Phil Torrone, senior editor of MAKE and creative director for DIY site Adafruit, is a DIY guru and all-around good guy. So we had him give us good songs to listen to while building stuff.

He gave us a list of tunes chock full of productive, creative goodness. We posted the songlist and a video to get you started, but you can see the rest of the vids with commentary over on the Adafruit blog. (Photo courtesy of HSmade)

• Peter, Paul and Mary – “If I Had a Hammer”
• Daft Punk – “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
• Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator”
• John Prine – “Grandpa Was a Carpenter”
• Madness – “Our House”
• Elton John – “Electricity”
• Kraftwerk – “The Robots”
• Starship – “We Built This City”
• Rufus Wainwright – “The Maker Makes”
• Radiohead – “House of Cards”
• ZZ Top – “Woke Up With Wood”