Music to Model by

The heavyer the better.

Meshuggah, The Acacia Strain, Bleeding Through, As I Lay Dying, Cannibal Corpse, Chimaira, Machine Head, Unearth, Fear Factory...etc... you get the idea.

As I build a lot of models based on the Gerry Anderson TV series and films, I tend to listen to the episode soundtracks on tape.

Otherwise I will listen to BBC Radio 4 (Talk), BBC7 (BBC Archived comedy and drama) and Classic FM

JoeRugby, just so you won't feel alone, I'm also coming out as a big fan of classical music to model by. I tend to listen to music from an era a bit earlier than you, as I'm more into Baroque music.

You can sate your Baroque musical interests for really cheap, too. Here are two prime examples:

1. Everything Archangel Corelli (1653-1713) ever wrote, or might have written (there are a bunch of works attributed to him) is available in nice, historically-informed performances by the original music band Musica Amphion. You get all 48 trio sonatas, all 12 solo sonatas, the 12 concerti grossi plus about 10 other works on 10 CD's. CD Universe carries this set for a piddling $37.89. 

2. If you're just starting work on, say, a multi-media battleship kit, you might want to consider all 555 keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Pieter-Jan Belder has been working his way through them for the last several years. He's just released volume 9 (out of 13 volumes = 39 CD's). This 3-CD set contains the sonatas Kirkpatrick numbers 372 through 427. Belder plays a variety of harpsichords, organs and fortepianos, and plays all of them very well. CD Universe carries each volume at around $10.00 per volume. I figure that volume 13 will arrive just in time for attaching the last PE fiddly-bits and rigging the beast.

Rarely, will I listen to music when building, but when I do its punk (no not the radio friendly junk of late).  But then again, that what I listen to all the time.

Usually just the local Rock station.

When I am doing the basics, (putting halves together, wings, wheels, bombs, etc.), I like to watch "Dogfights" in the History channel. :)

Dave

Nothing wrong about listening to classical music. Grew up on it first listening to the old Warner Bro's cartoons on Saturday mornings. Who can forget the Wagner favorite starring Elmer Fudd...'kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit!

Scott

JoeRugby wrote:

Boccherini Suite for Guitar and String Quartet or a collection of Bach Adagios. No kidding either.

No kidding ?  Sorry Joe, Cant resist.......modelling to classical music just reminds me too much of someone........

Gruppenfuhrer, get that cars license plate....we're going to kill that son of a b****

I have Sirius Satelite Radio in my model room.  It's usually on Channel 15, Classic Rewind.  It's a mix of 70's, 80's, and 90's.  Sometimes I tune it to one of the comedy channels.

Henry

SprueOne wrote:

...all the railroad communications, taxi cab dispatch, emergency response com,

Great. Just great, Sprue. You reminded me of CB radios and 10-100's. Now I've dug out an old C.W. Macall album and I'm jamming to Convoy and Wolf Creek Pass. Makes me want to build a Kenworth, or a Peterbilt like Will and Sonny had. Or haul Coors beer across state lines like Jerry Reed did.  And that's a big 10-4.