Kitchen Music

[mike]

BLESS.....................

[soussweets]

sunday mornings is for the local college station-
regge,franksinatra,latino and world

when the crew is sluggish and pissy
old-and i mean old- metallica
rage
punk
if im feiling saucy i break out the old death metal--

standard everyday listening
blind melon
grateful dead
hendrix
zeppelin
stp
marley
tosh

when all else fails , gotta have the classical

is that diverse enough for ya

[angrychef]

Our kitchen was 90% Mexican and insisted on listening to the oompa-oompa Mexican polka and ranchera music---so they got their turn from 6am to 10am. After that it was usually alternative or classsic rock. Man, would they complain when the station was switched!

[chefboy2160]

Yeah , I can relate to the hispanic music . As I have gravitated to the food service managers job I have to listen to more of this music than I ever cared to . But when I have catering events or just have to show the crew how I want something cooked well look out . Im in the kitchen and the radio is mine ( I brought in a good boom box for them ) as I like to cook to music . Old rock , New Rock or Hip Hop ?
It does not matter as long as it speaks english . I tell the crew that I am just helping them to learn english when I do this . But I think they know I dont want a vacation in mexico nor do I eat at Taco Bell on my days off .
The only song I ever had a complaint on coming from the kitchen was Lynrd Skinnerd " That smell " . Still trying to figure that one out ? Yeah Right ! Peace , Doug......................

[shroomgirl]

Depends....normally when I'm Pcing NO NOISE>>>>
when it's for me or a no brainer I put on Shinia Twain, Tony Bennett, Dave Matthews...I started listening to Hip Hop/Rap in the car to just figure out what the attraction is...it's OK.
There is nothing like Fogarty, ZZ Top,Neil Diamond....is this old foggy shtuff or what?.When I'm working the line...nothing....just the horrible sound of the ticket machine.

[mike]

Angrychef............Mexican music from 6 till 10 ........no wonder your angry.... Id be insane.

Soussweets.......Is the music station KRVS cause thats what i listen to Sunday mornings in the bath..far out...Try listening to Jonathon Ross on BBCi internet on radio 2.You can listen to any bbc radio programme retrospectively. I think hes hilarious & he plays a mean tune too.

[LotusCakeStudio]

I like working by myself. I play what I want. If I'm working on Sugarcraft, I play Indian ragas. Slow, soothing, and meditative. Things I need when I'm making a bunch of gumpaste roses. For actual baking, I play a variety... Into Another, Sick of it All, Danzig, or bhajans that are more upbeat (devotional Hindu music). For cleaning, (WHICH I HATE!), to get myself psyched up, I play Snapcase or energetic indie rock/emo like The Get Up Kids.

[Chefette]

Man, they took away our radio at work, so now it's quiet all the time. It really stinks, because on slow nights, the silence is sleep-inducing. Oh well, what are you gonna do?

[dickvegas]

I can't believe I missed this thread before. I just had it out with the front of the house managers about the radio last weekend. My cooks are pretty much all into punk, west coast mostly, so we listen to alot of that. (I'm punker than they are) when working alone before they come in I listen to Indian Kirtan or mellower stuff. At the end of shift while breaking down I listen to Nick Cave or Will Oldham. We agreed to lay off the CDs with offensive lyrics and are mostly listening to crappy local radio. I have worked both with and without and it is much happier with as long as it doesn't interfere with communication in the kitchen.

[mike]

Anyone heard of Nick Drake......the mellowist music alive, erm well actually he died in 1972 but hes as fresh today as he was then.
Dickvegas .......... I used to travel round on tour with Clash & Stranglers , I still have the safety pin marks in my ears... old punks never die they just get grumpier !

[Peachcreek]

There is a local NPR DJ who plays Nick Drake music. I was in over lunch at the restaurant today and one of the staff had a U2 dance remix cd on that was pretty good. Something to bop around the kitchen to.

[drx]

I do let the staff on my properties to listen to music, but not during service. Also there are certain kinds of music(i.e. hard rap, trance, fast rock, which is my favorite) to be played as it seems to increase the stress level.
Just my point of view.

[chefherman]

from noon to 3pm its the oldies because its the only music(non-country)station that comes in, from 3-5ish its howy carr-talk radio,5ish to close its a cd burned from the dishwasher ac/dc metallica zepplin black crows and such oldies, when i'm alone and down its the trusted country(the only other station that comesin, in this god forsaken place)....

[mike]

Country & Western that is bad.
You could always move.

[Peachcreek]

Some Country-Western isn't too bad. Mark Knofflers recording with the Notting Hillbillies is one of my favorites. A lot of old 60's rock and roll sounds like country music to me. And a lot of old rock had its roots in country music.
Sometimes I get a vision of living in Nevada, cooking at a cafe next to the gas pumps off of some little two lane. Staying in a single-wide across the dirt lot from the restaurant. Not a tree for miles. Wearing a white T-shirt and a smudged up 4-way, swatting flies and listening to Conway Twitty.