EuroAussie Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ive recently stopped (i hope) smoking and in return for the ciggie breaks now I play the guitar. Ive realised that on an average day i probably now spend around 45mins playing guitar in the office. Usually in 4 x 10-15 min bursts. This is pretty significant as it probably means its the place I play the guitar the most. One of the reasons why I bougth a new Martin 00-15 as my main 'office' guitar. Luckily I have a locked office, and it also helps being the boss. Im pretty certain when we have kids in the near future this 'office time' will become the most valuable playign time Ill get .. Anyway, do you also have an office guitar and use this valuable time over lunch or other periods as valuable palying / rehearsal time ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ive realised that on an average day i probably now spend around 45mins playing guitar in the office. Usually in 4 x 10-15 min bursts. This is pretty significant as it probably means its the place I play the guitar the most. Cool - Anyway, do you also have an office guitar and use this valuable time over lunch or other periods as valuable palying / rehearsal time ? My brothers boss (they share an office facility) has a good older Mart. D-28 there. Hope they use it. Have to ask him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Nope, I doubt it would go down too well if I started taking guitar breaks during the day.... unfortunately I'm not the boss, as much as I'd like to be (it's a global finance player) ;) While we have a fairly relaxed atmosphere and there's some flexibility in the hours etc... bringing a guitar in to play during the day would be pushing things a bit too far for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Unfortunately not :( . I'm based in a shared office (5 people) so that's a non-starter. In an effort to move away from my Mac and lose some weight I've joined the gym and use my lunch hour to do that now. I'm certain an extra 45-60 mins a day to practice would help me immensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Yeah, i can imagine in most offices it would be a no go, especially shared space. I guess Im fortunate in that working in an advertising agency one can get away with claiming this time being part of the 'creative development' process ... ;-) btw: a bit about my business, you'd be suprrsied how much of it is true ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go_VtqtxCHY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 While we have a fairly relaxed atmosphere and there's some flexibility in the hours etc... bringing a guitar in to play during the day would be pushing things a bit too far for them. ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Nilppeznaf Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Whats an Office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 ……....................................................................................I'd say : Guitars in all offices ! …...............................................................And I think that's how it's goin' to be. Seen different signs and traces here and there already. …...............................................................The office segment tends to keep them as a reminder of the opposite of office. …......Not necessarily as an instrument, but like our forefathers a few generations back had a painting of a majestic stag above the desk, as a piece of the wild. ..............................................…................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 ……....................................................................................I'd say : Guitars in all offices ! …...............................................................And I think that's how it's goin' to be. Seen different signs and traces here and there already. …...............................................................The office segment tends to keep them as a reminder of the opposite of office. …......Not necessarily as an instrument, but like our forefathers a few generations back had a painting of a majestic stag above the desk, as a piece of the wild. ..............................................…................... can't see a moose without thinkin of woody allen :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 My office is at home. I work on the road about 35% of the time, and from my home office the rest of the time. My home office is also my music room, and I keep all my guitars there. I often take a break during the day to pull out a guitar for a few minutes, particularly if I've got some riff or song forcing its way into my mind. This is all a mixed blessing. I'm usually back in the office all evening, which is my primary playing time. But the computer is on, and people know I'm around, so my evening playing often gets interrupted by skype calls from the west coast of the the US or Australasia. Last night, for example, I was in the middle of an annoying conference call about 9 PM--my prime playing time--when my boss in Australia (at least I think that's where he was) got interrupted by another call. While he's on that call, I pick up my guitar and start picking. Since I'm wearing a headset with mic, I figure I can pick quietly in the background while the other conversation is going on. Suddenly, my headset comes alive, and people are saying "who the heck is playing guitar"? I fess up and put the guitar back on the stand, and in a few minutes, we go back to talking business. Work always seems to get in the way of my guitar playing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 can't see a moose without thinkin of woody allen :-) Don't think that's a moose, BBG. You one of them city slickers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Don't think that's a moose, BBG. You one of them city slickers? i'm irish nick moose /elk/gnu/ all close enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Talking of office space ... Im still waiting for pics of your J-200 TV to adorn my office wall PM .... ;-) Nope, I doubt it would go down too well if I started taking guitar breaks during the day.... unfortunately I'm not the boss, as much as I'd like to be (it's a global finance player) ;) While we have a fairly relaxed atmosphere and there's some flexibility in the hours etc... bringing a guitar in to play during the day would be pushing things a bit too far for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Hahaha, I'm still waiting on a Sony cam being returned... I can do some iphone pics if you like ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Officially, NO! But when the beast is processing large amounts of data, I often grab a Gibson and play a few riffs/warm ups/songs/set - depending on the time spent waiting - I cannot stand staring at a computer with the 'wait' clock.... Although any playing time is valuable, you would be better off allocating a session at home of 30 mins to an hour daily and keeping the habit. If homelife is allowed to get in the way and you can only play at the office, it is the end. Guitar takes no prisoners. BluesKing777. Also: I gave up smoking 2 years 3 months, 5 days and 4 hours ago (approximately) and the money has mostly gone on Gibsons and music junk. 7 guitars! Shows what a waste of money chokers are! So I may have gone a bit crazy after giving up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Ive recently stopped (i hope) smoking and in return for the ciggie breaks now I play the guitar. Ive realised that on an average day i probably now spend around 45mins playing guitar in the office. Usually in 4 x 10-15 min bursts. This is pretty significant as it probably means its the place I play the guitar the most. One of the reasons why I bougth a new Martin 00-15 as my main 'office' guitar. Luckily I have a locked office, and it also helps being the boss. Im pretty certain when we have kids in the near future this 'office time' will become the most valuable playign time Ill get .. Anyway, do you also have an office guitar and use this valuable time over lunch or other periods as valuable palying / rehearsal time ? You slacker! When I was in charge of a subject at a well-known institution for the training of minds, I had my own lockable office in which sat an Epiphone Casino and a Fender Pro. Unfortunately the only time I ever had to play them was when the minds had disappeared for their vacations. Otherwise they were either there to be taught or pestering me by e-mail, or I was desperately trying to be creative in a career-enhancing way rather than trying to enhance my creativity in a careering, desperate way. Or they were swotting upstairs and it was unfair to disturb them with 70 Watts of pure blues tone. Now I share an office, and only occasionally have time for a break to play if I'm working at home. So no guitar in the office, despite repeated approaches from a harmonica-playing colleague with a shared penchant for Johnny Cash covers. When he's in town, I'm busy, and when I have time, he's in another city. The guitar would just get stolen, given how easy it is for our office to get left unlocked by colleagues. When you have kids, you'll find that singing lullabies to them is the most valuable playing time you'll get. Mine particularly like uplifting lullabies by Steve Earle at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 haha...I remember Ricky Gervais motivating his workers in the British "Office"....with his folk rock skills on the guitar.very funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 Indeed ... hence why I always play behind closed doors .. ;-) haha...I remember Ricky Gervais motivating his workers in the British "Office"....with his folk rock skills on the guitar.very funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Guy Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 We have a nice soundproofed meeting room in our office & I keep one guitar at work for this reason, usually managing to play for 30-45 mins 2-3 times a week over lunch break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Troubling thing is that if someone takes 45 minutes out of his day to drag a faq, no one thinks anything of it. On the other hand, if one takes 45 minutes out his working day to play guitar, his boss will call him on the carpet for slacking off. It really cheezes off us non-smokers to not have this institutionally condoned extra breaks during the work day while the non-smokers are still diligently at work. Truth be told, I've known some non-smokers to get up from their desk and announce, "I'm taking a smoke break," then leave for 10 minutes. No one questioned his absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchabalk Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 i thought you were talking about while the TV show was on. that's right in the middle of my practice time, upstairs, away from the TV It should be on more often, i'd be a better player :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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