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Intriguing, but in order to lift the phone at the precise time they'd need to have some form of alarm or notification. At which point, their concentration woul

Intriguing, but in order to lift the phone at the precise time they'd need to have some form of alarm or notification. At which point, their concentration would be interrupted. So really I don't see the point.

dkersten 7y ago
Even if they set an alarm, that is a lot less distracting than the phone being able to ring at any time. Besides, any time I set an alarm, I’m already aware of approximately when it will go off and the alarm is just to pinpoint the exact moment. Ie if the alarm is to go off at 2pm, I don’t think about it until maybe 1pm or later as the time starts to approach. One known and pre-timed distraction is a lot less distracting than many unknown randomly-timed distractions.
inflatableDodo 7y ago
You mean that musicians would have to be keeping track of time? How very distracting for them.
- ptaipale 7y ago
  For me, when playing/recording, it would really distract me (more than e.g. having a phone in silent mode so that when flow mode ends, I notice I'm hungry and need to wake up to the outside world, I can see who has tried to call). The Kraftwerk description sounds a bit eccentric to me. Their business model is about being eccentric, so no surprise there.
  - inflatableDodo 7y ago
    >For me, when playing/recording, it would really distract me I think this might be easier if you are working as a group and have a big clock on the wall. I am a rubbish instrumentalist, but do hang around with a hell of a lot of musicians, and 'how long was that' does seem to be one of the most commonly asked questions of each other when they are in a studio. Also, if paying for a studio, they generally become very good at estimating the current time.
    - ptaipale 7y ago
      Sure, but I think things like "we can now do one take and then it's phone call o'clock" would set an unnecessary pressure to the performance. That's just me of course.
- cheerlessbog 7y ago
  Their manager can bang on the door?
bluGill 7y ago
As a kid my barber didn't have a phone. He figured if he was on the phone he wasn't servicing his customers so he never had one installed (he retired just a cell phone came down to where normal people could afford to use them for voice calls). A couple times a his family did call the bar across the street and the waitress would walk over and relay the message (he probably closed shop for the day every time that happened). Telephones are useful for a lot of things, but they are not quite as critical as you think.
- zxczxc111 7y ago
  They're not as critical as you think if someone in your immediate vicinity that the person who's trying to contact you knows how to contact has one...

dkersten 7y ago

Even if they set an alarm, that is a lot less distracting than the phone being able to ring at any time. Besides, any time I set an alarm, I’m already aware of approximately when it will go off and the alarm is just to pinpoint the exact moment. Ie if the alarm is to go off at 2pm, I don’t think about it until maybe 1pm or later as the time starts to approach. One known and pre-timed distraction is a lot less distracting than many unknown randomly-timed distractions.

inflatableDodo 7y ago

You mean that musicians would have to be keeping track of time? How very distracting for them.

ptaipale 7y ago
For me, when playing/recording, it would really distract me (more than e.g. having a phone in silent mode so that when flow mode ends, I notice I'm hungry and need to wake up to the outside world, I can see who has tried to call). The Kraftwerk description sounds a bit eccentric to me. Their business model is about being eccentric, so no surprise there.
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  >For me, when playing/recording, it would really distract me I think this might be easier if you are working as a group and have a big clock on the wall. I am a rubbish instrumentalist, but do hang around with a hell of a lot of musicians, and 'how long was that' does seem to be one of the most commonly asked questions of each other when they are in a studio. Also, if paying for a studio, they generally become very good at estimating the current time.
  - ptaipale 7y ago
    Sure, but I think things like "we can now do one take and then it's phone call o'clock" would set an unnecessary pressure to the performance. That's just me of course.
cheerlessbog 7y ago
Their manager can bang on the door?

bluGill 7y ago

As a kid my barber didn't have a phone. He figured if he was on the phone he wasn't servicing his customers so he never had one installed (he retired just a cell phone came down to where normal people could afford to use them for voice calls). A couple times a his family did call the bar across the street and the waitress would walk over and relay the message (he probably closed shop for the day every time that happened). Telephones are useful for a lot of things, but they are not quite as critical as you think.

zxczxc111 7y ago
They're not as critical as you think if someone in your immediate vicinity that the person who's trying to contact you knows how to contact has one...