Darkroom Music

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Anyone tried one of the Apple AirTunes systems in the darkroom?

If you haven't seen them they're a tiny box which you plug into the mains, and attatch speakers to. You can then stream music to them from your computer, over a wireless network. It avoids taking CD players or other equipment into the darkroom - expensive electronics (with flashing lights, and buttons to fumble over!) don't really want to be mixed with chemicals.

I finally caved in and ordered one earlier this week...

Ian

[shinn]

Mostly live hippie type music from the Dead to Dave Mathews and especially Wide Spread Panic, but I gotta have some Jazz once in awhile.

Happy days
Mark

[Robert L]

Usually it depends on my mood. A nod to Zappa; wish I had my old records. Classical, opera, jazz, and all kinds of rock are in my CD collection. There is also a good Mexican station that comes in with some great folk rock, though I don't speak Spanish.

I have made the mistake of having my stereo (which has a backlit display) on while loading my film tank. It dawned on me that while handling the film and loading the film holders, I could see what I was doing. DOOHHH!

[Konical]

Good Afternoon,

Classical only, car, darkroom, anywhere. In about an hour, however, no music, no darkroom. Its TV time because the Cardinals are about to play game 6 of the NLCS; fingers are crossed!

Konical

[geraldatwork]

Either classical ,I favor the Baroque era, or folk music from my hippie days. On the rare occasion raggae.

[Jim Chinn]

I usually listen to Jazz, or calssical with a good dose of 60s-80s rock mixed in.

I pretty much only listen to it while I am setting up the darkroom and after the printing is done and I am breaking things down for the night. Sometimes I get involved in the music to much and get forgetful while I'm printing.

I have been listening more to popular radio music of the 30s, 40s and early 50s. I have been on this modern art thing for the past year learning as much as I can about American and European art in the 20th century up to the 60s.
So along with the music I go the the library once in awhile and look up old issues of NY Times to get a flavor of the times especially late 40s early 50s, the fertile and formative years for Rothko, Pollock, de Kooning, Guston, Siskind, Calahan etc.

[Shesh]

Good Afternoon,

Its TV time because the Cardinals are about to play game 6 of the NLCS; fingers are crossed!

Konical

I cannot cross my fingers anymore, they are all chewed up - Red Sox plays Yankees for Game 7 of ALCS tonight.

[Melanie]

ZAPPA, is always good, or some time my two year old granddaughters TV shows music can be heard and helps keep time with filling and emptying my tank. "the wiggles" LOL
Melanie

[Flotsam]

ZAPPA, is always good

Watch out where the huskies go and don't you use that yellow shortstop.

[Jorge]

Mostly jazz and rock both instrumental and vocal. When developing film it's usually hard loud rock from Led Zeplin, faster and louder when I want to increase the contrast, I agitate the tank to the beat of the music, and one or two of the less agressive tracks when I want less contrast? Scientific stuff this film developing lark.

LOL....I can just picture Les shaking his booty..... :)

[tbm]

My darkroom episodes are deeply enhanced by many different artists, all of who create various moods while I am printing and make that event a wonderful joy. I switch from Beethoven to Enya to Joni Mitchell to Frank Sinatra to Sting to Wham, George Michael after Wham, to Rachmaninoff to Debussy to Delius to Gershwin and so on and so forth. The CDs are placed into my outstanding BOSE Wave CD player which emits fantastic sound in my 8 x 6 feet darkroom. If you have an opportunity to listen to sound produced by the Wave CD player somewhere, do so, for it will amaze you.

[ThomHarrop]

I put on my iPod and just listen to whatever comes along. It keeps me awake and aware to respond to random music. I think the surprise of going from Keb Mo to Cheryl Crow to Led Zeppelin keeps the music from getting boring. It's like having the best radio station in the world because it's all the music I love and no political ads.

[rogueish]

Enigma, Jesse Cooke, The "Get Shorty" soundtrack, Joe Satriani, Natalie Imbruglia's (hope I spelled that right) first album, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, the "Oceans Eleven" soundtrack (the newer one not the Rat Pack one). Allannis Morestte's first album, and a few mixed cd's I burned.
Sometimes just the radio.

[TPPhotog]

Nothing to beat some Tangerine Dream for surreal processing. Other than that Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, UB40, Madness, Sting, Boom Town Rats and more up to date Evanescence, Black Eyed Peas, Red Hot Chilly Peppers and sometimes TMF/The Hits TV channels blaring through the closed door. Must not forget The Hot Rodinals!

[Nicole]

OK, I don't have a darkroom, but when I'm on here with my APUG friends I love listening to Carla Bruni (Quelqu'un M'a Dit), Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Pete Murray, Jack Johnson, etc... and pretty much anything with classical guitar or piano...
and sipping a glass of red. Hi everyone! :)

[Ed Sukach]

John Cage's "433".

- Or, maybe ... Philip Glass' "The Photographer".

[Huram]

I listen to books on tape -- the latest being Hardy's Tess of the Durbervilles -- a great depressing book for the dark. It is quite an agonizing book to go through, really. You know that feeling you get when you watch Disney's The Little Mermaid when Ursula's eels flip over the boat right before Prince Eric kisses Ariel to get her voice back? It's kind of like experiencing that feeling for 12 hours. Lately, my prints have ended up being a little darker than normal.

[rogueish]

Nothing to beat some Tangerine Dream for surreal processing.
Thanks I forgot about those ones and the Tubular Bells I put on ocasionally.
er, the album, not the bells themselves...

[TPPhotog]

Thanks I forgot about those ones and the Tubular Bells I put on ocasionally.
er, the album, not the bells themselves...
Excellent choice - I forgot that one :)

[mark]

I listen to books on tape -- the latest being Hardy's Tess of the Durbervilles -- a great depressing book for the dark. It is quite an agonizing book to go through, really. You know that feeling you get when you watch Disney's The Little Mermaid when Ursula's eels flip over the boat right before Prince Eric kisses Ariel to get her voice back? It's kind of like experiencing that feeling for 12 hours. Lately, my prints have ended up being a little darker than normal.

I tried this once. I got so caught up in the story I ruined a roll of film by pouring the stop into the tank instead of the developer.

I find that wghile processing film I cannot listen to anything other wise I screw things up. Too easily distracted I guess.

While doing the POP printing-I have no darkroom- I listen to whatever is in the machine at the time. I have no set preference. If i had to choose two, they would either be Woods Tea Company or Metallica. Good stuff to sing along with.