How much of the day do you have music playing?

How much of the day do you have music playing?

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Ross6860 said:
Quiet is a better term. ........

Of course, there's not really silence. Silence is not easy to come by.
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Agreed. Quiet is a more accurate descriptor.

The only time I can remember even approaching silence is when the power goes out, or back in the dark days immediately after 911.
 
I listen for 8+ hours in my shop, usually sit and listen to an album or two after dinner, then Pandora in the background for an hour while sit and talk to my wife about our day.
 
While listening the radio, painting the basement this morning, the announcer asked his usual "Trivia Question" of the day, that was, "What was one of the most effective ways to increase productivity at work?"

And, after an hour or so, with some rather silly call ins, he finally got the answer he was looking for and that was to, "Play music in the background".

Because it was on the radio...it's gotta be true!;)

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In the last few years I've gotten to the point where I listen to music as an activity unto itself, meaning, fi I am listening to music, it's all I'm doing. The commodity value of music seems to lessen it's value to me. Streaming and having so much available all the time has made it so I got to the point that didn't appreciate the whole experience because it was a constant part of life. I wanted to get back to it being special. I recently had a small renovation done in my house and the dear friend who did the work showed up with bluetooth boom box and played music, good music, stuff I liked all day long, as I used to. I found it fatiguing, so we did a small experiment. Two days without, and at the end of the day we'd have a beer and a puff and listen to the whole side of an album (dating myself), and discuss. Not quite a convert, but close and his comment were along the lines of, I see what you mean. Also forces you to be alone with your thoughts, sometimes not so easy!
 
When there's music there's no tinnitus. There is never quiet in my head, so I if I have a choice it's music... (the tinnitus doesn't actually go away, of course, music just gives me something else to concentrate on)

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I think many days, music is playing here 12+ hours...
Classical radio FM til about 1 pm, then stream Radio Paradise. Mix a few CDs in, during the evening...
 
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Am finding that my listening times have be reducing dramatically!

Going more for air waves and video after 7 or so.

Not sure why...getting lazy or what?

Might be the times.:dunno:

If in a listening mood, I do get caught up with the music, but the times are getting fewer and fewer.

Wonder if it's the same with others out there?


Curious is all!

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Since I retired I find myself listening to Music pretty much anytime I want!Usually about 8-10 hrs per day.Maybe half of that more critical listening.At my age I also find that I've listened to so much Music since I was 10-12 yrs of age and really to all kinds ,it seems like I have heard it all and it gets rather boring at times..Now I know I have not heard all of the Music in this time but it feels like I have and listening to new Artists is now beyond my tastes so to speak so it sometimes feel like I'm in a rut!Maybe it has something to do with my Age and failing Health or the fact that I played in Bands since 1960 for 50 yrs and was also listening to all Music for at least 60+ years:)
 
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Does wearing Bose noise cancelling earbuds to bed count?

I stream WWW.WWOZ.ORG all night long. Nothing like some marvelous blues cut at 2:30am. In and out of sleep with the earbuds silencing the cpap machine. Can I say "dreamy"? Every night is a cosmic trip.
 
Ingramite said:
Does wearing Bose noise cancelling earbuds to bed count?

I stream WWW.WWOZ.ORG all night long. Nothing like some marvelous blues cut at 2:30am. In and out of sleep with the earbuds silencing the cpap machine. Can I say "dreamy"? Every night is a cosmic trip.
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Curious Inggy, if that constant music has an affect on your sleep in general. Or do you wake up and then put the music on?


Before I drop off, I read and try to go with instrumentals for background, but the music has to be only instrumental! If there's words, the music cuts into my reading focus.

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A couple of hours a day at least for me. More on the weekends. The radio in the car is always on wherever I go. :)
 
Quadman2 said:
Curious Inggy, if that constant music has an affect on your sleep in general. Or do you wake up and then put the music on?


Before I drop off, I read and try to go with instrumentals for background, but the music has to be only instrumental! If there's words, the music cuts into my reading focus.

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Quadman2 said:
Curious Inggy, if that constant music has an affect on your sleep in general. Or do you wake up and then put the music on?


Before I drop off, I read and try to go with instrumentals for background, but the music has to be only instrumental! If there's words, the music cuts into my reading focus.

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I had the pleasure of living in New Orleans for ten years post Katrina so the music on WWOZ is very special to me.

I didn't set out with the intention of sleeping with my earbuds in, but it only took one night to convince me it was the thing to do.

As I mentioned earlier, I suffer from sleep apnea at the rate of 50 sleep interruptions an hour when left untreated. With my CPAP machine I still have one or two interruptions a night. That means in layman's terms, I stop breathing.

I spent my youth trying to motorcycle race so as Father Time takes his cut of me that's left, painful arthritis.

I don't mean to sound like a rolling pity party. I'm trying to paint a picture of the fish being fried here.

When you get involved with sleep apnea you learn that a night's sleep is refered to as a "treatment".
So my bedroom has become a sleep lab. Between my sleep number bed and the CPAP hose I look like an astronaut at bedtime.

I can tell you when a spider walked over my blanket and if he farted or not. I can tell you exactly what kind of breath I took at 11:57.6 last night. Atom splitter accuracy on my sleep patterns, by night, week, month, and YTD. It's simply amazing what being hooked up to a modern CPAP documents.
It's so sophisticated that the DOT uses the data to regulate commercial truck drivers with sleeping disorders.

Whew.
I know that's a wordy preamble to saying that I've never slept better. But I have the hard data to support my observations.

Hope this helps.
 
Sorry to hear of your "apnea". I've both relatives and a bud or two with this affliction, and know of the serious affects it has on the body.

By the same token, Really glad to hear that the music is an intrinsic aid in your attempt to garner a decent night's sleep that we all need!

I appreciate the time and effort and the personal share of the hell that you have to go through in order to get a good night's sleep. I know that there is still much research being done in the are of this affliction that you have to deal with on a nightly basis. Let's hope there will soon be a break through in their findings!


Again, thanks for that share.:thumbsup: You've shown yet another reason how music can be a positive force in our lives.


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8 to 10 at the shop on weekdays.. Another 8 or so after work unless the Tigers Red Wings or Pistons are on TV... Weekends.? Yah all day most of the time.
Some nights I will even put on some of that 432 mhz meditation music off you tube if I cant sleep:music:
 
Easy one, I use the Foobar player and it faithfully keeps track and displays the stats just to make me feel guilty. It's usually way more than 4 hours on any given day. :(
 
Brett a said:
Most days, none. The system gets fired up maybe twice a week for an hour or two. Besides that, the house is quiet. I've gone months w/o turning it on at all.

As the system got better, it no longer works for background. Listening to music has become like watching a movie.

I find myself listening to podcasts now in places like the car and the kitchen where 10 years ago, it would have been music.
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Mine is on a bit more than that... sometimes there is a session but other than that you are correct, and hardly ever for background music, a lot of quiet. It has become like watching a movie... dedicated activity. Same with podcasts, that is where time is now spent.
 
Ross6860 said:
I certainly enjoy "silence", what few and rare times it is available. It's currently raining, the neighbor is mowing (yes, in the rain), and they have been trimming trees for the power line ROWs around here for weeks.

I'm a fisherman, so a lot of time on the lakes is spent floating, and waiting, in relative "silence". Quiet is a better term. Same with hunting. I can go all day without talk, music, or anything else. I enjoy just looking at the world and floating around. Nature is wondrous. The wind, water, and birds make the music at those times.

Of course, there's not really silence. Silence is not easy to come by. Midnight to 5 AM is pretty close, but I can still hear the HVAC, the fridge, and the ticking of a clock. Those creatures I live with have a habit of breathing, too.
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I read silence as quiet... quiet.
 
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