What do you listen to at work?

matt · Unread post by **matt** » Thu May 20, 2021 1:25 pm

SPerman wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 1:12 pm In traditional western music, the A above middle C is tuned to 440 Hz. I think what they are describing is instead of A being 440, it is tuned to 432 Hz. So you still have the entire musical scale, but the base tuning is lowered slightly.

Yeah, this is mostly correct. Officially musical instruments are tuned to A=440 hz. There are also different ways of tuning scales/intervals (just, equal temperament, pythagorean, mean...)

Although most orchestras actually tune to 442, presumably because on a string instrument you can bend a note up, but not down.

That bunk about 440 being oppressive is nonsense. If you don't like the sound in one key, just play it in a lower key. The difference between A and Ab (415.3) is greater than the difference between 440 and 432.

There's a lot of psuedoscience around music in general (as a musician and an engineer, it's hard to believe what some people believe about music).

Tom G · Unread post by **Tom G** » Thu May 20, 2021 3:51 pm

But, but, I read it on the Internet! I know people that have done anything they can possibly do to heal from deadly illness, in addition to and not instead of traditional medicine. The observation that they kicked the illness is in itself inconclusive. The broad trend of unsourced information leads to abundance and propagation of these pseudo sciences. The Wikipedia page of pseudo sciences is long. It sounds about as legit as Rumpology.

jcapriotti · Unread post by **jcapriotti** » Thu May 20, 2021 4:45 pm

Placebo effect is a thing though. I don't believe in the typical pseudoscience claims but I do think the mind/body connection can cause effects in small ways. Just like stress can cause health issues, certain chemicals produced by the body can have good or bad effects.

Roasted By John · Wed May 26, 2021 9:54 am

What do I listen to at work... Once in awhile a very loud voice on the phone, while the other person is on speaker, which is turned up btw, finally mentioned it to HR, close the door, we don't need to hear your stories...

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Thu May 27, 2021 8:53 pm

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jayar · Unread post by **jayar** » Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:18 am

https://youtu.be/J7CmBN741Vw
First of the series on the Persian Empire. Def going to give other episodes a listen.

Tom G · Unread post by **Tom G** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:54 pm

Stone Rebel - Space Indigo (2021) Full Album
Apparently this album is the 1st in a trilogy, and the 2nd is also out. Instrumental downtempo guitar riffs, a nice background track.

Tom G · Unread post by **Tom G** » Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:41 pm

jayar · Unread post by **jayar** » Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:11 am

https://youtu.be/rsBbt3TxKGg

Pretty cool video about the huge press used by Tesla.

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:57 am

Watching the new Windows...
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/event

OMG... it's the WINDOWS IN THE CLOUD!?

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:59 am

Tom G wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:41 pm

Luv the Mammoth!

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Sun Jul 04, 2021 12:49 am

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:05 pm

This place is too quiet.

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:07 pm

jcapriotti · Unread post by **jcapriotti** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:10 am

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bnemec · Unread post by **bnemec** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:07 am

Since last Friday: KOSH

Fisk VFR Approach:
https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?mou ... &icao=kosh

Towers:
https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?mou ... &icao=kosh

Until 2:30 then:
https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?mou ... &icao=kosh

Tom G · Unread post by **Tom G** » Mon Aug 02, 2021 2:04 pm

There's new posthumous music out, by Prince and Tom Petty. Strange times indeed.

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Tom G · Unread post by **Tom G** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:52 am

It's back to school time again, and this year, WMMR's Back to School A-to-Z began this morning at 6:30. WMMR is a terrestrial radio station that plays, "Everything that Rocks". This annual event plays nearly their entire library, in alphabetical order - which means no repeats for about 11 to 13 days. There are also some interesting juxtapositions where a Jimmy Buffet song is followed by a heavy metal song, or originals and covers, or Somebody to Love (Queen) next to Somebody to Shove (Soul Asylum), or The Kids Are Alright (The Who) next to The Kids Aren't Alright (The Offspring). These examples can give you a fairly good idea of the variety involved.

If you like Rock & Roll, this event is fun to play along with.
You can stream it from anywhere and see the recently played songs, at https://wmmr.com/stream/WMMRFM/.

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:10 am

bnemec · Unread post by **bnemec** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:25 am

well, now I'm listening to 6 Hours of Whisky Blues. Thanks for the link @zxys001

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:31 am

zxys001 · Unread post by **zxys001** » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:36 am

bnemec wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:25 am well, now I'm listening to 6 Hours of Whisky Blues. Thanks for the link @zxys001

Hey Ben,.. yeah, pretty kewl shite!

Tahhhd · Unread post by **Tahhhd** » Fri Sep 03, 2021 12:56 pm

Tom G wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:52 am It's back to school time again, and this year, WMMR's Back to School A-to-Z began this morning at 6:30. WMMR is a terrestrial radio station that plays, "Everything that Rocks". This annual event plays nearly their entire library, in alphabetical order - which means no repeats for about 11 to 13 days. There are also some interesting juxtapositions where a Jimmy Buffet song is followed by a heavy metal song, or originals and covers, or Somebody to Love (Queen) next to Somebody to Shove (Soul Asylum), or The Kids Are Alright (The Who) next to The Kids Aren't Alright (The Offspring). These examples can give you a fairly good idea of the variety involved.

If you like Rock & Roll, this event is fun to play along with.
You can stream it from anywhere and see the recently played songs, at https://wmmr.com/stream/WMMRFM/.

I wish I would have seen this earlier - the "recently played" list is great - I'll definitely jump in for as much as I can.
My phone started going through the songs in alphabetical order one time, and it was pretty funny because I have a lot of cover song bands in my mix.
It would go from U2 "Bullet the Blue Sky" to Lounge Against the Machine "Bullet the Blue Sky", or totally different songs like "Boom Boom" by Trio and "Boom Boom" by Big Head Todd & the Monsters (and then the original "Boom Boom" by John Lee Hooker)
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