Shedworking

Some of you may know about spotify , an online streaming music site which features a huge amount of music of all types (more details here )....

If you want to keep those creative juices flowing in your garden office, ditch the biscuits and turn down the volume on your wireless. As re...

The Hut comes from Nyman's one movement Piano Concerto which is based on music from The Piano and is split into several named sections. ...

We've posted about the wartime BBC radio programme Music While You Work elsewhere and you can now buy CDs of some of the favourite pie...

Although he’s known best for his Gymnopédies, Satie also wrote the less widely known Musique d’ameublement, or Furniture Music, which was to...

Scott Pack, the former Buying Manager for Waterstone's and now Commercial Director of The Friday Project, the world's first exclusiv...

The Saatchi Gallery has an ongoing series of articles on its blog site on what music artists listen to while they work. Entries so far inclu...

I had a surprising number of emails from readers following the post last week about mood music and the Mighty Lemon Drops. They came from a ...

Make the music fit the mood - that's the mantra for all homeworkers with the iTunes or radio on (and was recognised in this 1942 Time ma...

When I'm in a relaxed mood I often play birdsong on my computer (though not when I'm in an irritated mood and want to calm myself do...

Musicovery is a good site to try out if you've got not much to do since it's more likely to stop you working than improve your perf...

I like listening to carols but find that I end up singing them and doing no work. So as a better combination I have two largely instrumental...

One of the joys of homeworking is that there are no other fools around to get in your way. Two nice examples of what this can mean are at An...

Today's issue of The Guardian has a piece about headphones to use with your computer in their Business Sense pullout. Their suggestion ...

As well as having favourite pieces of music or programmes I listen to while I work (and with the Ashes just about to start Test Match Specia...

If you're a professional musician, having a space to homework is vital. This article at Sound on Sound magazine takes a look at the var...

If you haven't already discovered the delights of online radio stations, it's worth investigating what's out there. One of the b...

Rather than any single piece of music, this week I'm recommending that you give a whole genre a try, light music. It's hard to pin i...

The homeworking world is divided. Those who work in sheds and those still in the dining room. Those who work in suits and those who prefer p...