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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Feb 18 2007 : 1:47:20 PM
Girls, what do you listen to while you are sewing or knitting or crafting?
I love to turn on Prairie Home Companion while I am busy in my craft room - he usually has a mix of folk/ jazz/ bluegrass/ hymns that appeals to me, and sometimes after PHC is over I listen to baroque/classical music - I find myself stitching in time to the music (or trying, anyway). I have an older computer down there and I play the old shows from his web site...
I bought some CD's of "music to weave by" but it doesn't really work for me while I am knitting.... And I find that I can't really watch TV while working, I need to keep my eyes on my work.
Any of you have favorite artists that seem to make the crafting go better?
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| MereOnceMoore |
Posted - Feb 04 2008 : 10:30:44 AM
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Originally posted by Amie C.
I've always liked Dead Can Dance for anything creative. Housework calls for Fugazi.
Punk rock farmgirl! I love it!
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| queenofdreamsz4u |
Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 8:20:48 PM
I love Enya's music..
http://www.enya.com/ I believe I have almost everything she's ever recorded.
About Enya:
http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3306.html
Shaina Noll is wonderful:
http://www.shainanoll.com/
I also really like Yanni:
http://www.yanni.com/discography.asp
Stephanie
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| tribalcime |
Posted - Feb 03 2008 : 05:17:42 AM
I like to watch scooby doo or babylon 5 when i am sewing for long periods. I like solace or gyspsy caravan or desert wind or enigma or dead can dance for music when i do jewelry
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| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 1:23:14 PM
I usually listen to my cds. Ihave my 80's rock - I love those hair bands..lol and my country music. When the mood strikes, I'll listen to some celtic or classical. Strange mix, huh? But I'm wild and crazy like that..lol :)
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| nashbabe |
Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 10:56:33 AM
Switchfoot. Nickel Creek. Matt Redman. Rita Springer. U2. and a whole lot more.
Crunchy crafty goodness and psychoses...;-)http://nashbabe.blogspot.com
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 09:45:52 AM
My music taste can vary wildly with my mood or what I am doing. I like anything from oldies to a CD I bought called "African Groove" (very feel-good). But this summer I had a wonderful, new customer who spends his summer here on the westcoast. He is a composer and musician. I'm not entirely sure how to explain his music genre (new age??), but you can sample his music... http://www.aeoliah.com . It's called "Music for Healthy Living" and is especially wonderful after a hectic day.
Di |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Jan 31 2008 : 05:59:44 AM
I've always liked Dead Can Dance for anything creative. Housework calls for Fugazi. |
| abbasgurl |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 5:57:12 PM
I love to work very late at night or even into the early morning hours when the house is quiet & still. Music never even occurred to me, which is funny, because I almost always have something playing any other time. I listen to mostly rock, and loud...so maybe not the most conducive to sewing. 
I will sing at the top of my lungs, and I will dance even if I'm the only one...
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| MereOnceMoore |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 2:11:11 PM
The Be Good Tanyas have been quite inspirational for me in the sewing room. Most anything of the singer/songwriter genre...storytellers who happen to play a little music.
I also love NPR. Podcasting my favorite NPR shows and listening to them at my convenience has been helpful too.
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| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 12:53:45 PM
Indigo Girls, Ella Fitzgerald, or Dish Network Disco. I love Donna Summer.
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| BarefootGoatGirl |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 12:39:30 PM
i love a combo of classsical, artys, and folksy music...from diffrent parts of the world. my creative mood music is on my blog.
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| Bonne |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 09:24:06 AM
Sherry, I'm kinda like you~for sewing(or more stationary things) I like the smoother stuff like Loreena McKennitt, but if I'm baking or cleaning hair bands of the 80's is fun~I just turn on Sirius TV on DISH network and pick a genre.
Metallica/classic Rock when I'm driving. LOL
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| chicken necker |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 08:57:57 AM
This is neat! I thought I was strange myself for having different music for different things! I really love my Ipod but I must have one of the most varied music on it. When I am sewing (new to that) I love to listen to Celtic music. When I'm cooking, I usually listen to rock and dance. The beat helps turns chopping stuff up and bopping around the kitchen into aerobic exercise! It cracks the girls up!
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| Beemoosie |
Posted - Jan 30 2008 : 08:02:59 AM
I wanted to bump this subject up because it is so interesting to me. I love all sorts of music, so what I listen to while crafting varies greatly...could be classical, or some old bluegrass gospel, a little Bing Crosby or Benny Goodman to get the fingers flying, or I can feed the guilty pleasure and listen to my "totally 80's" cd!
So ladies what do you listen to whilst you are being crafty??
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| vintagechica |
Posted - Feb 21 2007 : 09:11:40 AM
This thread is cracking me up! Who would have thought...a bunch of farmgirls listening to music on the web?!?! How wonderful is all of this. I love pandora as well. I found it through another blog that I read. I am a huge fan of Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Macy Grey, Gypsy Kings (latin), Ben Folds, Pasty Cline and lots and lots more...I have a very eclectic taste as well.
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| laluna |
Posted - Feb 21 2007 : 08:42:27 AM
Where have I been? I *love* Pandora - thank you for the recommendation!
Oh, and while I'm puttering around the house/with my projects, I usually plug in my iPod to some old computer speakers and hit "shuffle" so there's no telling what will come up - usually it's anything from Bluegrass to Punk :-) |
| Beemoosie |
Posted - Feb 21 2007 : 06:10:38 AM
I have had a couple days off, so I've had some extra crafty time. I really paid attention to what I listen to while sewing! I'm just downright wierd I guess, here are my top played on my IPod
Allmann bros
Bing Crosby,
Benny Goodman
Mountain Heir (look them up if u like southern gospel)
Johnny Horton!
Vivaldi
The Newsboys
Third Day
It's a wonder I can sew a straight line! hehe
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
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| Aunt George |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 8:41:36 PM
Margie...I LOVE EDDIE ARNOLD!!!! Cool, clear water.......water! If I close my eyes, I can hear him yodleing! I am also crazy about 40's big band sound and 50's tropical/Hawaiian music: such as: Iz...love his version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and my all time chill producing: Martin Denny here is an amazon link if you would like to hear short samples of his music. (click on Quiet Village)
http://www.amazon.com/Exciting-Sounds-Martin-Denny-Exotica/dp/B000000IAP/sr=8-1/qid=1172032724/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-8165206-4742859?ie=UTF8&s=music
If the link doesn't work, just go to amazon and type in Martin Denny and click on his Exotica Album. Now I am showing my age. My parents listened to this type of music when I was growing up.
Love this thread!
G
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| Aunt George |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 8:32:40 PM
Ya'll are welcome! My husband the web guru, introduced me to Pandora. I LOVE IT. You farmgirls are right! I've discovered sooooo much wonderful world wide music on Pandora. I even set up a Christmas station during the Christmas season...great stuff there too. I ended up guiding it into a funky jazzy Christmas. I love native American flute music to write to. I wrote my first novel to James Taylor and Robert Mirabal. I am writing alot to Enya and music like hers at the moment.
So, so glad that you are all enjoying Pandora...great and free service!! Oh, and Libbie, I'll have to start a Latin station to listen to. I love classical Latino, especially guitar.
Georgann
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| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 7:58:13 PM
WOW! I just tried Pandora, and it's SOOOoooo cool! I'm listening now to some great flamenco music that I NEVER would have found on my own. Thanks, Georgann!
XOXO, Libbie
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| bramble |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 7:20:02 PM
Georgeann- Thank you so much for mentioning Pandora. We have all been having great fun with it and I am loving my "stations".
I set up three (working/stitching music - Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, JT, etc), quiet/contemplative- Will Ackerman, George Winston, Liz Story, classical etc) and (fun & funky- which could be anything that makes me feel good from James Brown, Aretha, Santana, Grateful Dead... I am an eclectic musicoligist! I like most music except screaming opera and twangy nasal country from the old days!
I also will live stream WXPN or play World Cafe performances I've missed. This station is alot like Pandora, it plays a wide range of artists you won't hear on other stations. I first heard Lyle Lovett, Patty Griffin, Rosie Thomas, David Gray on WXPN before anyone knew who they were. Lots of fun for a girl who LOVES music as much as I do! Thanks again!
Kate- I first heard the Be Good Tanyas on Prarie Home!
Anybody listen to Mountain Stage on Saturday nights?
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 3:33:45 PM
Georgann- Thank you for posting the pandora site! Today was Project Tuesday, and Cilla and I listened to some lovely music while making sweater purses! (We are totally hooked on making them- I cannot pass a Goodwill anymore!) :) I like that you can choose what you like and don't like. Very nice feature.
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| katiedid |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 12:55:15 PM
I haven't heard of them, Libbie, THe Be Good Tanyas, but I do love Neil Young. I will check them out next time I am on amazon.com.
That pandora station is pretty cool.
Kate
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| Jana |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 11:27:22 AM
I also am thrilled to find Pandora. That is the kind of music I mainly listen to, soft popular, new age, etc., when I'm doing handwork.
BUT I gotta tell ya, when it comes to scrubbing potties and doing LOT of hard, icky house chores, AC/DC can't be beat. lol
Jana |
| Libbie |
Posted - Feb 20 2007 : 09:54:05 AM
I really am liking "Hello Love" by the Be Good Tanyas lately - especially their cover of Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles." It's so fun to hear what you all are listening to!...Oh - and I also seem to spend an inordinate amount of time with Fisher-Price's "Songs from the Farm" on...
XOXO, Libbie
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