This is something Andy has talked about before but…
At the moment our office is filled with large cabinets full of disk drives and more importantly fans - mainly thanks to the software boys. This means everywhere I go I’m surrounded by a constant background noise of bloody fans whirring. To drown this out I sometimes listen to music while I work.
Thanks to Magnatune I have access to some very good music for free.
My current favourites are Drop Trio (funky organ jazz), John Williams (mellow jazz/blues guitar - but only the Dusty Porch album, the Long ride home tracks are a bit more jazzy and not quite to my taste). Beat Under Control (”electrofunk”) and Mr Gelatine (electronica) are also quite good too.
The thing is that there are loads of artist and because you can download the mp3s for free you get to sample albums before you decide whether you like it. One can of course buy the album if you want better quality (by downloading higher bit rate files or being sent a CD) - atleast you know you like the music before you pay anything.
I’m slowly continuing my search so if anyone finds anything good let me know.
