What music do you like to listen to when making art?

barnesy · Oct 2013

Hey PC,

I had a quick search on here and I couldn't see a pre existing thread like this, so , I was wondering what kind of music you guys like to listen to while working?

I am kind of leaning towards chillout and electro music, the type you usually hear on time lapses of modelling, but I am open to any suggestions and recommendations

Thanks

Tomm · Oct 2013

I personally love ambient stuff. some of my favorites atm:
http://youtu.be/Lzg5XTuPgLo
http://youtu.be/Eqc1fmK1Bi4

and also game soundtracks, mostly from Journey.. it's just too awesome.

I'm also open to any recommendations.

Torch · Oct 2013

Mainly hard rock, Acdc, Airborne and some metal like Megadeth, Maiden, etc.

ExcessiveZero · Oct 2013

Dubstep, despite I don't like it, I find its better to play stuff I don't like with a beat, stuff you like your brain will switch onto which is not what I want.

J0NNYquid · Oct 2013

If I'm really trying to stay focused, I can't stand anything with lyrics, so I lean more towards classical, or ambient music.

marks · Oct 2013

House mixes.

glottis8 · Oct 2013

lots and lots of soundtracks for games and for movies. lol

aleksdigital · Oct 2013

armin van buuren
aphex twin
astral projection
autechre
biggie smalls
black sabbath
electric wizard
creed
danzig
deftones
down
electric wizard
g n r
faith no more
lamb of god
northern exposure
p.o.d.
rollins band
sex pistols
superjoint ritual
tom petty
tool
type o

Joopson · Oct 2013

It varies.

Here are a few:
Joanna Newsom
Soap & Skin
Morrissey
Austra
Alessi's Ark
Bob Dylan
The Decemberists
The soundtrack from "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion"
Laura Marling
Marissa Nadler
Lykke Li
Anna Ternheim
No

WarrenM · Oct 2013

armin van buuren
aphex twin
astral projection
autechre
biggie smalls
black sabbath
electric wizard
creed
danzig
deftones
down
electric wizard
g n r
faith no more
lamb of god
northern exposure
p.o.d.
rollins band
sex pistols
superjoint ritual
tom petty
tool
type o

...enhance sector 7...

autechre
biggie smalls
black sabbath
electric wizard
creed
danzig
deftones
down
electric wizard
g n r
faith no more
lamb of god
northern exposure
p.o.d.
rollins band
sex pistols
superjoint ritual

...pan left...

black sabbath
electric wizard
creed
danzig
deftones
down
electric wizard
g n r
faith no more
lamb of god
northern exposure

...filter noise...

electric wizard
creed
danzig

GrevSev · Oct 2013

Anything Trip-hop
Different types of electronic
Everything by Nujabes

Specifically Ive been blasting Sneaker Pimps, Pati Yang, Lykke Li, and Massive Attack over everything els.

barnesy · Oct 2013

Thanks guys I will check some of that out

Tomm - I checked out that Carbon Based Lifeforms song, that was really good. Have you got any more similar style songs/artists that you would recommend?

Can you recommend any like upbeat dub step/ electro music on Spotify?

It seems to have a limited amount of Dubstep on there unless you know names of specific artists who mix it , which I don't lol

Here are a few artists that I like to listen to when working which you guys might want to check out

Hans Zimmer
Calvin Harris
Nero
Pendulum
Arctic Monkeys
Maverick Sabre
Mayer Hawthrone
Eminem
Jay - Z
Jack Johnston
Example

ambershee · Oct 2013

LOUD NOISES.

I actually generally work in silence.

Edit: Barnesy, have you tried Lindsey Stirling for something electro / upbeat but a bit different? Try Crystallize first and see if you get on with it

Bek · Oct 2013

Same music as I usually listen to really. I don't find it distracts me from working.

Currently I've been listening to a lot of Buckethead, Blind Guardian, Ne Obliviscaris, Wintersun, Opeth (as always), Devin Townsend Project and Amon Amarth.

Farfarer · Oct 2013

Mostly ambient stuff if I'm doing anything complex or coding (Carbon Based Lifeforms, AES Dana, HUVA, Solar Fields, Biosphere).

Now and then, a bit of prog/stoner rock or metal (Crippled Black Phoenix, Clutch) maybe some hip hop (DJ Format, Deltron 3030) and a bit of heavier electronica/trance (Prodigy, Infected Mushroom, Sphongle) if I've got a long, tedious task that music won't interfere with. Some game/film soundtracks thrown in there, too (Bourne trilogy, Mirror's Edge, VtM:Bloodlines).

HonkyPunch · Oct 2013

psychic tv, almost anything Akira Yamaoka/Silent Hill related, Nurse with Wound, Legendary Pink Dots, The Orb, Future Sound of London, Menace Ruine.

Mostly just stuff that's kind of relaxing, chilled out, or kinda creepy. Generally whatever puts my mind in a different place than my immediate space.

ysalex · Oct 2013

I listen to stuff that inspires me, used to be I would listen to ambient stuff because it was easier to work to, but now anything is game.

-Hip-hop
Aesop Rock
POS
EL-P
Dessa
Doomtree in general
Cage (sometimes)

other stuff
M83
Cinnamon Chasers
Burial and Four Tet
Lana Del Ray (Yeah I know. I usually hate pop but her white-trash branding and voice just fascinate me)
Fleet Foxes

_________

And an observation:

Seems like a large proportion of game devs (judging from the what are you listening to thread and the posters above me) artists, programmers, etc, listen to metal far more than the general population, but I don't know why that is (culture wise - I get why people have different tastes in music and I'm sure Metal has a ton of merit and artistry, I just don't know why metal people are concentrated in game-dev). It's not my thing but I feel like I'm missing out on something in the culture there that I wish I was in on.

shabba · Oct 2013

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Kilkus · Oct 2013

Generally I'll listen to anything, Metal, Trance, Hardstyle, Dubstep and so on.

SharpDressedSkull · Oct 2013

Jason becker
Steve vai
steve ray vaughn
Joe satriani
Malmsteen
Iron maiden
Dream theatre
Pink floyd
The black keys
Opeth
the doors
...etc

Visum · Oct 2013

Ambient all the way.
It's not intrusive and very spatial. Leaves room for thinking.

Lazerus Reborn · Oct 2013

This

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Thats the entire Album version. It's pretty chilled throughout

Luke_Starkie · Oct 2013

Few of mine ATM

Title Fight
Basement
Cold World
Cruel Hand
Rotting Out
Trapped Under Ice

Brygelsmack · Oct 2013

My work playlist.

http://open.spotify.com/user/brygelsmack/playlist/228EXlWBz7pFejn4MhyDni

peanut · Oct 2013

If you like ambient stuff go to http://somafm.com/ and click on the drone zone channel, its been playing where am at for about 8 years now.

SharpDressedSkull: Jason becker you don't know how much time i spent learning his music when i was learning guitar.

Seaseme · Oct 2013

I've been using This American Life to get smarter every day, that, radio Lab, StarTalk by Neil Degrasse Tyson, Stuff you should Know, stuff you missed in history class - basically all the podcasts where I can learn about stuff. I find that doing art really opens my mind to being receptive enough to absorb from podcasts.

erroldynamic · Oct 2013

A lot of different electronic stuff mostly... Grimes, CHVRCHES, Crystal Castles, Purity Ring, and tons of similar stuff on Pandora. Gotta mix it up with some rock too though - Silversun Pickups, The Birthday Massacre, The Cure, Placebo, etc...

And these guys are amazing lately:

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peanut · Oct 2013

Seaseme wrote: »

I've been using This American Life to get smarter every day, that, radio Lab, StarTalk by Neil Degrasse Tyson, Stuff you should Know, stuff you missed in history class - basically all the podcasts where I can learn about stuff. I find that doing art really opens my mind to being receptive enough to absorb from podcasts.

Yes, i found out that radio shows help me concentrate, i get that felling too.

leleuxart · Oct 2013

It depends on what time it is. During the day I can listen to just about anything, so mostly soundtracks, hip-hop, and house/trap mixes, but later on the night, it's gotta be upbeat :poly124:

I also work a lot to tv shows, movies, and Youtube Let's Plays. More so than music.

oXYnary · Oct 2013

Dick jokes in the PC hangouts... No but seriously, old 30s-50s radio shows like The Goon Show. IQ2 debates. Music. Sometimes if Im doing something that doesnt require as much concentration like making a cage or such I have non important shows/movies playing in a small window.

Also I gotta ask. Does anyone else find Ira Glass a bit annoying?And the Ted Radio hour too contrite/upbeat/utopian. Or am I the misinthrope?

Paradan · Oct 2013

holy crap I'm tired.

the thread says art...making art.

lol, at first glance I was like WTF?

Dylan Brady · Oct 2013

I add to this playlist - mostly EDM and IDM
please add to it if you want. i think its set too public
http://open.spotify.com/user/121524112/playlist/0QUoOqvvWKcH5LIk6UYEdu

PyrZern · Oct 2013

I'm also a ballroom dancer, so I like listening to some Tangos and some Waltz as well as Pop music in general.

maximumsproductions · Oct 2013

https://play.spotify.com/user/12120377379/playlist/46QzBDpGDuxBN2UuSHRyFU

Triphoppy Instrumentals and some downtempo

Usually into EDM chill vocal stuff.

mats effect · Oct 2013

Usually a lot of games podcasts. Music sometimes from Spotify but I sort of have to be in the mood for it.

TehSplatt · Oct 2013

I listen to metal but some times when I want to listen to something a bit softer i listen to Puscifer which is the lead singer from Tools side project but he does lots of soft electronic stuff its awesome and lots of different stuff as well some songs you will hate others you will love but the album "Conditions of my parole" is the best try that out this songs off that album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUUKN9NPfqA

SuperFranky · Oct 2013

I really like to listen to podcasts, music distracts me too much because I want to sing along all the time

barnesy · Oct 2013

Here is a dubstep playlist that I have been listening to recently. (If it doesn't already load up as a playlist just click the playlist on the top right)

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Kitty|Owl · Oct 2013

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Alphavader · Oct 2013

actually it depends on my work.. often i listen to film musik (hans zimmer and co) all day.. for medieval stuff i also heard alot of fantasy music..
I like house very much but sometimes feel it pushes me too hard, when i need to be patiend about something.

SsSandu_C · Oct 2013

Well at the moment I'm modeling and listening to this. Quite like it
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What music do you like to listen to when making art?

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