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What the hell? I'm starting this as a companion to the "Best Music to Read To?" thread.Any writers out there in .net-land? Do you have music on while you're crafting? If so, what's the music that keeps you going?
I tend to go with the Stones more often than not. Phish shows are pretty good, as long as they don't get too spacey. But it's got to be a rockin' album. No shuffle, because the randomness of the selections throws my mood off, and it's all about being in a consistent zone.
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i am a terrible writer, makes me sick how bad a writer I am, but I am a writer and when I write I blast Phish into my head. mostly because for 99% of songs I just hear and feel and dont sing, I can just sit and listen to them groove, just knocked off 4500 words of complete f***ing garbage I wouldnt show to a third grader, but its my craft and hopefully Ill get better, love the phish
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Classical.
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I play ambient music, like Brian Eno. Or Post-Rock.
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Always jazz. Hard-bop to be exact. Early Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk. Anything without any lyrics. For some reason I can't write while listening to Phish. I enjoy it too much. With jazz you can feel the groove but tune it out at the same time.
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I say go with the flow, Miller. The hard work's in the shaping anyway. So long as you're going to allow yourself to cut, cut, cut and then refine what you've got, I see the first draft stage like it's throwing clay on a wheel.So, can I ask what y'all are working on? @careful_w_that_axe_Miller? @FunkyCFunkyDo? @Kurtzboy? @gskatz?
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Funk jazz station on pandora. I was listening to it at work yesterday and was really groovin
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Iron and Wine is my go-to lately. Some laid back bluegrass. Sometimes jazz. If I'm feeling a jam, I can write much more easily with the Dead (or Widespread's newish acoustic album), compared to Phish.
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I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I don't want other people's creative juices mixing with mine.
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@Funkty said: Iron and Wine is my go-to lately. Some laid back bluegrass. Sometimes jazz.dude Iron and Wine is the shit. I'm dying to see him live.
If I'm feeling a jam, I can write much more easily with the Dead (or Widespread's newish acoustic album), compared to Phish.
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@OnlymikeSenior year of college, so it's all final papers at this point. I'm working on a 15 page policy memo about why weed should be legalized, so that's genuinely interesting to me.
Caribbean Women's Literature on the other hand.....eh.
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@gskatz said: @OnlymikeCaribebean Woman's lit? ha ha ha who do you get to read? is the syllabus online?
Senior year of college, so it's all final papers at this point. I'm working on a 15 page policy memo about why weed should be legalized, so that's genuinely interesting to me.
Caribbean Women's Literature on the other hand.....eh.
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@the_Crested_Hogchoker said: I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I don't want other people's creative juices mixing with mine.peoples creative juices are always mixing with your sir Hogchoker, if your sitting on a chair in a structure. Id be as bold to say that the type of light you use, the color of the paint on the walls and even the carpet could mix it up with your creative juices.
Not a peep? I listen to Phish specifically to drown out all other sound, I am in control of what os going into my brain, no car horns or harleys.
At home I write with the windows wide open, Phish on speakers; can still here cows moo miles away and coyotes.
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@careful_w_that_axe_Miller said: @the_Crested_Hogchoker said:Yeah, I'm cognizant of all of that, but if I'm going to sort out my reaction to all of it and put it in writing, I have block out as much of it as possible to isolate the inner voice. I try to narrow it down to a single candle as the only sensory thing happening other than the pen and paper, or if I'm writing something long, the computer screen.I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I don't want other people's creative juices mixing with mine.peoples creative juices are always mixing with your sir Hogchoker, if your sitting on a chair in a structure. Id be as bold to say that the type of light you use, the color of the paint on the walls and even the carpet could mix it up with your creative juices.
Not a peep? I listen to Phish specifically to drown out all other sound, I am in control of what os going into my brain, no car horns or harleys.
At home I write with the windows wide open, Phish on speakers; can still here cows moo miles away and coyotes.
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I love listening to Drum & Bass music whenever i do any sort of extensive work be it writing or office related. Nightmares on Wax, Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician, Nujabes, DJ Cam, DJ Frane...anything by any of those artists you really can't go wrong.
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Personally I'm not good at creating original thoughts while listening to music. It partly disables the writter in me. But then again it's all about what I'm writing.
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@gskatz said: Early Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk. Anything without any lyrics... With jazz you can feel the groove but tune it out at the same time.^^ what he said... and Ornette Coleman. I write a fair bit at work (and also do some music reviews online), but people always pop their heads into my office wondering what the hell I'm listening to and how I'm able to concentrate. Kind of makes me chuckle.
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I love hearing about other writers' processes. Some people just get too distracted with music, or at a coffee shop, or on and on. Everyone's got their thing. Funny, growing up in a pretty loud household, I get mighty uncomfortable if there's nothing happening in the background.And as for affecting the creative process, writing to me begins with establishing my tone. Not just for the writing, but for my mindset. Once I'm locked into my vibe, then the rest happens pretty smoothly. So I choose music to boost that tone sense, and Keith Richards and Mick Taylor push me onward.
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Kind of Blue. And I've written countless papers to this:
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@Onlymike said: I love hearing about other writers' processes. Some people just get too distracted with music, or at a coffee shop, or on and on. Everyone's got their thing. Funny, growing up in a pretty loud household, I get mighty uncomfortable if there's nothing happening in the background.This in itself would be a great topic for a thread
And as for affecting the creative process, writing to me begins with establishing my tone. Not just for the writing, but for my mindset. Once I'm locked into my vibe, then the rest happens pretty smoothly. So I choose music to boost that tone sense, and Keith Richards and Mick Taylor push me onward.
...what's the process you fine folk of .net use to get your creative mojo going?
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Like to Write to The Cure....
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Thelonious Monk. One of the most creative jazz pianist ever!
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www.somafm.com > groovesaladThis got me through college then the collection of short fiction I wrote for my MA:
Jazz by Grant Green doesn't usully have any abrasive horns.
The Dead, of course.
Trojan Records' instrumental Dub Reggae set(s).
And this may be out of left field, but my favorite music to grade papers to (and sometimes write to) is early drum 'n bass, like LTJ Bukem's Logical Progressions discs. It's lightning fast so it keeps me going but is mixed in a way that can sound ambient when played at low volumes so it doesn't distract me. This Brooklyn DJ, DJ Bluewater, used to have all sorts of DnB mixes to download on his site but they're not available anymore. I could put 'em up if anyone is intrigued, PM me.
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Piano centric jazz is my favorite (Herbie Hancock specifically). For phish, I like to listen to the hour long Jim.
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Ravi Shankar, hands downConcert to Bangladesh in particular
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