cleaning job: album length

Today I will be talking about the importance of choosing the right music for the right cleaning job. Two factors are important here: Album length, and tempo.

It goes without saying that to be able to clean well to the music, it has to be something that you enjoy, if you can sing along to it all the better. Always make sure the tempo of the music matches 1, the mood you’re in, and 2, cleaning. If you’re anything like me the music needs to be a little bit motivational – this is totally subjective.

But a common mistake of mine is choosing an album too short for the job at hand. For example: Cleaning my kitchen the otherday was roughly a 2 hour job (dishes, benches, walls, and floor). If I were to have picked a short album like , Tom Petty’s ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ I would have to break for my work and choose another album. Instead what I listened to was The Smashing Pumpkins ‘mellon collie and the infinite sadness’ which filled the time almost perfectly. And because I was finished cleaning about 2 songs before the album finished I felt as though I had finished within the allowed time . Always a good feeling. Equally important is not choosing an album too long for the job. Like vacuuming the lounge does not require Handel’s ‘the Messiah’ to get through.

Of course none of this applies to those of you who make playlists or put the ipod on shuffle. Personally I like to listen to my music as complete albums, otherwise I sometimes feel that I’ve picked up a book and only read a chapter or two. But thats just me.

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ok so far I have found music to be the most important part of cleaning up. I love my ipod!

good cleaning albums:

• Tracy Chapman – (self titled) – great for vacuuming!
• Zwan – Mary Star of the Sea

Live albums also seem to be awesome for cleaning, currently listening to ‘beethoven was deaf’ from morrissey whilst doing the washing. Sunny days also kick ass for doing washing! not only do I get outside and get some vitamin D in me but I get clothes dryed heaps quicker too!

three loads of washing done today so far! man this place is getting real tidy!