Music while gazing

[autoq]

While silence is good ; I have on a few occasions while lying on my "sunlounger" ( moonlounger ??) while watching the universe through my binos, cranked up the MP3 player and put on a bit of Brian Eno (especially Ascent / Under stars/ Deep blue Day . Some Mike Oldfield is also quite decent - Music of the Spheres for example... anything without words really.  The right track can really be quite fulfilling .... just maybe don't  whistle along ...apparently sunlounger/binos/woollyhat/midnight/music/whistling isn't something the neighbours "understand"  -     ....

[brantuk]

I never listen to music when doing astronomy - usually cos I'm either with the missus (who has to be listened to) or out with the lads group observing and chatting about targets 'n' stuff. But I can understand folks on their own in obsys wanting some sounds going on in the background.

[Jonk]

i don't listen to music in the garden or out in a field, but when I build an observatory in the future, anything by John Serrie will be on infinite loop!

[BritAngler]

Only occasionally listen to music whilst out observing, anything by Pink Floyd (or solo albums by various group members), Mike Oldfield or Rush; and Fleetwood Mac's only good album, Rumours.

[Jimmyj]

Yeah on occasion do listen to music, spice girls for myself, or a bit of boyzone/westlife [emoji6] (only joking) daft punk is good to listen to. But generally anything goes for me

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[shelby90]

I haven't thought about listening to music but maybe that would help distract me from the raccoon running past my leg! Since I'm new to observing and being in the yard at night, I believe they have been having family gatherings in my garden for some time and I am now intruding 

I think i'll try some tunes soon.

[Pig]

I haven't thought about listening to music but maybe that would help distract me from the raccoon running past my leg! Since I'm new to observing and being in the yard at night, I believe they have been having family gatherings in my garden for some time and I am now intruding 

I think i'll try some tunes soon.

Maybe this would be quite a good choice....Peekaboo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKiteF3TtO4

[sungrazer]

For lunar observing - Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Debussey's Clair De Lune.  Mike Oldfield's "Crises" and "Taurus II" sometimes make an appearance on the iPod.

All other times - Silence.  Except the local wildlife.  Even though I live in a town, I am literally "the last house" with open fields to the rear.  So it's owls hooting / foxes barking most nights!

[mcolbert]

I tend not to listen to music, as when I'm out, I'm listening for the cows - their lowing tells me when something else is around.

michael

[Ouroboros]

I haven't thought about listening to music but maybe that would help distract me from the raccoon running past my leg! Since I'm new to observing and being in the yard at night, I believe they have been having family gatherings in my garden for some time and I am now intruding 

I think i'll try some tunes soon.

Rocky Racoon by the Beatles?

[happy-kat]

Slence for me, a chance to drop the day and completely chill. Music would keep be attached to the day.

[shelby90]

Maybe this would be quite a good choice....Peekaboo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKiteF3TtO4

Haha, very cute video. After watching that, I got hooked on watching raccoon videos! I get the feeling the raccoons labelled "cute" and "friendly" on youtube are not of the same breed as the ones I've encountered    Although maybe all they need is some good music 

[Pig]

Haha, very cute video. After watching that, I got hooked on watching raccoon videos! I get the feeling the raccoons labelled "cute" and "friendly" on youtube are not of the same breed as the ones I've encountered    Although maybe all they need is some good music 

LoL I have seen a couple of documentaries about racoons that are living under peoples houses and they were portrayed to be quite a nuisance  and very destructive.

I guess with some choice words and a catchy melody we could write a song about how cute & cuddly great white sharks are  Peekaboo

[shelby90]

LoL I have seen a couple of documentaries about racoons that are living under peoples houses and they were portrayed to be quite a nuisance  and very destructive.

I guess with some choice words and a catchy melody we could write a song about how cute & cuddly great white sharks are  Peekaboo

Hah! Maybe the Discovery channel could assist with that song during shark week   Raccoons can definitely be pretty tough, though. My dog got in a fight with one about a year ago and she lost a couple teeth   But I suppose on their end, they talk about my dog and us humans as being quite the nuisance!

[Mrbloke]

I will try some slipknot next time I go out gazing.

...or maybe not

[recceranger]

Daft Punk (Tron Legacy) Solar Sailor

[Mak the Night]

I've yet to get around to listening to music while observing, although I've often wondered what I'd listen to. I kind of like the quietness too much. Well, inbetween the Hoot Owls, catfights, foxes fighting cats, bats, badgers, badgers fighting cats, hedgehogs, frogs and more cats ...

[NigeB]

I like the silence and occasional owl-hoots of the night. But ever since I was a kid, I seem to have ended up observing in or near fields containing horses, where the nocturnal reverie tends to be punctuated regularly by loud and impressively long f*rts (from the horses, you understand). So I also play music, to mask these nocturnal emissions and restore some of the ambience.

Vangelis / Jarre / Alan Parsons, and more recently Ulrich Schnaus.

[Stu]

Silence for me please. Nothing but the ringing in my ears, and the odd noisy fox or hedgehog

[Alien 13]

If I view which is a rare event then it has to be Beethoven symphony no 7 allegretto on an endless loop.

Alan

[Mak the Night]

I like the silence and occasional owl-hoots of the night. But ever since I was a kid, I seem to have ended up observing in or near fields containing horses, where the nocturnal reverie tends to be punctuated regularly by loud and impressively long f*rts (from the horses, you understand). So I also play music, to mask these nocturnal emissions and restore some of the ambience.

Vangelis / Jarre / Alan Parsons, and more recently Ulrich Schnaus.

Wow, I never even considered FHS (Flatulent Equine Syndrome) and I live near stables. 

Farty Horses?

[glowjet]

Silent Night, literally

[Mak the Night]

Both apposite right? lol

[Kishen20]

Music while gazing? Haven't tried it – yet.

Listening to something, while doing something annoys me, makes me want to turn it (the music) off, for good.

Perhaps listening to music while stargazing would be less irritating when lying down and enjoying the sky as a whole instead of focusing on something – it would ease the mind a little bit.

The music of choice would be labelled as 'enchanting', 'lullaby' or 'cherishing moments' (by my experience, of course). Sort of like ambient music. Voice, if any, should also blend in the surroundings so to avoid the annoyance. 

Things to do when doing so:

1) Listen Enjoy the music.

2) Enjoy the sky as a whole, as a comfy blanket covering you. Better if there is a real blanket too.

3) *Optional – Enjoy the ambient coldness if liked, or enjoy some hot cocoa.

4) Drift into pleasant unconsciousness a.k.a. sleep, feeling impervious to what's going to happen, because there's the heavens taking care if you, with love & affection. (Aww!)

Good night.

[nameunknown]

As for Floyd, the "dark side of the moon" isn't that visible from my obsy, so I prefer "set the controls of the heart of the sun" - "get off my cloud" is more likely hereabouts. Distro-Astro has a music/video player, but I prefer to use "Kodi" and watch Suskind's lectures on physics - honest, no dodgy sashimi sites at all... (although I do have a small BBQ flue in the warm room for the JP food).

P