I have to have something playing on my ipod when I'm sewing. I listen to Mark Lipinski's Creative Mojo on Thurs (show is on Wed but I make myself wait for Thurs to download & enjoy, makes for a good work day). Sometimes I grab other sewing/crafty podcasts but he's my fav. I have a huge variety of music on it too & I just let it roll. I was FMQing a couple weeks ago and noticed I sewed much more smoothly to a particular Pink song so I made it play over and over until I was done, gosh I was sick of that song by the end :D