Joel_W Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Depends. Mostly during the Baseball season I've got a Yankee game on either live or on Demand. Other then that I watch U tube modeling videos, WW11 vids, major networks that have their programs on demand. The Big Bang Theory, and Graceland are two shows that I'm following. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrew.deboer Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I can't watch TV while I build because my eyes are busy. I listen to radio programs like NPR or the BBC or podcasts. Podcasts I like: Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project The TED Radio Hour TEDTalks Radiolab Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Depends, news, hockey games or numerous old DVDs of Star Trek (TOS). Or listening to my daughter on her drum set. Hard to hear ANYTHING else when the drums are 3 feet from the build table. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) My wife getting on my case for being at the bench again... Rob these time, when i modelling, at late evening or night, i don't listen to that much things... sometimes (very quietly) AHC TV (old warplane/great planes series... and other military related stuff) when i'm modeling in the morning... i mostly listen to my parrots singing/yelling/shouting at me to come back in the living room... (altogether, 4 cockatiels and 4 parakeets...) Edited July 25, 2014 by mingwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevan Vogler Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Nothing. I like the zen of just me and the model. I find most of my builds go a whole lot smoother without a bunch of background noise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jager Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 NPR on the radio or shuffle music on the computer. One reason to be at the bench is to be away from the television. Jager Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 NPR on the radio or shuffle music on the computer. One reason to be at the bench is to be away from the television. Jager Quoted for truth. I also moved the computer away from the bench - when it shared space with the projects, I spent more time online than working on models. Productivity was very poor, and I was not happy with the lack of progress. But since I use the iPad for music, I do have a ready portal to the net should I need to look something up in a pinch. It just doesn't live on the bench! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spejic Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 DVD's of television shows I've seen before, so I know what is happening just by listening and not really watching. Mostly sci-fi like Star Trek TNG and DS9, Stargate SG1, and Babylon 5, but other types of shows as well. I never, ever model without the television going. Currently watching the second season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
galileo1 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Nothing. I like the zen of just me and the model. I find most of my builds go a whole lot smoother without a bunch of background noise. When I can get some bench time this is the case with me as well. I really don't like distractions when I work on something. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) I've got an old boom box-type radio by my workbench, so it's whatever radio station I'm in the mood for - 96.7 FM is playing (stuff like Coldplay, Pink, Imagine Dragons, OneRepublic), 94.5 FM (stuff like 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., Outkast, Usher), or 99.1 FM (stuff like Van Halen, Godsmack, AC/DC, Metallica). During basketball season, I'll take my laptop out and keep an eye on a streaming feed of the Laker game. Edited July 26, 2014 by TomcatFanatic123 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom G Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Usually 70's music on iTunes. If I start a TV show or movie I wind up just watching it instead of working on my model. Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Uncool Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Fast movers need fast music. Airliners need laid back tunes. Bombers and armor somewhere in between. Rush one night...Iron Maiden the next...KISS...Metallica...Pantera...... :blink: Oh...??? Me thought I was the only psycho modeller who needed to listen to specific music or bands accordin' to the subject bein' built... Nuthin' like listenin' to Accept, Megadeth or Anthrax while buildin' large bombers in 1/48th scale. It's just like havin' the roar of those multi-engine planes. Subdivisions or Afterimage by Rush has always appealed me in order to build modern Russian jets - dunno why. It's in my skull. Then it's mostly Classic Metal, Goth Metal, Death, Black and Doom Metal for me, blasted thru' a pair of Yamaha NS1000M loudspeakers. Neighbours delighted, of course. :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor01 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Mostly 80s rock. However.... there is the occasional TV show playing in the background. But if I'm out of town with work and I bring a kit it's metal. I don't know why that is but it always happens that way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I have a late 90s boombox in my model shop. I usually just put on a talk radio station for "noise" . I used to play a CD occasionally, usually what ever classic rock fit my mood. I got tired of loosing track of CDs in the model shop, so I found a cassette adapter in my pile of cables and other electronic junk, so I connect it to my "old fashioned" hard disk based ipod and listen to what ever suits my mood at the time. Lately, after seeing the movie "Jersey Boys" , Frankie Valli and the 4 seasons are in heavy rotation. as well as the just released CSNY 1974 ... they finally issued an album of the CSNY 1974 summer tour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bails Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Mostly jazz music: Jazz24 (on line) or local jazz station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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