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I was doing a bunch of sharpening this evening, and as usual, i was rocking out to some great tunes. I am a firm believer that good music helps with good sharpening. Anyways, i thought i'd start a thread on the subject...

What are you listening to today in your sharpening? Maybe a whole album or maybe just one track, but i want to know whats on your mind.

Sometimes i go for really cheesy music, sometimes its total crap thats really addictive, sometimes its just something fun, sometimes its something serious... well, you get the gist.

Here was my favorite track tonight (i was in a fun mood):

[video=youtube;gP4u4I96DVQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gP4u4I96DVQ[/video]
 
Oddly enough, both of these songs just crossed my playlist lol:

[video=youtube_share;6JnGBs88sL0]http://youtu.be/6JnGBs88sL0[/video]

[video=youtube_share;dXMfdpjnAHU]http://youtu.be/dXMfdpjnAHU[/VIDEO]

Followed by...

[video=youtube_share;8ecE1UML1q8]http://youtu.be/8ecE1UML1q8[/video]

Lol :)
 
Wow your playlist is all over the place...that's great...lol...you don't stick to on genre of music I see
 
I was just thinking about this the other day. I love listening to music while doing just about everything with the exception of sharpening knives. I find that the sound the knife makes on the stone provides me with valuable feed back as to what is happening while sharpening my knives. Maybe I just need to turn the volume down.:scratchhead:
 
I was just thinking about this the other day. I love listening to music while doing just about everything with the exception of sharpening knives. I find that the sound the knife makes on the stone provides me with valuable feed back as to what is happening while sharpening my knives. Maybe I just need to turn the volume down.:scratchhead:

Good point...I like hearing what the stones are doing...

Now at work I have no choice...all "Mexican" music always...nothing wrong with that I just don't understand what they are saying lol
 
hey... mariachi music can be great... i was rocking out to some yesterday in my car :p
 
More often than not, if I'm in my home kitchen when I'm sharpening, I'm listening to NPR. If I'm at work, I'll just be sharpening quietly in the corner while listening to whatever's playing in the background. Moving into autumn and the holiday season, so we're due for a changeup on the music. Currently, it's a decent mix of jazz, classic singers, soul, R&B, and some adult alternative, but I've heard the same loop every single day for months now. I'm a bit tired of the same songs every day.
 
Wow your playlist is all over the place...that's great...lol...you don't stick to on genre of music I see

You could say that, lol. About the only thing you won't find is hardcore rap, beyond things like newer eminem anyway.
 
i like chill tunes when i work on the stones.
[video=youtube;fKQPTNb2XVU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQPTNb2XVU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUW8eMt9iy0-4JakPtj_oOaA[/video]
 
today we're moving on to some wyclef...

[video=youtube;sXJXLq1lN7U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sXJXLq1lN7U[/video]

[video=youtube;xx38ow4miX4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx38ow4miX4[/video]

and a little of this for good measure:

[video=youtube;N-aK6JnyFmk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=N-aK6JnyFmk[/video]
 
Jazz or Classical. I like music in the background, but don't want to be distracted by lyrics.

Jay
 
This

[video=youtube_share;vuKNGVjcTKU]http://youtu.be/vuKNGVjcTKU[/video]
 
reel big fish has been on the playlist lately, with some lonely island mixed in for the humor
 
was rocking out to some led zeppelin earlier when I was sharpening my gyuto.
 
My playlist list tonight includes little feet, allman bros, Jj Cale, the band, Otis redding, Stevie Wonder and lots of Waylon. Then I switched to a book by William S Burroughs. I found I can usually finish a book a week between sharpening and driving.
 
My playlist list tonight includes little feet, allman bros, Jj Cale, the band, Otis redding, Stevie Wonder and lots of Waylon. Then I switched to a book by William S Burroughs. I found I can usually finish a book a week between sharpening and driving.

I'm assuming audiobooks...
 
No music TV usually Adventure Time or SpongeBob. I have completely lost control
 
The Avett Brothers station on Pandora works for me lately
 
Well, not exactly sharpening but... What about this?


[video=youtube;Xbe8RKfaIjU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbe8RKfaIjU[/video]
 
Open a nice bottle of red, faint classical music in background, knives, stones and strops bring it on!
 
Day off & giving all my knives a work out

Thin Lizzy - Black Rose

[video=youtube;fEk9GJXu7k8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEk9GJXu7k8[/video]

One of the greatest rock albums of all time, yessir
 
I don't care what anybody says, this album rules:

[video=youtube;TErs0h1RnY4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TErs0h1RnY4[/video]
 
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