became a discussion topic, I wondered what music others would find too distracting to listen to while using sharp or fast spinning tools.

Here's one to start with:

Barber's Agnus Dei

I do like that version.
I seem to be listening to quite a lot of choral music at the moment.
I am very taken with the ensemble VOCES8 at the moment.
They produce, in my opinion, some sublime performances with truly brilliant voices.

Here's their version of Agnus Dei.



And their version of Miserere Mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri gives me goosebumps at times:

 

[JSW]

I find the track Starless by King Crimson a worry. It lulls me into a false sense of serenity at the start but takes on a sinister note that slowly builds to a violent and chaotic crescendo by which point I must put down tools. It's a long track so if you-re only mildly intrigued, 4.28 it takes on a sinister tone, 7.56 it's all falling apart and 10.26 chaos reigns.
(perhaps I'm over thinking this )

That ... is an absolute classic. The Fripp/Wetton/Bruford era (stripped down to a 3 piece by the time of 'Red') was KC at their finest. The time signatures are absolutely nuts, 13/8 to 13/16?!? what. the.

And Fripp's 2 note guitar solo. Well that says it all, it's not even two notes, G and Gb, played across two strings to give it that slightly discordant out-of-phase sound. How the hell do you make that sound interesting? Fripp does, and then some. Nothing at all about that track should work, but somehow it does, perfection.

Great choice!