Very impressive kit mate BUT it is the music that inspires me
Do you have a shaving playlist on an iPhone or a full sound system in the bathroom? How about matching the kit with the music? Are some razors a quick, upbeat jazz number and others a more laid back symphony? Do you time your shaves to the song?
I'm thinking that there is a whole new dimension to shaving about to open up. Must remember NOT to use the heavy metal matched razors for those 4:?? am shaves ...
They are good questions Mark. I have an eclectic taste in music and listen to music all the time, far more than I watch TV.
Shaving for me is all about pleasure, feelings and emotions, that time alone, in my own room (we have separate bathrooms and NEVER go in each other's) surrounded by quality, even luxury items I suppose.
It is obviously subjective, but my chosen shaving products are all about the feelings they give me, be that their aesthetics, scent, feel. They have to work and work very well obviously, but there also has to be more. There's that many good products out there. Someone could give me a soap/cream/croap and tell me they are simply the best there's ever been, but pass it me in a generic plastic tub and Im not happy, particularly from 'artisans'. Why Inject your love, passion, time and energy into producing something you just then decant into generic plastic tubs? It doesn't make sense to me. There will be those who say it's all about performance, the product, the chemistry etc but if you went to a Michelin starred restaurant and they served you on paper plates with a spork...
So music, it's all about enhancing those good feelings already there or lifting your mood. Music envokes pleasurable memories, that may be certain people, places such as holidays, concerts or just moments in time that make you happy etc.
At the moment my music is played through my phone via AirPlay to a stand alone system. We are looking at moving and when we do I'll have system installed built in to the bathroom to simply AirPlay it. Products do play a part, beautiful Italian soaps, citrus and acquatics with some softer Italian classical music are probably my favourite. I shower, prep everything including anything between 3-5 pieces of music depending on length, start the music and pick up the blade, Sometimes I even stop just to listen to a certain passage or even belt out a chorus.
Music is the same as shaving tackle, it's varied and everyone is different, you just have to find what's best for you and enhances that pleasurable feeling, it may be none.
Enough waffle from me, everyone use whatever they like for whatever reason they like and use it often, never let anyone tell you any different.
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