Your shooting music?

Shooting Music

This is an interesting thread for me...

I have always liked to play with headphones on listening to Music..

It started back to 1989 when I came over to the States from the UK
to learn to play 9 Ball. I stayed in Miami for the best part of a year and
played on Corrinne Hoffman's South Florida Pro 9 Ball Tour. I travelled
with Tommy Brown and John Ditoro, Miami Vice as they were known.
I myself was dubbed "Miami Vice, London Branch" by Benny Conway LOL

Back then I had a "Sony Walkman" cassete player with three album tapes.
Dire Straits "Brothers in Arms"
Fine Young Cannibals "Raw and the Cooked"
Sade "Diamond Lights.

In fact Ray Martin started wearing a Walkman after playing me in one of
the Tournaments. He asked me why I was wearing it and I told him that
because I played so well with an open Bridge and an Ash Snooker cue with
just a 10mm tip spectators would often comment on it, so I started wearing
the headphones to cut out any distraction. He then told me he had also
been having a similar problem. His matches usually drew a good crowd but
they often contained too many "whisperers" and it sometimes bothered him.
He then asked if he might try out my Walkman in his next match.
Next tournament I saw him at he was wearing a Walkman himself LOL

This year, while making my comeback after 10yrs not picking up a cue.
I was disappointed not to be allowed to wear an Mp3 player during my
matches on the Uk Pro 9 Ball Tour (GB9 Ball Tour). As I always wear one
in practice and find it helps me focus and play with a consistent rythym.

I have a Rap Playlist (Snoop, Dr Dre, Suger Hill Gang)
A Jazz/Blues Playlist (Jonny Lang)
A Dance/Club Mix (Slinky Intercontinental)

And my favourite play list which is simply named "LOUD"

I DO play it VERY loud LOL...

Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
Basketcase (Greenday)
Born Free (Kid Rock)
Come as you are (Nirvana)
Sweet child 'O mine (Guns n Roses)
Lithium (Nirvana)
Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Money for Nothing (Dire Straits)
Paradise City (Guns n Roses)
Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)
Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Times like these (Foo Fighters)
White Wedding (Billy Idol)
You aint seen Nothing Yet (Bachman Turner Overdrive)

Are you Brandon Vera?
 
Very talented pianist Rufus. I enjoyed listening.

When I was bartending, a fellow with a small man sitting on his shoulder came in, sat down and ordered a drink.
He pulled a small piano out of his knapsack and put it on the bar. The little man jumped from his shoulder and started to play. I asked him how he came across this little guy.
"Well, said the man, one day I was walking in the park and I found what appeared to be a lamp. I rubbed it, a Gene popped out and told me that he would grant me one wish. Apparently, the Genie was hard of hearing because this is what I got, a twelve inch pianist".

I love Jonny Langs Rack Em Up. I usually plug the box and start off the night with that one. I like country, Johnny Cash, blues, anything a bit more subtle playing in the back ground. I abhor grunge, rap, hip hop etc.
 
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I do the mp3 thing with earbuds for practice out at a poolhall. Whatever it is I'm listening too at the time, the playlist must all be the same artist. Guess that's just a little OCD...

Been listening too a lot of Maynard James Keenan recently. Also love Buckethead and I recently threw in some Wu Tang. A few days ago I have picked up the Tron Legacy soundtrack and that is really good sgtuff too.
 
I was trying to catch some early afternoon "by myself" bar table time the other day, and an older gentleman at the bar insisted on listening to some Dave Ramsey clone "turned all the way up to 11." So the waitress working the tables hit the demo switch on the jukebox. Everything from ZZ Top, to Toby Kieth, to Grandma got shot by a reindeer, to John Prine, to Metallica.

Was a very enjoyable 2 hours and I managed to get some things done.
 
BTW, has anyone seen my MP3 player? I haven't seen it for several months now. All this music talk has got me thinking about an MP3 player again.
 
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