Often there is nothing more than the sounds of the outdoors coming into my room, the music of the birds and rain are my favorites. Then, when the leaf blowers, lawnmowers, chain saws or chippers crank up I switch to the 5 disk player. Almost anything goes, but I can't have it over power the thoughts in my head. When I changed disks last night, I removed ABBA, Yanni, Enya, PDQ Bach, and Classical Jukebox and replaced them with Camana Briana, Schuman, and Clanid. I often listen to internet radio, whatever strikes my fancy. 50's 60's, soft rock, Broadway, light opera, bluegrass, classical, musicals . . . I'd like to get XM, but it doesn't transmit that far in the house. I usually like music which has a beat no faster than my normal heart rhythm, and does not have clashing cords for sewing and cutting. I save that for when I'm getting ruthless with cleaning.