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anyone else combine the two? I tend to have music going almost constantly at home anyway in some form or another, but I find the two activities go nicely together since they are both time based and ideally both take a bit of attention, but listening gives me something nice to do while waiting on the tea to brew. things like flipping an LP and brewing tea both strike me as interesting long/short versions of marking time- you know roughly how long it is, but never exactly, and feeling-wise that amount of time can expand or contract depending on whats going on, your mood, etc.

what I'm making seems to determine what I listen to these days since when I use my burner/kettle combo its a little loud, so things can't be too subtle. its been a lot of shu along with Alice Coltrane and Don Cherry lately.

I'm using a thermos to have a stock of cooked water for a session, hence mostly quieter music works fine here. Weird sound landscapes, ambient passages and recordings of nature are welcome if rare guests - i'm easily get carried away by music, so it's hard to keep those activities in delicate balance. LPs and tea go great close in time, like back to back, but i'd rather not have them both at the same time too often.

It is fun to listen to music that was popular when a particular tea was made or invented. It also helps dispel the "drinking ancient history" marketing, since, really, even with the famous older pu'er this is almost all during modern times. I mean, you think about something like pu'er from 1984, high-demand, expensive, but 1984 Hong Kong is more like, uh...

Me! Me!

well well, what ya got there @OCTO??

@polezaivsani it seems tea and experimental music go hand in hand quite often - who do you like?

polezaivsani wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 9:16 am

I'm using a thermos to have a stock of cooked water for a session, hence mostly quieter music works fine here. Weird sound landscapes, ambient passages and recordings of nature are welcome if rare guests - i'm easily get carried away by music, so it's hard to keep those activities in delicate balance. LPs and tea go great close in time, like back to back, but i'd rather not have them both at the same time too often.

LPs are perfect .... but I decided to sell off my turn ans went digital with audio streaming for the sake of easy playback.... hahahaha...

wave_code wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:23 am

well well, what ya got there OCTO??

Just a simple tube setup to enjoy some evenings and nights with tea.....

Nice pot stand you have there, @OCTO, sure beats all those stoneware dishes =).

@wave_code, my love for experimental music has roots in following some Bristol dance music scene, rwdfdw, moods radio and the likes - folks like Best available technology, Broshuda, Bokeh versions label and so much more - guess this chapter of my music favs has least composition per artist count. Just recently got stuck on works by Terre Thaemlitz. And many more others... And then there is plenty more music less compatible with tea... I recall you have some solid connection to world of music too, right @wave_code?

My second stage of getting familiar with tea was to a background of underground dance music - odd coincidence in hindsight, but fun ride all the while. That is to say i don't have any record players handy, but the records are all close to where i brew tea. Cheers!

John Cage's 4′33″ 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3

Anything else is distraction and graffiti.

@polezaivsani yep, I'm a musician/artist on the very minimal/experimental end and I've been collecting records for a long while too. tea and music together has been extra nice lately since I actually just got most of my collection out of storage after around 7 or 8 years. Almost anything can be compatible with tea if the mood is right - yesterday I had some liu an while listening to some grindcore - after a pretty sleepy few days I felt wide awake after I love Bokeh- one of the best new labels to have popped up in recent years. I haven't been able to keep up with them as much lately but for a while I would just pick up anything they put out.

@wave_code

Nice.... sometimes I just pluck my guitar while I’m enjoying my tea moments.... hahahahha...

I recalled having tea while listening a piece that qualifies as noise music, not the kind i up for usually, that begun with the whole spectrum crammed with stuff, though progressing later to some kind of cathartic moment - went so fine with the tea. Though i could imagine it looking pretty unusual of a mix.

@LeoFox i'd imagine that to go great with Malevich'es black square. Not sure about the tea though

mbanu wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 9:19 am

It is fun to listen to music that was popular when a particular tea was made or invented. It also helps dispel the "drinking ancient history" marketing, since, really, even with the famous older pu'er this is almost all during modern times. I mean, you think about something like pu'er from 1984, high-demand, expensive, but 1984 Hong Kong is more like, uh...

I kid, but if you enjoy his sense of humor, the old George Lam music specials are a good taste of 1980s Hong Kong.

Guqin music will make you transcend from your room into the mountains of China, in any time of the day.

Youzi wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:23 am

Guqin music will make you transcend from your room into the mountains of China, in any time of the day.

I’m more afraid it might transcend me to Slumberland...