What are your favorite darkroom hits?

[bobfowler]

If I just HAVE to listen to anything while I'm working (I prefer it to be quiet), I'll put on one of my all-time favorite female vocalists, Helen Forrest. Other favorite CDs are Cannonball Adderley's "Lush Side of Cannonball", or if I'm in a strange mood, anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes...

 

[Ka]

It all depends on the mood and the print: Mozart, Faure, Grieg.... Gilberto samba stuff.... Terje Isungsett/Isglem jazzy Norwegian stuff.... and nearly anything from 60's and 70's to get me moving again. Sometimes I print to what was playing during the shoot.

 

[Juraj Kovacik]

radio Devin - slovak classic music station or BBC, I'm thinking about some mp3 player for my music collection, but todays problem number one is ventilation

 

[hitcher]

I used to watch tv in my darkroom, I had a red filter over the screen, (additional safelight) .Had cable hooked up too. I spent ALOT of time in my darkroom.

I've been doing much printing lately; 10 - 20 hours per weekend. I usually listen to music and NPR and sometimes nothing. I've got a few CDs that I think I'm burning holes in. So, I'm curious, what are other's favorite darkroom hits? I've heard some people watch TV in the darkroom. Does this work out?

 

[dr bob]

It all depends on the mood and the print: Mozart, Faure, Grieg.... Gilberto samba stuff.... Terje Isungsett/Isglem jazzy Norwegian stuff.... and nearly anything from 60's and 70's to get me moving again. Sometimes I print to what was playing during the shoot.

Rah. KA!

Same here except I substitute Villa Lobos for the "Gilberto samba stuff", and I am known to employ ZZ-Top for clean-up time. I guess I'll have to look up your "Terje Isungsett/Isglem jazzy Norwegian stuff". Also add a significant amount of Bach and Brahms.

 

[scootermm]

Ive been spending hours and hours in the darkroom and have found myself listening to alot of Red House Painters, Mojave 3, Sigur Ros, Charles Mingus, Dave Brubaker, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Julie Doiron, Portishead, Explosions in the Sky, Yume Bitsu, Tortiose, Godspeed! You black Emperor, Album leaf.

goodness the list could go on and on. God Bless my iPod. No one has mentioned them. I love mine given that I can make playlists that can go as long as I would like and the back light on the screen can easily be turned off so as not to cast any light at all. I need to wire up some speaker so as not to have to use headphones anymore.

music is so powerful. it seems to influence my printing in a strange way.

 

[modafoto]

I forgot the Iron Maiden song (mostly for the digital people):

FEAR OF THE DARK(room)

 

[mobtown_4x5]

I just got a new turntable man!!!!

I have been listening to all the old vinyl!!!! SOUNDS GREAT- now that's analog!!!

Oh- and by the way- the "serious" record store in my town still has just as much space devoted to vinyl as to CD's- and they've started releasing new albums on records again (White Stripes, etc.)... (by the way Jack White recorded the entire album "Elephant" on analog equipment- like most "golden" guitar tone seekers he hates the sound of digital recording)

I guess vinyl is "dead" just like film right???

Which reminds me of a friend of the family- owner of 3 major galleries and artist management firm who does not accept digital B&W from the artists he represents- says, I quote "I can't sell that, nobody collects that s*** seriously".

In every aspect of human creativity, digitization is regarded as an inferior method- from music to art- the best of the best use analog.

 

[GreyWolf]

Like Lee .... Country and Western !!! YAHOO !!!

Stampede time is a comin to town again !!! Girls in Levis...just love those days!

Sometimes I like the old stuff, Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Buck Owens, Tammy Wynette...

Also some of the GOOD recent folks like Alan Jackson ... (seen him twice at the Saddledome) Dwight Yokam, Randy Travis, Shania ..the older stuff.

Also some of the middle.. like Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and even the Best Hits of Roy Rogers.

Best of All ... is when EricR is visiting the darkroom ....then it is continuous and real country loud and lots of bass with a tweak into the trebles to get just the right amount of "Twang" in those heart breaking wailing ballads.

Kind Regards,

 

[Ka]

dr Bob... Terje is just about the best percussionist ever born. He has attended and taught at the Norwegian Music Conservatory. I would place him in the Mozart and Bach category. And he's the sweetest man.. grew up on a sheep farm. He is the Ansel Adams of Jazz. Here's a link to his site: Dead Link Removed

ka

 

[Shmoo]

...50 Cent and I underdevelop. Grieg and I overdevelop. Harry Connick, Jr. and I'm right on time!! <g>

 

[Flotsam]

Kodachrome - Paul Simon
I Am A Camera - Yes
Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell

 

[Helen B]

I used to listen to Hendrix until I set fire to the Chromega. Question for Pat Gainer: can lighter fuel be used as a solvent for print developer?

 

[ThomHarrop]

Lighter fluid CAN be used as a solvent for print developer but Kodak advises against using metal tongs and flint trays if you do.

 

[Julia819]

I listen to anything that reflects my mood or the kind of pictures I'm printing. For instance, I just did this shoot with this girl who was a fan of Amy Lee (singer from Evanescence) and looked like her with black hair and all. So I listened to Evanesence while I printed.
Other than that, Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones, Niravana, Counting Crows, Matchbox Twenty, Sarah McLachlan, the ocassional Allison Krauss, and an "upbeat" mix (with new hits from Usher, Britney Spears, etc) seem to get a lot of play time. I usually don't listen to the radio much. Too much talk and commercials or just bad songs.

 

[modafoto]

Now playing...

In the next few darkroom session I will listen to Pantera to remember the late and great Dimebag Darrell who was killed in Ohio on Dec. 8.

R.I.P. Darrell!

Morten

 

[Robert Hall]

I was a pro rock guitarist through the 60's and Led Zep were among my favourite bands at the time.

Do you offer lessons?

 

[gareth harper]

Well I listen to all sorts of different stuff.
The last couple of weeks I've been listening to Nick Caves new album Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus.
It's absolutley fantastic. Really it's blown me away. Also for those of you perhaps a bit lost with Nick's work this is a lot more accessable, many of the tracks really kick.

Other good stuff I've been giving a spin recently are,

Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
Jim White - Drill a hole in that substrate and tell me what you see
Mogwai - Kicking a dead pig
Bonnie 'prince' Billy - I see a darkness

Also listening now and again to BBC radio 2 (I must be getting old I guess) and BBC radio 6 music.

 

[Les McLean]

Do you offer lessons?

Robert, I gave up music and sold my Telecaster in the late 60's and never touched the guitar until recently when I purchased a S/H Telecaster (not so good as my original) so I'm looking to take lessons myself. Any offers?

 

[noblebeast]

I doubt I could teach you anything, Les, but next time you're in the L.A. area drop on by and we can have a jam session, annoy the neighbors, make our fingers bleed, and then head out to one or several of the local British Pubs.

Joe

 

[Robert Brummitt]

Besides, my wife suspects I use my darkroom as an escape from the family. If I installed a stereo and made it more of a "Lurkum" (her word), I sure my privleges would be curtailed...[/QUOTE]

My wife tries to get me the darkroom. Away from her and the kids. I think it my choice of music and the volum...HUMM.

 

[smieglitz]

Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
The Police - Roxanne

 

[Robert Brummitt]

Van Halen, Roy Obison, a number of soundtracks and of Course The Copeland Collection.

 

[Black Dog]

Everything from Nick Drake (Wsy to Blue) to Zep (4 Symbols/Physical Graffiti). Tom Waits is great too (esp Mule Variations). Sometimes I listen to the footie for a bit of variety. Sabbath,Qoutsa, Motorhead etc are great for + dev times...........

 

[Daniel Grenier]

Me? "The Sound of Silence" By either The Pyrocats, The Amidols, The Stops or The Fix.