We used a spare laptop and speakers to stream WOXY (Cincy and Austin folks in particular may remember them; to say I was a big fan is an understatement), but when they went down we switched to NPR (where a former WOXY DJ also worked) or KEXP or the Underground 80s SomaFM, or sometimes a custom playlist on Winamp or Grooveshark.
We were always careful to play work-appropriate music and at a low volume. I hate soundwars, so if someone else wanted to play something, either the main music gets turned off, of they put on headphones. The volume is always at a respectful level for others who are working, on a call, concentrating, etc. We are also on a busy street, so in the spring, summer, and fall we have outside noise that helps with whitenoise, but in the dead of winter (or the dead of summer when we close all windows and have the a/c on) we needed a little extra something. Music worked! r. *____________________ rachel young *[email protected] *Find us in person:* Camaraderie 102 Adelaide St E 2nd Floor Toronto, ON M5C 1K9 (647) 861-4350 *Find us online:* Website/blog <http://camaraderie.ca> and Newsletter<http://bit.ly/camaraderienewsletter> Google+ <http://bit.ly/CamaraderiePlus>, Twitter<http://twitter.com/camaraderie> , Facebook <http://bit.ly/9zv3Fx>, and LinkedIn<http://bit.ly/CamaraderieGroup> *Be in business for yourself, not by yourself! * *Continue the conversations you started on May 27* *at FLCTO2 by joining the LinkedIn group <http://linkd.in/FLCTO>.* * * *Are you a coworking commitmentphobe? * *Try the Coworking Toronto Passport Program <http://bit.ly/CTOPassport2012>* *for a day pass to seven spaces for one price.* * * On 15 August 2012 12:19, Susan Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > We always have our dials in Seattle tuned to KEXP, the greatest radio > station on earth. :) You can stream it via kexp.org. > > To add into the general conversation, we find that having a little bit of > background music, even if it's quiet, helps to even out the overall "tone" > of our space. There is something eerie about having no background music in > our space - makes it feel more like a library and less like a coworking > space to me. > > But to each space their own, right? That's the whole idea - do what your > community digs. > > Susan > __ > Office Nomads > officenomads.com > 206-323-6500(o) > 206-484-5859(m) > > > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Alex Hillman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Same here - we use Songza playlists quite a bit, and a number of our >> members have taken to building Spotify playlists that are rather good. >> >> It's mixed, like others have said. And if someone doesn't like what's >> playing, we happily take requests in the form of new playlist >> recommendations :) >> >> -Alex >> >> >> -- >> /ah >> indyhall.org >> coworking in philadelphia >> >> On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 11:02 AM, John Wilker wrote: >> >> As to what kind of music, at Uncubed it's pretty eclectic. We ask for >> seed artists and pick a different pandora station each day. It ranges from >> gangsta grass (which is hilarious if you've never listened), to jazz, to >> 80's rock and most everything in between. >> >> Sometimes folks will get up and just change the station too, the machine >> that runs it is wide open so they can down vote a song or change >> songs/stations. >> >> We really wanted to use something like turntable.fm where folks who >> wanted to contribute could, but it doesn't have a "muzak" mode so every >> person in the room would be downloading the music even if their machine was >> muted.. Seemed a waste of bandwidth >> >> >> >> John Wilker >> Founder, 360|Conferences | Partner, Uncubed >> (720) 381-2370 >> twitter: jwilker <http://twitter.com/jwilker> >> johnwilker.com | 360|MacDev <http://360macdev.com> | >> 360|Stack<http://360stack.com>| >> 360|iDev <http://360idev.com> >> >> On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Skid Vis wrote: >> >> Here at CoVis CoWorking we have a SONOS <http://www.sonos.com> sound >> system which lets anyone set-up playlists and whatnot on pretty much any >> device available. >> It's great, as silence can be deafening, but it's also a great source of >> conversation as we all chit-chat about whatever song/artist someone has >> chosen. >> Music is sorta that universal language that can bring people together >> pretty quickly, IMHO. >> >> -- Skid Vis -- >> CoVis CoWorking - www.covisco.com >> Omaha, Nebraska >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/coworking/-/_Vrhock2V4AJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. 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