Music inspiration from working in factory ?

[Smallstep]

Ok I'm weird to begin with, but I can't be the only one making beats in my head when hearing motors and squealing conveyor straps ?

I dream of sampling a 725kV power grid 60Hz noise to make a synth. Trust me, you can feel the power in there !

So, any other weirdos ? Where do you work and what inspires you ?

 

[CiG]

Apparently this kind of thing influenced Tony Iommi too.

 

[SocialNumb]

Being an Industrial music fan of all sorts noise can be beautiful thing. I certainly understand. Noises in general inspire ideas. Everything can be a usable sample. That's how I see it.

 

[Terminus]

When I used to work on dummy terminals and soldering PCBs, like this:

Once in a while we'd get one that would make an awful squealing, just odd bits and bytes trying to get through, sounded almost like an insane modem noise but more rhythmic, I wanted to sample it so bad. The stuff we worked on would make some weird noises sometimes due to the chips becoming partially un-soldered. Strange clicking, bleeps and things whining and changing pitch. Would probably make a great electronic sample set.

 

[bryan_kilco]

Totally. I work in different steel processing factories around the country. Many times I've busted out my phone to capture some of the rhythmic sounds of machines pounding away.

It's those moments I wish I had a laptop, interface and proper mic with me!

 

[Megin]

I totally agree. I used to work in a factory long time ago and I heard music where others only heard noise. An artist sees a picture on a wall while others only see dots. That's how creative people works and it's a wonderful thing.