What do you listen to while you work on models?

The date stamp on my music is also the Blue Note Jazz era. I started listening when I was a teen in suburban Philadelphia, and have always come back to that music after serious sidetracks into 60's rock, country and other genres.

 We're fortunate to have an NPR station that plays an eclectic mix of Blues, Singer-songwriter, Jazz and Folk from 9-3 weekdays, so it's that or the CD player. Right now what's up is John Fogerty's "Wrote a Song for Everyone", Art Blakey, Ben Flocks and a few other Jazz CD's. When I need to kick it up, Electric Ladyland works every time!

Happy New Year!

Mike 

tempestjohnny

 

 

this was my avatar for quite awhile

 

 

I do believe I recall seeing it before.

One of favorite songs from that album...although the chorus could be...uh...not so cheesy/simple. That album, to me, was the begining of the downhill slope. Fear of the Dark gave em some redemption, but after that....meh(studio/sound/production-wise), there's just nothing that "grabs" me, like their earlier stuff. I'll still go see em live, every chance I get though!

I just got this in, today...

Lananda

 

 

Ausfwerks

 

 

fermis

 

 

Lananda

Usually nothing...but if i need to break the silence Maiden, Manowar, Zeppelin, Ozzy and so on...

 

 

 

 

Excellent choice for the avatar....did we just become best friends???!!!

 

 

 

 

 

I painted this jacket for my son. He asked if I ever heard of a band called Iron Maiden, because you know Dad's can never be cool. I pulled out a photo of me and Steve Harris hanging out on 14th street when I was 15 or so. I'm still not cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

wow..that jacket is a masterpiece...of mind...any Eddie in the emoticons?

 

iampiper13

 

DasBeav

 

 

iampiper13

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

 

 

 

 

 

iampiper13

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

 

 

 

Like your stash. Hobby Lobby...Ollies....DrugMart? I thought i was the only "thrifty" one.  My music...ACDC and Metalica when W/O and building. 80s alt...Devo,Ramones...etc. when ABing.  Jack White and Black Keys when just building.  Or ESPN!

 

 

 

 

 

mostly Ebay and some did come from Ollies lol are you in Ollies area? I need to go back soon.

 

Mostly 80s rock tunes on the radio.  We have three stations to choose from, soft, medium and hard.  The hard rock station plays mostly heavy metal/death metal late at night, which is NOT to my liking while trying to get a stubborn part to fit!

Sometimes if I can, I listen to in-theme music, like the Aliens soundtrack while I was building the Halcyon APC.  Will have to put it back on the playlist when the Dropship hits the workbench.  

I have noticed as I get older, even music can be distracting while I build.  The concentration goes off track.  That's why I stopped listening to the radio at work.

DasBeav

 

 

iampiper13

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

 

 

 

 

 

iampiper13

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

 

 

 

Like your stash. Hobby Lobby...Ollies....DrugMart? I thought i was the only "thrifty" one.  My music...ACDC and Metalica when W/O and building. 80s alt...Devo,Ramones...etc. when ABing.  Jack White and Black Keys when just building.  Or ESPN!

 

 

mostly Ebay and some did come from Ollies lol are you in Ollies area? I need to go back soon.

mostly Ebay and some did come from Ollies lol are you in Ollies area? I need to go back soon.

Along with "Time is Tight" and "More Onions"

goldhammer

Oh yea, I forgot to toss in Booker T and the MG's, along with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

I know, I'm old and my rock is slow and light

 

Show me someone who doesn't like Green Onions and I'll show you show who's head isn't on straight. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpS-cOBK6Q

Oh yea, I forgot to toss in Booker T and the MG's, along with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

I know, I'm old and my rock is slow and light

Baseball or basketball or nothing.

Away from the bench, pre-20th century classical, and jazz.

Lananda

wow..that jacket is a masterpiece...of mind...

I see whatchya did there!!!

When I took the pic that I now use for my avatar...I was thinkin "man...if only I could get my arm/camera out in front of the windscreen...(and it wasn't so windy out there!!!), it'd look like Aces High!" I did take one where I'm "trying" to make the Eddie face...it just looks dumb though!

Ausfwerks

 

 

fermis

 

 

Lananda

Usually nothing...but if i need to break the silence Maiden, Manowar, Zeppelin, Ozzy and so on...

 

 

 

 

Excellent choice for the avatar....did we just become best friends???!!!

 

 

 

 

 

I painted this jacket for my son. He asked if I ever heard of a band called Iron Maiden, because you know Dad's can never be cool. I pulled out a photo of me and Steve Harris hanging out on 14th street when I was 15 or so. I'm still not cool.

 

 

 

wow..that jacket is a masterpiece...of mind...any Eddie in the emoticons?

iampiper13

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

 

iampiper13

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

 

fermis

 

 

Ausfwerks

I painted this jacket for my son. He asked if I ever heard of a band called Iron Maiden, because you know Dad's can never be cool. I pulled out a photo of me and Steve Harris hanging out on 14th street when I was 15 or so. I'm still not cool.

 

 

 

 Hangin out with Steve Harris...pffff...NERD!!!!

I'd love to meet that guy! I did get to meet and hang out a bit with Markus Grosskopf and "Weiki" (bass and guitar) of Helloween. The combo of Harris and Grosskopf are the reason I started playing bass (switched over to guitar eary on though). 

Back in high school, I used some model paints and painted the Seventh Son cover on the back of my jeans jacket...coolest jacket in the school! I, stupidly, let my g/f at the time wear it home one day. When she gave it back, she had outlined everything with bright colored bubble paint....RUINED...straight to the trash can...I threw the jacket away too.

That jacket is BAD@SS ...way better than mine was!!!

 

Thanks. That was back when Maiden was warming up for Priest in a small capacity place in NYC.  It was Bruce's first shot with the band and he didn't make a good impression, kind of blew us off and grabbed Harris for the sound check. We were die hard Di'Anno fans and kinda hissed at this new guy. He got better...

I got into Maiden back then because I played bass and he was at least doing something more that the traditional single note nonsense most metal bands did. Same with Zep, Sabbath and ultimately years later, RHCP. That's all I really play these days, Musicman basses through GK amps playing Flea covers.

My son plays bass too and when he said he liked Maiden, I showed him Killers and Transylvania (only ones I could remember off the top of my head) but it didn't dent the uncoolness factor of Daddio. They grew up with the background noise of me slapping away on a Stingray. I grew up with Swedish polkas on 78. 

Go figure.

Ausfwerks

I painted this jacket for my son. He asked if I ever heard of a band called Iron Maiden, because you know Dad's can never be cool. I pulled out a photo of me and Steve Harris hanging out on 14th street when I was 15 or so. I'm still not cool.

 Hangin out with Steve Harris...pffff...NERD!!!!

I'd love to meet that guy! I did get to meet and hang out a bit with Markus Grosskopf and "Weiki" (bass and guitar) of Helloween. The combo of Harris and Grosskopf are the reason I started playing bass (switched over to guitar eary on though). 

Back in high school, I used some model paints and painted the Seventh Son cover on the back of my jeans jacket...coolest jacket in the school! I, stupidly, let my g/f at the time wear it home one day. When she gave it back, she had outlined everything with bright colored bubble paint....RUINED...straight to the trash can...I threw the jacket away too.

That jacket is BAD@SS ...way better than mine was!!!

fermis

 

 

Lananda

Usually nothing...but if i need to break the silence Maiden, Manowar, Zeppelin, Ozzy and so on...

 

 

 

 

Excellent choice for the avatar....did we just become best friends???!!!

 

I painted this jacket for my son. He asked if I ever heard of a band called Iron Maiden, because you know Dad's can never be cool. I pulled out a photo of me and Steve Harris hanging out on 14th street when I was 15 or so. I'm still not cool.

Lananda

Usually nothing...but if i need to break the silence Maiden, Manowar, Zeppelin, Ozzy and so on...

 

Excellent choice for the avatar....did we just become best friends???!!!

Tanker - Builder

Toshi ;

   you remember Nate and Cannonball  Adderly , from the " Middle Jazz Period ? There was a club near where I lived called the " Royal Arms " Where they played while in Buffalo N.Y.

 That was around the corner from where me and the wife and kids lived , while I was on duty there . I would do a set with them during breaks and the  audience would be surprised when they invited me to sit in .

    At the time I played a Coronet . Nate said I was the only white dude he ever met that could hold a note and had that " Feelin " too .

   Gosh , I miss that time . 

 

You played too?  That is awesome!  Why didn't you say something?  I love it, here, we are on FSM Forums building models and you've played with Jazz Legends The Adderly Brothers!!!!!  You're the MAN!!!  

I also like from that period, Rasan Roland Kirk, Booker Little and Eric Dolphy Quintet, Blue Mitchell, Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Miles Davis (Of course one of my main idols), and too many more to add here.  These jazz legends were out of this world!  I'm  still in awe that you got to play with the Adderly brothers.  

While I do some work at the bench on the C-54D Skymaster, I'll put on some Adderly brothers music that I have.  I down loaded it from YouTube onto my files on my iPhone.  That's where I get my free music from, plus a lot of it happens to be music videos of them playing.  So I get to watch and listen to them while I build.  If you did not know this, you should try it.  It's amazing and endless.  Plus it's free!  If you do know this just kindly disregard the last couple of sentences.  

Tanker Builder, you are such the MAN!  Now I not only look up to you as a modeler, I look up to you as a musician!!!!!  Thank you so much for sharing that, I'm so excited now!

Toshi

Usually nothing...but if i need to break the silence Maiden, Manowar, Zeppelin, Ozzy and so on...

Nothing. I very much enjoy the silence.

80's hair bands and classic rock. also it seems like lately Five Finger Death Punch has made it off the treadmill lol

Eagle90

I confess to being an 80's metalhead.  So my go to band is Iron Maiden...but there is always some Judas Priest, Scorpions, AC/DC, etc playing too.

Eagle90

 

 

Toshi ;

   you remember Nate and Cannonball  Adderly , from the " Middle Jazz Period ? There was a club near where I lived called the " Royal Arms " Where they played while in Buffalo N.Y.

 That was around the corner from where me and the wife and kids lived , while I was on duty there . I would do a set with them during breaks and the  audience would be surprised when they invited me to sit in .

    At the time I played a Coronet . Nate said I was the only white dude he ever met that could hold a note and had that " Feelin " too .

   Gosh , I miss that time . 

I'm not much of a tv guy so the old Kenwood system is always on, modelling or not. Lately I've been on a UFO and Sammy Hagar kick. Next week who knows, Black Sabbath? KISS? Pantera? Van Halen?

I listen to old radio shows. Jack Benny, Amos and Andy, and gunsmoke are favorites. 

That is amazing!  I am honored to be affiliated with some one like you even if it's on this FSM forum thread!  Once again thank you for your experience in sharing it here!  

Toshi

Toshi

 

 

Ausfwerks

 

 

Toshi

As a retired proffesional Jazz musician, I of course listen to Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Jazz Messengers, Rasaan Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, and every other jazz musician you can think of!  

 

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

Nice. I'm a huge fan of Charles Mingus. I used to go to the basement of the Time Cafe in Manhattan every Thursday night for the Mingus Big Band. Every week was a different lineup and you never knew would would be on stage or in the audience. The only constant was his widow, Sue graciously hosting.

We used to get invited to sit in on live recordings at Bradleys too. 

 

 

 

 

Oh, that is so awesome!  Charles Mingus is a legend in the world of jazz.  You are a very lucky person to be able to see the Mingus band and sit in on live recordings at Bradley's as well!  That's just great!  

 

My band was called Jazz Attack.  It was an off shoot of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.  I played with them for a short stint.  The members of my band ranged from Pharoh Sanders (Played with John Coltrane), Doctor Eddie Henderson (Played with John Coltrane), Sam Baltimore (Marvin Gaye), Bob "Eyarb" Braye (Played with Miles Davis), and many many more artists too many to name here.  

You've brought back fond memories for me.  Thank you so much for everything in allowing me to step back into time long ago!

Toshi

 

I was lucky to grow up in NYC, there was always something going on, no matter who or what you were into. I saw a lot of up and coming players before they made it, whether is was a Monday night at Cunningham's place or CBGBs before it was popular, just tiny holes in the wall that became icons.

Not just jazz either, hung out in Washington Square with Ozzy and Randy Rhodes on a Saturday afternoon, Steve Harris hanging out on 14th. Good times back in the day.

Ausfwerks

 

 

Toshi

As a retired proffesional Jazz musician, I of course listen to Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Jazz Messengers, Rasaan Roland Kirk, John Coltrane, and every other jazz musician you can think of!  

 

Toshi

 

 

 

 

 

Nice. I'm a huge fan of Charles Mingus. I used to go to the basement of the Time Cafe in Manhattan every Thursday night for the Mingus Big Band. Every week was a different lineup and you never knew would would be on stage or in the audience. The only constant was his widow, Sue graciously hosting.

We used to get invited to sit in on live recordings at Bradleys too. 

 

My band was called Jazz Attack.  It was an off shoot of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.  I played with them for a short stint.  The members of my band ranged from Pharoh Sanders (Played with John Coltrane), Doctor Eddie Henderson (Played with John Coltrane), Sam Baltimore (Marvin Gaye), Bob "Eyarb" Braye (Played with Miles Davis), and many many more artists too many to name here.  

You've brought back fond memories for me.  Thank you so much for everything in allowing me to step back into time long ago!

Toshi

Tanker - Builder

Oh My Gosh !

 I forgot to mention the Ventures ! And  The Beach-Boys . Also " Hooked on Classics . " And Coltrane to start the Jazz .Not to intentionally forget , Kai Windig and his Polynesian takeoffs . lets not forget the Chairman ( Old Blue Eyes to some )  and his rendition of " My Way " And "When I was 17 ".

 

I would tag along and sit quietly by him while they played.  I never gave a second thought of who he backed up, all I new was that he was my hero.  It was in my teens that I realized who these people were.  He also was a pick up artists in which any big show that came to town, he would be available to play for the show.  One of the biggest shows was with Elvis Presley.  I'll never forget that!  Thank you sir for the memories, I am so happy for this!

Toshi