What do you listen to while creating art?

[Brutillus]

what I love about drawing is that once I map out the basic structure and design of the drawing in my mind I can listen to all kinds of stuff, while drawing, and fully appreciate what I'm listening to. I like NPR, my audiobook collection (the contents of which I've listened to so many times I've virtually memorized each one and can lip-sync the words...), and I find Rammstein particularly inspiring when I want to do something badass.
do other people share this habit? if so what do you listen to while creating art?

[jetpack42]

Seattle's hottest music

http://www.c895fm.com

[Gonzo]

~3000 songs on my playlist at the moment.

Recently, I've been playing Comedy Central Presents and Celebrity Jeopardy videos in the background. It's nice a break from music and it keeps my brain active. :D

[Alex Outbreak]

Joy Division, The Nerve Agents, A.F.I., Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the such.

[eljay]

interpol, rachel's, godspeed you! black emperor, but lately its been whatever ambient trance I could dig up with winamp :D

[I0N]

everything (excluding pop and country) and nothing.
Favorites: Visionaries, Living legends, Ill nino, and pidgeon john (no specific order)
also I listen to alot of, "why aren't you asleep it's 3 in the morning! turn of the fucking light!"

[Elwell]

I like the courses from the Teaching Company (http://www.teach12.com). When I'm working full out I can burn through even the longest ones in a few days. They're expensive, but most big library systems have them.

[Skank]

Originally posted by Elwell
I like the courses from the Teaching Company (http://www.teach12.com). When I'm working full out I can burn through even the longest ones in a few days. They're expensive, but most big library systems have them.

that sounds pretty damn cool Elwell,im gonna check those out:chug: :beer:

ive been listening to alot of classical while i draw recently, its amazing what it does for my state of mind

[The Iconoclast]

I've got one mix CD with music from Dance Dance Revolution (random techno beats and) and some Blue Man Group and a few random tracks.

I also occasionally listen to my FFVII OST.

Then, I have a mix CD of lots of Incubus and Audioslave and then some.

Finally, there's 100.3 FM ( http://www.y100.com/ Warning:Pissass Flash navigation menu)

:D

[kgb]

Lots of Bjork, Techno, Enigma, Classical, Delerium.

[jelanen]

AFI, Bad Religion, TV on the Radio, Blind Guardian, whatever

[Summer Pudding]

The Blade Runner and Empire Strikes Back soundtracks on a loop.

[-The Swift-]

The lord of the rings soundtracks, over and over!

[bizarre]

instrumental tracks from my cd collection. lyrics can be distracting, for me anyways.

[Banshax]

Depends on the task at hand. For some things i need to concentrate and music distracts too much.

[Xen]

usually to the chronix agression radio stream. depending on the mood though, i listen to deftones, mudvayne, tool, aphex twin, or the blade runner soundtracks, love those..

[rey del bongo]

The Aphex Twin, Lamb, Squarepusher, Fatboyslim, Appollo 440, Kosheen, Various drum and base, Various classical, and the chilled out kicked back brilliance of Banco De Gia (http://www.banco.co.uk) . Eljay, that one may just be the one for you...
Those are just the ones that help with the pen pushing, I listen to everything otherwise [yes, even pop and country].

[Alex Outbreak]

I forgot about Bjork. I've been listening to The Distiller's Coral Fang a lot as of late.

[Spacemanchuck]

The Knife, tool, Tenacious D... And more!!!!!!!

[Wolfen]

Janis Joplin, Carly Simon, 'Der Tanz Der Vampire' Soundtrack, and about 500 other 60s - 80s music.

[Marcatili]

The Mars Volta- Deloused in the Comatorium

There are others but this one just transports me to a whole different wavelength/frame of mind- it energizes me immensely

[Barti89]

Mostly Pixies, Zeppelin and U2 :P

[Uinku]

Utada Hikaru, Ayumi Hamasaki, Boa, Kelis, system of a down,

[Sok N. Wett]

I grew up on urban music, I use to listen to rap alot in high school, but it's all about R&B now. I listen/sing to Ginuwine, Usher, Mario Winans, Craig David, Babyface, some new, some old schools while I'm paper jammin' my artwork. Sometimes a lyric comes up to where I have to drop my pencil just to hit a perfect note on some of the songs.
I also listen to tracks that has a phat beat.

[rephlexcat]

bjork, aphex twin, square pusher, sigur ros, frou frou, postal service, underworld... the LOTR sound tracks are great, host:the planets (or any classical), philp glass... the album leaf, flogging molly, u2... i'm all over the place

[Gr8t100]

ac/dc, beastie boys, fat boy slim, junkie xl, nirvana, 2pac, .B.I.G, zero seven, weezer, powerman 5000, rob zombie, chilli peppers, outkast (more specific being andree 3000), 5,6,7,8's, beatles, deftones, method man, gorillaz, green day, and more i probably' can't think of off the top of my head.

[BubbaJo]

The Mars Volta
At The Drive In
Modest Mouse
Ugly Casanova
Elliot Smith
The Faint
Converge
Sex Positions
Stereolab
Belle and Sebastian
Interpol
The Appleseed Cast
Darkest Hour
Give Up The Ghost
Led Zeppelin
The Doors

I think I have more in there, but I can't remember...

[Sly]

YESTERDAY'S RISING
funeral for a friend
boysetsfire
billy talent
the mars volta
at the drive in
deftones
TRUSTcompany
jimmy eat world
taking back sunday
thursday
incubus
lostprophets
thrice
chevelle
gorillaz
...

[nick reynolds]

when doing traditional art working from life i listen to nothing, I try to let all my senses obsorb and come out in my painting.

When I'm jamming out doing my job of 3d work. I've been on a yeah yeah yeah's kick for about 3 weeks.

Eagles of death metal
the darkness
the vines
the strokes
jack johnson
air
bif naked
bob marley
clutch
the dirtbombs
herbnlife
ks choice

[TripBlue]

Delerium -Karma, Semantic Spaces
Aria
Intermix
Massive Attack
Portishead
Linkin Park -hybrid theory
Qotd soundtrack
The Back Horn

[rephlexcat]

you cant forget danny elfman, hes a must!
mogwai, board of canada, mum...

[GriNGo]

well.. currently i have like 5000 songs more or less in my comp... mostly metal and the "hard" genres... but i listen to mostly anything. Currently listening to Devil Doll - Dies Irae.

At school and school workshops they mostly put classical stuff.. or soft new age music. They get pissed if i try to put something harder than that :D

later,
GriNGoLoCo

[herbno_h]

1.Samba on the key boards
2.Hip hop of anysort!
a. Invisable Scratch pickles
b. Q-bert
c. D.J LD (Layne Franks)
d. Executioners
3. Ladytrons

4. the Knife-deepcuts

5. The Shins

6. Los Amigos Invisibles

[JoshuaTheJames]

Miyazaki Movie Soundtracks

ChillOut in Paris

Buddha-Bar

Enigma

Chrono Cross Soundtrack

and for you old school video game nuts...
http://www.ocremix.org/

-Joshua James

[JAIR428]

yeah i'd have to say its all bout the techno 4 mee
-oakenfold
-tiesto
-Sammy
-fat boy slim (if im really happy)
-massive attack (when i am chilled or drawing somthing phsycotic)
-BT
-Aphex Twin...
-euphoria
-Altiture
-soundtracks like "passion of the christ" is good and very deep
i like music you dont have to think about not many changes in it ... techno is the best for that... this way i am concentrated and i am entertained alot of music almost kinda changes your style from genre to genre....crazy huh

[HugeHarHar]

AC/DC
Aerosmith
AFI
Al Green
Audio Slave
Blues Traveler
Chet Atkins
Chrono Trigger/Cross Soundtrack
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Soundtrack
The Minibosses
Frou Frou
George Clinton and the Parliment Funk
O' Brother, Where Art Thou Soundtrack
Presidents of the United States
Postal Service
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Seether
Secret of Mana Soundtrack
The Darkness

Just to name a few....heh.

[JoshuaTheJames]

Btw.... the Chrono Cross soundtrack is arguably the Best! Orchestral Video Game Soundtrack!

I would recommend it to anyone!

-Joshua James

[SeraphSword]

I usually have a porn DVD playing in the background, loud enough that no one would dare enter my room to disturb me. :P Of course, I guess that's not just when I'm drawing...

[arghmisfit]

hmmm lets see..

The beatles
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppellin
Ramones
Clash
Misfits of course :P
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Raised Fist
Lower class brats
The Unseen
Rancid
Lars fred and the bastards
hmm what else
US Bombs
Circle Jerks
Exploited
The Who
Guess Who
Bad brains
GBH
Dayglo Abortions
the doors


...the list can go on forever :P

[Madoliane]

Bourne Identity & Bourne Supremacy sound tracks...over and over.

[light]

Hard rock without me being goth... KoRn, Tool, System of a Down, Rammstein (just a bit though), Zmelkov (slovenian), Finger Eleven, Nirvana, Offspring, POD, Rage Against the Machine, some Queen. And a bunch of other bands that I have like 1 song of.

[gasmask]

radiohead

the doves

mars volta

coldplay

u2

bob dylan

neil young

jeff buckley

travis

muse

beatles

grand funk railroad

modest mouse

[Slash]

For quick sketching i usually listen to:

NOFX
Rancid
Misfits
Toy dolls
Soad
Korn
Millencolin
Green Day
Descendents
Dead Kennedys
Ramones
Sex Pistols

..and lots of more punk and hardcore.. the list could go on forever, and i`d be boring you.

For more refined sketches i listen to:

Children of bodom
Cradle of filth
Rhapsody
Luca Turilli
Opeth
Napalm death
Slayer
Finntroll
Dimmu Borgir
Stratovarius
Sentenced
Old man`s child
Wintersorg
Sonata arctica
Phoenix Rizing'

Again, the list could go on and on. Different styles of metal, and bands you probably never heard of..

For painting and pieces that i spend (or plan to spend) long hours on, i listen to:

Vivaldi
Bethoven
Mozart
Allegri
Grieg
Chopin
Excrementory Grindfuckers

And lotsa other classical pieces, sometimes even movie soundtracks. (think howard shore.)


i also kinda like Thirstin howl the third, i dunno why. I don`t care much for hiphop and i cannot relate to his lyrics at ALL. Yet there`s something about him that sounds cool.


//edit: i misspelled opeth. i am TEH suck.

[young paddy1]

Vangelis
Gorillaz
Daft Punk
Air
The Rasmus
Rammestein
The Lost Prophets
The Prodigy
Cat Stevens (before he went completely mental)
Random stuff from the internet
(Gothic Power, Duel of fates, Imperial March Rage mix, Weird Al's Yoda, Twisted sister)
Bloodhound Gang
Burnout3
Alice Cooper

A whole cacophone of cool and anti-cool

[nova]

i've always liked these music threads :)

can't listen to lyrics while drawing/thinking, so these are albums are pretty instrumental. kinda weird dark stuff

mogwai ~ Come on Die Young [always in or near my cd player!]
the 5th element soundtrack
the lord of the rings soundtrack
eric satie ~ piano works
miles davis ~ kind of blue
godspeed you black emperor! ~ f#a#
godspeed you black emperor! ~ Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven [disc 2]
radiohead ~ amnesiac
sigur ros ~ agaetis byrjun

not so instrumental [but very instrumental!!! haha! :\ ]
the cranberries ~ to the faithful departed
radiohead ~ ok computer
air ~ talkie walkie
dj shadow ~ all of em

[MuffinMan]

i listen to these bands while creating art most of the time...sometimes i just sit quitley.

here is the list.

Carcass
cannibal corpse
rammstien
six feet under
slipknot
system of a down
children of bodom
cradle of filth
dimmu borgirr
blackstar
anthrax
ozzy osbourne
slayer
old metalica
morbid angel
iniquity
mushroomhead
the beatles
AC/DC
Queen (gotta love that bohemian raphsody)
little bit of KoRn
sepultura
pig destroyer
BUtthole Surfers
Nirvana (kurt cobain is awesome!)

thats all i can think of what i'm currently listening to...

[csblack888]

Ahhh where to begin

Sometimes I start with a little:
Miles Davis
John Coletrane
Red House Painters
My Bloody Valentine

And then lead into:
Fugazi
At the Drive In
Trail of the Dead
Wax

And end with some:
Skinny Puppy
Dj Shadow

[el coro]

wow! lots of good lists! i noticed more than a few mars volta and atdi references. funny, i literally grew up with those guys. heh, i did the first atdi 7 inch cover, as well as that stupid gasmask logo from way back in the day. havent spoken to cedric or omar in some time tho. really good guys.small world... as for what i listen to, its mostly the sound of my dogs barking and my girlie tellin me to do chores around the house :D -c36

[Slash]

ah, the symphony of "DO THE DISHES" and "GET YOUR LAZY BUM ASS OFF THAT COUCH AND HELP ME WITH WHATEVER"

classic.

[eliWolff]

the voices in my head :dead:

[Wolf]

Usually, nothing. I get distracted too easily and I won't either pay any attention to what I'm doing or compelty block out the music...usually blocking out the music, and I've decided to save that extra bit of money for my parents...who knows, maybe they will use it to buy me suppiles. :confident

[MuffinMan]

the voices in my head :dead:
what kind of voices?
demoinc voices?

[AndyLC]

ambient noise, like the wind through leaves.

T.M. Revolution's Zips is also my theme song.

[PaulGanguly]

Eljay, kgb, Rey Del Bongo, expat, rephlexcat, TripBlue, JOSHUATHEJAMES, JAIR428, nova, You guys just listed my entire playlist.

ALSO,

For those of you who're fan's of Sigur Ros and Mogwai, look up Brian Eno, and his ambient 1-4 series. Trust me, it's worth it. Veeeeery good stuff to draw to.

[kgb]

Yeah lately I started to listen to SigorRos, its great. Also Amethystium.

Glad to see some people listening to Bjork. Usually people never even heard of her.

[gaboartpage]

am i the only one ??
who likes keyboard midi annoying thing

heres my boring and pretentious playlist

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

Progressive Rock
---------------------
The Tangent
Kaipa
Flower Kings
Spocks Beard
Transatlantic
Genesis
Outer Limits
Mr Sirius
Yes
Dream Theater
Dreamscape
Empty Tremor
King Crimson
Banco
Ars Nova
Gerard
After Crying
Pageant
il balleto di bronzo
Devil Doll
Rush

Games composers & Japan
-------------------
Motoi Sakuraba
Joe Hisaishi
Kenji Kawai
Yoko Kanno
Yasunori Mitsuda
Nobuo Uematsu
Koji Kondo
Ryuichi Sakamoto
B´z
Silent Hill Ost s
Ace Combat
Metal Gear Ost s
Castlevania Ost s
RockMan
Y´s
and a bunch of greats SPC and NSF
music files . . . from SNES/NES classics . . :^^;:

keyboard - moog - keyboard - moog :groupie1:

[herbno_h]

I can sympathize with the abilty to listen to whatever after a general idea is laid out. I like to listen to really powerful music (Genre usually depends on the mood I happen to be in that day or night) initially to get me excited and moved to work on a piece. Much in the same way that gestures loosen me up for a longer session. Filling a page with ideas gets a lot of issues out of the way so I can get into a piece- especially if it's one that is giving me problems and I find myself wanting to scrap it. Really loud booming, hard driving, gets-the-blood-pumping music. Once I am into the flow of a piece and I am working out the details pretty much anything will do.

[wes9000]

for drawing, i only listen to extreme inspiration music, you know, stuff like in the training montages from ROCKY and movies like that.

Stan Bush. such classics as "(You've Got) The Touch", "Dare", and "Never Surrender"
Journey. cant go wrong with "Separate Ways" and "Midnight Train"
Joe Esposito. the heart of the karate kid with "Youre The Best"
Survivor. great contributions to the karate kid and the rocky series with "Moment of Truth", "Burning Heart", and "Eye of The Tiger"
Vince DiCola. ultimate keyboardist. contributed to the musical score of the ROCKY series and TRANSFORMERS the movie
Bill Conti. ultimate musical composer. ROCKY series, The KARATE KID series

listen to this stuff and you'll draw 10 times better. no joke. :muscle:










okay well i dont really listen to that (all the time). ive got 7,000 some odd songs on my ipod and usually just have it on random, but heres whats currently on repeat for me:

prefuse 73
murder by death
the postal service
phoenix
saul williams
shuggie otis
hot cross
buzzcocks
converge
daedelus, metric, her space holiday, the decemberists, dabrye, moving units, mates of state, MF Doom, el guapo, roue, the police, devo, yann tiersen, against me, fantomas, madlib, madvillain, pinback, the network, milemarker, the smiths, the cinematic orchestra, nick drake, pretty girls make graves, nobuo uematsu, the avalanches, the beastie boys, the cure, at the drive-in, fugazi, the faint, boards of canada, towa tei, the minibosses, the advantage, the misfits, michael jackson, mos def, black star, metro area, dj shadow, dj z-trip, hieroglyphics, deltron 3030, common, the cardigans, freeflow, girltalk, stan bush, SWV, wham.

[jmascho]

usually on my playlist:
alexisonfire, Chimaira, CCR, poison the well, Darkest Hour, dillinger escape plan, glassjaw, hot water music, in flames, meshuggah, outkast, combatwoundedveteran, queens of the stone age, Atreyu, santa sangre
smashing pumpkins, pretty girls make graves, static x, STP, TBS, vaux

drawing stuff:
eric clapton, soundgarden, prodigy, nirvana, NIN, John Williams, Danny Elfman, other soundtrack stuff, weird stuff, old stuff

[patternagainst]

Lots of...

Death Cab, Atmosphere, Azure Ray, Beloved. I've really been into a lot of indy, tons of Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes. Deftones, Modest Mouse, Pedro The Lion, Sparta, Team Sleep, Trail of Dead, Defiance Ohio... Trail of Dead, Built to Spill, Outkast, and uhh... :cough: Justin Timberlake.

Be Quiet and Drive on repeat as well as Title and Registration. Listen to them. If anyone knows of any good indy suggestions... take your shirt off and wave it like a helicopter.

[Denart]

drawing stuff:
eric clapton, soundgarden, prodigy, nirvana, NIN, John Williams, Danny Elfman, other soundtrack stuff, weird stuff, old stuff

prodigy is good shit.

weird stuff? Oh man, get more specific! I love weird stuff! ;)

[patternagainst]

... But We... Are Two Worlds... Apart
...can't Reach To... Your Heart!

[James Kei]

Great thread...

Nobody inspires my imagination more than
John Williams.

[Groover McNab]

What the hell, I'm bored. Some stuff on my playlist

The Roots, Outkast, Elliot Smith, Aimee Mann, Bjork, Brad Mehldau, Beastie Boys, Wu-Tang Clan, Chemical Brothers, and always lots of Radiohead.

[Yoell]

in a hiphop/rap groove lately

young buck, jadakiss, nas, lil wayne, and some older shiz, pac, biggie, warren g, eminem.

also hardhouse and jungle can be great motivation.

or straight up orlando breaks.

Drew

[DarkPhoenix]

I like to hear the Lord of the rings Soundtrack.It's not so aggresive, perfect to draw or paint.

[gruve24]

Steely Dan !!! Naked Music compilations, Zero 7, DJ Marky, Sneaker Pimps, The Faces, Broadcast, Stereolab, etc..

But I stopped listening to music when I create, now I only listen to music when I'm exhausted and need a break.

[buZu]

:P electropop...miss kittin, the hacker, foscherspooner,anaoxygen,peaches,Chicks on Speed,Ladytron
auther:Beastie Boys,Bush,Morphine,Aphrodite's Child,Queens Of The Stoneage,Unkle,Ian Brown...etc.....

[oishiiniku]

Currently bathing my ears in:

Buzzcocks, Velvet Underground, RJD2, Amon Tobin, Beasties, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, Neutral Milk Hotel, El-P, Walkmen, Mos Def, Radiohead.

What I'm listening to depends on whether I need to concentrate or not, loik. If I need something more in the background it's usually ludovico einaudi or an audiobook or sth.

[cross]

lets see
Tool, Perfic Circle, Lord Of The Rings soundtrack, R.E.M.,SoundGarden, Nickelback, Ebenessence ( i don't know how to spell it and its on a burned cd), and a bunch of burned cd's i get my friends to make for me ( i have no Idea the names of the artist, yet some are perty good and i plan on finding out)

[AndyLC]

I've heard listening to nothing helps.

It was in an animation book, where this disney guy, when asked the question goes "wh wh wh what kind of stupid question is that!?" and goes off about distractions and whatnot. 'twas in the days of old disney, not modern Disney.

[Rusty]

anything,even dads depressing stuff :dead: ...

Jace

[flex mathews]

i like the sound of dying cats but if i have to listen to music, i pretty much listen to everything, but mainly hiphop, jazz, reggae.... here are a few artists that are in heavy rotation in my playlist:
blockhead
mf doom
madlib
z-trip
israel vibration
handsome boy modeling school
anything out of studio one
dj shadow
louis logic
curtis mayfield
edan
kill bill soundtracks
rjd2

[Storyboard Dave]

Late at night I listen to WDET online (http://www.wdetfm.org/), the National Public Radio affiliate here in the Detroit area. They'll play just about anything and everything from Prodigy to Joni Mitchell within a span of an hour. It's seriously funky & eclectic.

I even turn it on when I teach class and let the students groove to it during the day. WDET plays some pretty cool fun stuff as well as being very knowledgable about all sorts of music.

[prostate sunrise]

some random music shit.

jeru the damaja, z-trip, aesop rock, living legends (murs, the grouch, eligh/poltergeist, etc), slug (atmosphere, etc), el-p (company flow, etc), rjd2, cannibal ox, anticon (sole, alias, and dose one mostly), sage francis, blackalicious, dj shadow, buck65 , sixtoo (sebutones), wu-tang, gang starr, deltron 3030, outkast, madlib (madvillian, jaylib, etc), pre fuse 73, eyedea & abilties, mr. lif, mr. dibbs, jedi mind tricks, and a whole mess of misc shit, benumb, himsa, fantomas, darkest hour, clutch, converge, cable, killswitch engage, faith no more, as hope dies, amon amarth, arch enemy, pig destroyer, and some more random ass noise shit.

[jawfish]

ye he he!... there's a nice mix of toons there!!!... I sometimes find that, when I listen to songs. id est... music with lyrics... the lyrics sometimes distract me, becoming over-influential to my art... but music on it's own is ok!!!... it's even better when I find something which appropriately fitting to the subject at hand!!!... but sometimes I find it easier to paint with absolutely no distractions whatsoever!!!.... ... ... .. .. .. . . . if that makes any sense!!..

[Chris J. Anderson!]

Most here have already mentioned the coolness. Here's an incredibly short list:

-(good quality) Video game music/remixes/sometimes even midi's
-Mozart, Vivaldi (the D-minor dramatic sheeeit)

There's more......too long a list to name.

[tagHeuer]

I’m mostly into exotica, lounge, hip hop, garage, old school jungle and hardcore.

Thievery Corporation
Hieroglyphics
Oxide & Neutrino (So Solid Crew )
Martin Denny
Henry Mancini
Les Baxter
Louis Armstrong
gang starr
Souls of Mischief
Beatnuts
Luna-C
John B
The Streets
AC Slater
Prodigy
Kingston trio

[Chяis]

Guns an' Roses
Bif Naked
Franz Ferdinand
Metric
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Velvet Revolver
NIN

[xia]

-Constant addiction: I can't live without.
Astraud Gilberto
Frank Sinatra
Norah Jones
Ella Fitzgerald
Nat King Cole
Natalie Cole

-These guys are great mood setting compositional stuff, mostly aggressive.
Rochmaninov
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmers
Graeme Revell
Marco Beltrami
Klaus Badelt
Mark Isham
James Horner
Leila Josefowicz
Astor Piazzolla
Agatsuma
Struss or Chopin would do
Random Traditional Chinese Operas (even thought I don't know the meaning of any sigle words)

-Spice up my day a lil bit.
Primus
Sonic Youth
Pixie
My life with Thrill Kill Kult
Front 424
System of a down
NIN
Manson
Audio Slave
Alice in Chain

Good old "Jimi Hendrix"
The doors
Bob Dylan
Tom Waits

sometimes...."SILENT is GOLDEN"

[helix7]

Atreyu
Alkaline Trio
Bad Religion
Bleeding Through
Finch
From Autumn to Ashes
Killswitch Engage
The Living End
Sparta
Thrice
Thursday (Jersey represent!)

[nova]

update:

lately i've been trying to listen to nuthin' like some of you guys. it's been nice, lets my brain speak for itself!

[darth massacre]

I don't listen to music when I draw. But sometimes in the middle of the night it gets too quiet so I gotta turn on something.


But usually I listen to the hum of my computer when I draw. Its this small little barebone system that makes a lot of noise with its 4800rpm main fan. :bashful: My landlord had asked me twice where that noise was coming from.

[Aly Fell]

This week I have mostly been listening to....

Coil (RIP John Balance).
Velvet Revolver.
Fields of the Nephilim.
Stan Ridgway.
But mainly the sound of the truck-yard next door as a jovial bunch of truckers have fun seeing whose horn is the loudest... bless!

[oracrest]

Lots of...

Death Cab, Atmosphere, Azure Ray, Beloved. I've really been into a lot of indy, tons of Elliot Smith, Bright Eyes. Deftones, Modest Mouse, Pedro The Lion, Sparta, Team Sleep, Trail of Dead, Defiance Ohio... Trail of Dead, Built to Spill, Outkast, and uhh... :cough: Justin Timberlake.

Be Quiet and Drive on repeat as well as Title and Registration. Listen to them. If anyone knows of any good indy suggestions... take your shirt off and wave it like a helicopter.

Music suggestion. Seems like we have somewhat similar tastes, minus the, uh, justin timberlake, heh. But anyway, check out a band called "Minus the Bear." A friend turned me on to them a little over a year ago, and I really got into them for a while. "What I know about being Gigantic", and "Highly Refined Pirates" are both really good albums.

[corky13]

Metal ... prefferably CHildren of Bodom

and some times Björk :D

Edit= Anyone listens to "Chronix Aggression Radio (loud & clear)" (Winamp Radio) ?

[nicolas]

some random music shit.

jeru the damaja, z-trip, aesop rock, living legends (murs, the grouch, eligh/poltergeist, etc), slug (atmosphere, etc), el-p (company flow, etc), rjd2, cannibal ox, anticon (sole, alias, and dose one mostly), sage francis, blackalicious, dj shadow, buck65 , sixtoo (sebutones), wu-tang, gang starr, deltron 3030, outkast, madlib (madvillian, jaylib, etc) mr. dibbs


shit, prostate....thats my kinda stuff!! Buck 65, sixtoo, sole & dose...real nice guys too... some shitty covers on their really old stuff though... :$

[matesch]

I like all music from a-z if it is good music

mostly im listening to :

Musorksky
saafi brothers
Kemal
Infected Mushroom
Prodigy
Buckethead / Kolma
Sun Ra
RATM
Black Sun Empire
Ministry
Nine Inch Nails
Technical Itch
Kemal
Rammstein
Wolfgang Hohlbein - Der Widersacher
Leftfield
Spongled
PopWillEatItself
Marylin Manson
Queens of the Stoneage
Freestylers
GMS
Freq
Beethofen
Einstürzende Neubauten
Auricular
Project Pitchfork
Das Ich
Primus
Mr. Bungel
DMX

[robin-eleven]

The Blade Runner and Empire Strikes Back soundtracks on a loop.


you are my hero!! :}

besides movie scores ( Batman, Beetlejuice and Indiana jones ) I really like listening to Bjork, because honestly, how can you not be inspired by her music.
then also, Handsome Boy Modeling School , Jay-Z (the black album is the greatest creation ever <3 ....i'm ready to prove it too!) Gorillaz and every once in a while some sweet sweet Elvis.

[Thankfully Yours]

if there is one thing i have found in any open discussion, music inspires the most people and draws the largest lines of devide between civil people and has them remain so (civil that is). In my mind there is nothing better to be around while drawing than music. I listen to lots, here is my list.

At the Drive In
Tricky
Q and not U
The Mars Volta
mewithoutYou (they are a christian band, but they are still really hard (I am not christian (that usually brings around interesting conversation as well)))
Les Savy Fav
Atoms Family
Cannibal Ox
The Cenobites (kick ass kool keith)
MC Paul Barman (Really hilarious, but not so great musically)
Nation of Ulysses
North of America
National Acrobat (that was the "N" section)
Dillinger Escape Plan
Converge
Darkest Hour
Death from Above 1979
The Constantines

But above all else, is FRANK ZAPPA!

anyway, thats who inspires me.

[Farvus]

Recently while drawing I listen to:

Gorillaz
Mike Oldfield
Dead Can Dance
Tool
Prodigy
Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel
Lenny Kravitz
Jethro Tull

and lots of soundtracks (Pi, Pulp Fiction, Solaris, Ghost in the Shell, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner...)

[JERI]

WOOHOOO!!
WOOHOOO!!
WOOHOOO!!
I got my head checked,
By a jumbo jet.
It wasn't easy,
But nothing is.
WOOHOOO!!
When I feel heavy metal,
WOOHOOO!!
and I'm pins and I'm needle.
WOOHOOO!!
well I lie and I'm easy,
all of the time but I'm never sure why I need you.
Pleased to meet you.

[exDevlin]

Whoa... I just listen to a tripped up mix of stuff. Jpop, rock, alternative, trance, anime/game OSTs... it's a huge jumble. People complain that they can't find anything in my music folders because I don't organize them. The reason I can't organize them is that they can't really be organized into any subdirs. XP

[skrubbles]

wow, this thread got dug up from loooooong ago.

Normally I listen to audiobooks while I work because it makes the day go by so much faster... plus I'm able to read the books I don't have time to when I'm off work. But I do need to split up my books with some music, so this is what I'm currently listening to:

A Perfect Circle
Audioslave
Beck
Bush
Del
Dredg
Oasis
Radiohead
Soundgarden
System of a Down
The Killers
Tool
Weezer

[the_allejo05]

hmm im latin so you know salsa ,merengue,bachata, ballads, reageton,brazilian samba, spahish guitar, musica romantica en espanol....sometimes hip hop..or 70's or 80s american rock..
some people say that the best music while painting is classical ? have you ever try this..i wonder how my pieces would look if i listen to mozart..:)

[Summer Pudding]

In the past I thought I had borderline OCD, this new Mike Patton album

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006PTTR4/ref=pd_sxp_f/002-0334025-3740864?v=glance&s=music

has confirmed it. Some days I listen to it over and over again. If you scroll down, there's little .wav samples on the page.

Maybe there's a support group out there.

Pud'

[hariz_otaku87]

My radio is broken like a year ago so Ive used to not listen to any music while doing it, even though when im working with PS.

Well if I do, it will be pretty random. But usually I listen to Queen or Metallica.

[johnny78]

usually I listen to:

Pitchshifter
NIN
Schweißer
Manson
Static-X
Ill nino
Korn
Unheilig
Rob Zombie
sometimes Oomph
and lately I listen more & more to soundtracks. I think I´m getting old :)

[Denart]

Gorillaz - Demon Days

Coldplay - XY (came out yesterday!)

The Postal Service - Give Up

[ArtbyWard]

I listen to everything. From classical to pop to rock to hiphop to jazz. You name it I've got it. I also listen to allot of stupid and weird shit. Hey I even have David Hasselhoff nr 1 germany hit in my playlist :D . And if im feeling really REALLY geeky, I play old nes/snes tunes :perv:

I also listen to good music though :)

[Dizon]

Hey DenArt! Is that new Coldplay album good? The new single ain't that strong IMO.

Anyway, I listen to a lot of classical music just to get that classical mood on.

[Denart]

you weren't digging "Speed of Sound?!" Well, then I got bad news for ya, thats the best song in the album, personally
it IS the #1 best selling album on amazon.com currently though heheh ;)

[ElvisMcVegas]

Ok here goes-

Oakenfold
AC/DC
Deftones
Gypsy Kings
Cold Play
Interpol
The White Stripes
Primus
Pink Floyd
Snow Patrol
The Queens Of The Stone Age
Eagles of Death Metal
Pink Martini
Cake
Chemical Brothers
Gorillaz
Mute Math
Metallica
ZZ Top
Matrix Soundtrack
Mortal Kombat Soundtrack
Spawn Soundtrack
Stone Temple Pilots
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Toadies
Led Zeppelin
Tool
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Lynard Skynard
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Beck
White Snake
Massive Attack
Urge OverKills-Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon

Thats just the stuff I listen to when I draw :\

[loomer]

damn -wes9000 is the only one who mentioned one of my favorites:
Prefuse 73 - new album is sick..just saw him live a few weeks back...one of the best shows I've ever been too (i've been to hundreds)

also pretty cool to draw/paint too:

Death in Vegas
Battles!
Primal Scream - Evil heat & Exterminator mostly
Aphex Twin - mostly the Richard D. James album and Druqks
Squarepusher
Elliot Smith
John Coltrane
Sigur Ros (for the sensitivity)
Phillip Glass
Steve Reich
boards of canada
mogwai
TVontheRadio
shit- i could go on forever....

[cotron]

lately-
new gorillaz
old gorillaz
deltron 3030
aesop rock
the clash
avail
slayer
blood brothers
oher stuff i canna think of.

and "a short history of nearly everything" by bill bryson- audio book- i feel like i'm a smarty pants when i listen to this :)

[|NTeRN]

pink floyd (any cd)
new gorillaz,
old gorillaz,
beatles (any cd )
linkin park
eminem
JetPack42 introduced me to some cool music ( ping pong soundtrack )

and as for genres
any classic rock
classical is pretty cool too
jetpack and another guy form class where talking about some indy music and it sounded pretty cool so i might pick up some later this week

[Eric Lofgren]

www.rushradio.org Online musical heaven, all the live long day :) Admittedly, you need to be a hard core Rush fan to listen all day, though.

Now, I just have to convince BOC and Yes to do the same.

[Interceptor]

Depends what I'm draw, but it usually comes down to. Katamari Damacy OST, Silent Hill OSTs, Devil May Cry 3 OST... or Big Wreck / Emilianna Torrini / Foo Fighters.

[darkarts]

I'm somewhat strange when it comes to music. I'll listen to a piece just because I'm enthralled by two notes, even if I hate the rest of the piece. So, yeahm, most of these are pretty recent...

John Williams, and then specifically Duel of the Fates.
Hans Zimmer - Black Hawk Down soundtrack.
Harry Gregson-Williams - Metal Gear Solid 1/2 Main Theme
Assorted videogame collection - Halo, Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry and Zone of the Enders 2.
Some Nightwish stuff.


And anything that strikes me as interesting. :)

[acuna_read]

Primarily my own flatulance, and occasionally a Tickle me Elmo I have aqquired. Just watch it jiggle....... and some music.

[Zord]

wow! lots of good lists! i noticed more than a few mars volta and atdi references. funny, i literally grew up with those guys. heh, i did the first atdi 7 inch cover, as well as that stupid gasmask logo from way back in the day. havent spoken to cedric or omar in some time tho. really good guys.small world... as for what i listen to, its mostly the sound of my dogs barking and my girlie tellin me to do chores around the house :D -c36


Holy shit, I just noticed this thread, but I actually have the 7 inch with the gas mask logo on it. Brand new too, I never played it. Wow, small world. :}

[Dead Road 7]

The White Stripes (I :heart::heart::heart: all of their stuff)
The Arcade Fire(I hadn't seen it on anybody's lists, but everybody needs to purchase it right now)
Gorillaz
Bright Eyes (Letting Off the Happiness specifically)
A DJ Madlib bootleg radio show that I have (Gee Pa, I swear it's legal)
The Kills
Louis XIV
The...ahem...Killers (total guilty pleasure that this girl I know got me into)
The Shins
Johnny Cash
Slayer
My personal mix entitled THE HELLA TIGHTEST HIP-HOP MIX
The ANATOMY OF A MURDER soundtrack (jazz sweet jazz)
Bob Dylan (anything, the man is brilliant)
Gordon Lightfoot (he's great, so shut up)
G. Love and Special Sauce
Coldplay
Old Weezer stuff (Matt Sharp was the genius not Rivers)
Beck
Lot's of random 80s metal that I'm not going to bother to sort through right now...

[Chingwa]

Chris J. Anderson... Miyazaki soundtracks rock! and thanks for the Overclocked remix link!

Lots of eclectic stuff in my list:
Weezer
Modest Mouse
Rilo Kiley
Sean North
Jethro Tull (sweet! I see I'm not the only one)
Mozart
The Levellers
Slainte Mhath
Loreena McKennitt(best concert ever.. now if only she'll put out a new album!)

and on and on and on... how can you even pick it all updates and morphs all the time....

top of the top of my favorites ALWAYS goes to led zeppelin though.

[stoph]

i find that the flow and structure of jazz best inspires me. its also very calming and "feel good".

any good jazz musician/composer is on my list (George Gershwin, Al Hirt, Dizzy Gillespi, Maynard Ferguson, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, heck even Ella Fitzgerald!), but id have to say my all time fave is James Morrison - have listened to his stuff going on 6 or 7 years and havent ever looked back.

i also like world music and have found that Tuvan throat singing is quite serene and great to work to. Nitin Sawhney is an amazing composer and has quite a few inspiring tracks out there.

a while back i was completely obsessed with the hardcore/metalcore scene and so listened to a lot of Killchoir Project, I Killed The Prom Queen, Embodiment 12:14, Poison The Well, Zao, and Underoath (earlier stuff). these days ill listen to them when im in the mood, but id sooner opt for the more melodious scream-o sounds of Taking Back Sunday, Underoath's latest stuff and of course Kids In The Way.

im a huge fan of ska (the trumpet is a dead giveaway) and so in an upbeat mood ill play anything from Five Iron Frenzy, the OC Supertones, the Insyderz, the W's, the Hippo's, Crowned King, Bagster, 7x10 Split, the Frugals, etc etc etc.

but, mostly i have modern Praise and Worship playing in my discman. stuff from the australian-born movement Planet Shakers, Hillsong United and basically anything worship oriented, eg. some tracks from Newsboys, Relient K, Seraphs Coal, Ace Troubleshooter, Earthsuit and an assortment of others. calming, uplifting, inspiring. i get a lot outta this.

wow that was long haha. good to see a vast mix of musical interests here.

[Eriboss]

-Constant addiction: I can't live without.
Astraud Gilberto
Frank Sinatra
Norah Jones
Ella Fitzgerald
Nat King Cole
Natalie Cole

-These guys are great mood setting compositional stuff, mostly aggressive.
Rochmaninov
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmers
Graeme Revell
Marco Beltrami
Klaus Badelt
Mark Isham
James Horner
Leila Josefowicz
Astor Piazzolla
Agatsuma
Struss or Chopin would do
Random Traditional Chinese Operas (even thought I don't know the meaning of any sigle words)

-Spice up my day a lil bit.
Primus
Sonic Youth
Pixie
My life with Thrill Kill Kult
Front 424
System of a down
NIN
Manson
Audio Slave
Alice in Chain

Good old "Jimi Hendrix"
The doors
Bob Dylan
Tom Wait

sometimes...."SILENT is GOLDEN"


bloody hell Xia :O
you gots the best taste in music ever.. that is like almost my exact list :O:O just add a dash of + Silverchair, rx bandits, miles davis, the police and Stan Ridgway and its perfect !?! :D

[S.C. Watson]

I usually listen to two little kids either playing Star Wars or fighting with each other in the other room. It's great for that anxed driven quality to my artwork. :nohope: But when I'm not listening to that wonderful cocophany, I try to listen to a wide selection of world music/eastern stuff with some alternative/folk/punk stuff thrown in for good measure.

[madplanet]

If I'm outside with my sketchbook, then I like the sounds of nature, or the sound of my backyard in all its suburban glory. Other than that, I usually have iTunes or my iPod on shuffle and let the music fly. Anything instrumental is good and so is a good rocker to get the feet thumpin'.

[dannE-B]

good selection of music, i new a lot of you were rockers...
me- Finch, Beatles, Slipknot, Finger Eleven, BOy HIts Car, Greenday, Mis-fits....

[ChaoticKnight]

I usually prefer moody and instrumental stuff. If theres words I tend to concentrate on them instead of what I'm doing.

Patrick O'Hearn: Ausome, creepy, and atmospheric.

Amethystium: Especially this one. I recommend everyone look into this guy.
www.Amethystium.com (http://www.Amethystium.com)

[J. W. Cornelius]

Since I draw at work, I listen to canned music, or whatever 80's groove the makeup store across the way decides to inflict upon us. Though, sometimes the boss (a hopeless jedi nut) plays some John Williams "Star Wars" scores. Makes for some epic imaginings.
JW

[MarkHarchar]

Originally Posted by: Madplanet
If I'm outside with my sketchbook, then I like the sounds of nature, or the sound of my backyard in all its suburban glory.

I was drawing last night on my patio listening the crickets and nature sounds. Then my paper got soaked from the humidity and I had to stop. Sometimes nature sucks.

[madplanet]

Well, hylandr2, And here I thought that Michigan was humid. In your case, I guess central air is the best.

[Bloodstone]

Angra :heart:

[broken lizard]

anybody else found that listening to jamaruqui produces really freaky artwork?
(did i spell it wrong?)

[clogik]

loomer: yes the new prefuse 73 album digs.
i mainly listen to boards of canada, modern jazz, drumnbass, or prefuse when im rockin the black book.

heres some favies:
prefuse 73, daedelus, sole, themselves, mf doom, viktor vaughn, madlib, quasimoto, el-p, latryx, his-panik, dj shadow, johnny kilroy, little brother, lootpack, the pedestrian,air, aphex twin, massive attack, uziq, squarepusher, boards of Canada, savath and savalas, bonobo, herbaliser, the avalanches, unkle, thievery corporation, portishead, jazzanova, dj shadow, dj krush,dj spooky, stererolab, ladytron,flunk, yo la tengo, mad professor, the verve, Elbow, kings of convenience, talking heads, the cure, suzannes vega, arto Lindsay, astrud gilberto, bebel gilberto, joao gilberto, miho and smokey..chick corea, john coltrane, stan getz, coleman, parker, thelonius monk, davis,… Japanese pop, classic rock, classical, french pop, easy tempo,80s bossa nova, lounge type, drumn bass music...The list goes on and on…….

[CaptainInsano]

Most of the time, I just put in season dvd's of Family Guy, Futurama, Simpsons, and Fist of the North Star for BG noise.

On my laptop when I'm outside, I listen to this Swedish rap group, ATB, OC remixes of SuperNES music.

[auto_matt]

well i dont think someone wants to know what i listen to but :

little brother
digable planets
masta ace
dj shadow
de la soul
dj krush
mr. lif
mf doom
beastie boys (sounds of science - twenty questions :$ <3 )
twister
gorillaz
JEDI MIND TRICKS

and some other hip hop artists

buena vista social club <3 (only in summer :) )

well thats what i listen to when i draw

i also play guitar so i play/listen

the white stripes
the cure
the strokes
the libertines
the smashing pumpkins
the velvet underground
PIXIES

and some other

bye

[DaRobertz]

Lately, I have been listening to Jack Johnson a lot. His music is really relax and soothing, which makes me relax and calm. And I like to listen to the intro and outro songs of the anime I watch. Sinds I don't understand Japanese, this is kinda relaxing cause I won't get distracted by the lyrics :P

Robert

[S.C. Watson]

Madonna
Micheal Jackson
Millie Vanillia
New Kids on the Block
M.C. Hammer
Vanilla Ice
Kenny G.
Yanni
Oh! and Neil Diamond!

Yeah. :bashful:

[Marie]

What about Kenny Loggins Oregano??? *duck*

[S.C. Watson]

What about Kenny Loggins Oregano??? *duck*
I'm cooler! >:|

[Blue]

Anyplace from jazz to techno to death metal to classical...

Lately a lot of Dimmu Borgir, because i have been making a lot of violent pictures involving gore and demons for a sketch battle.

[Marie]

http://neabez.home.comcast.net/postingart/oreganologgins.jpg

I stand corrected

[S.C. Watson]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! :$

Oh Dear God Somebody shoot Me now! my secret is OUT! >:|

[Carnifex]

i bought an incubus dvd some days ago and can't fuckin stop listening!
so good. :confident

oh and jamiroquai rocks too.

[asoir]

Jamiroquai is cool, haven't heard his new album though.

I listen to rap, hip hop, old school etc... and most of the time podcasts.

[Hayabusa]

listneing to Rage against the Machine really gets my creative juices flowing, and i tend to draw a lot faster
classic rock and rap are pretty good at this too, but rage is best

[Acerbic Fetus]

Metric
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gorillaz
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Faint
Queen
The Beatles
The Arcade Fire
The Tragically Hip
That Crab Alien Song
Kill Bill Soundtrack
Modest Mouse
Some Opera
Bloc Party
Bright Eyes (The new album is so much better than the old stuff)
Pixies

[AJ]

The latest Boards of Canada album, The Campfire Headphase, is AWESOME. I have listened to it over and over this week during my current project. I can't get enough.

This post might be a tad biased, me being a huge fan. But it's AWESOME. Ask Groove...when he finally listens to it.

PERFECT drawing music.

AWESOME!!11

kekekeke!! ^_^

[Abominus]

The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, Protest the Hero, Atreyu, Bad Religion, Thrice, Thursday, Mindless Self Indulgence. Thats only if I can get my music on before my significant other. Low Millions "Elenor" now causes me to weep like a small child.

[Professor Az]

When drawing mecha and fighting scenes, I listen to rock... right now I'm totally hooked on Vixtrola, have been for about two years now. Jamie Blake's vocals are really something else.

For everything else, I listen to just about everything when I draw. Classical, funk, classic rock, and of course, Devo.

[GunTrouver]

In the moment I'm listen to: The strokes (just bought the album room on fire), Hives, Ramones, Mando Diao, Classic stuff (Chopin, Beethoven...), the 5,6,7,8's,
Soundtracks (westernmusic by ennio Morricone <3 , Clockwork Orange, Cowboy Bebop...), White Stripes, Neutral Milk Hotel, some "Noname" groups and D-Sailors:)

[csteingart]

My daughter, begging me to play to her. ;)

c

[loomer]

AJ_ I've been anticipating that album forever...checking Warp Records site all the time. I have the last album Glogeoomwhatever (i have no idea how to spell it) and that album was perfect for creating art. Would you say the new album is even better than that? I love the Boards of Canada - very underrated. gotta go pick that album up now.

also really diggin' the new Four Tet album -everything ecstatic

[Snowsfall]

Usually have my whole mp3 collection on random, but when I go out in the world to draw I bring along my MD player and listen to stuff like Dark Tranquility, Shai Hulud, In Flames, Bad Religion, Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Alexisonfire, Sonata Artica, Destruction, Darkest Hour, blahblahblah

[clogik]

oh crap i forgot about that new boards of canada album....i must pick it up now!!

[MoP]

Recently I've been mainly listening to Elbow's entire back catalogue, the new album is particularly good.
In between that, I've thrown in some Biffy Clyro, Opeth (new album Ghost Reveries is very, very good), and Paco de Lucia.
Bit of Trivium and Sufjan Stevens now and then, too.
Fairly eclectic mix!

[EKU_11]

At the moment ive been listening to thoes crazy songs from the simpsons and family guy.
AC/DC
Ben Folds 5
The Doors
The Who
The Hives
Gorillaz
Jack Johnson
The Killers
Franz Ferdianand
Spiderbait
Jet
Powderfinger
The Beatles

[AJ]

AJ_ I've been anticipating that album forever...checking Warp Records site all the time. I have the last album Glogeoomwhatever (i have no idea how to spell it) and that album was perfect for creating art. Would you say the new album is even better than that? I love the Boards of Canada - very underrated. gotta go pick that album up now.

also really diggin' the new Four Tet album -everything ecstatic

Loomer,

A lot of people on music forums I have been reading have said stuff like "Oh this is no Music has The Right To Children", or "This is no Maxima!" and they say they are disappointed in it. I think this is pathetic. These are the kinds of people who go watch Speed and Speed 2 for it's familiarity. MHTRTC is what it is, and will always be legendary. The last thing I want is a rehash of the same old stuff that I hold in high regard anyway. if I want MHTRTC I will go listen to it. BoC is the type of music you NEVER get bored of, no matter how many times you listen. And everytime you find something new in their music.

If you want to take the album title literally "The Campfire Headphase", you would have a pretty good idea of what to expect. This album has a lot of guitar in it but is very subtle in it's inclusion. Think back to what it feels like to stare into a campfire during sunset on a mild summer night at some beach location and you will agree when you finally listen to it. That's how I feel anyway. This is the general "theme" running throughout the album. The track Chromakey Dreamcoat is my fav at the moment, opens with a little guitar riff that runs throughout the song, overlayed by synth, beats and distorted field recordings....beautiful. Then you have Dayvan Cowboy which sorta sounds like it will be snapped up by a car commercial or some product that requires an inspirational feel to market it. This album has a very organic outdoors feel. Your thoughts while listening blur into flickering Super 8 footage.

This new album also has their trademark analog syth cognitive rewind sentimentality. It is quite simply fucking awesome, but please do not expect it to be "better" than other albums. It is DIFFERENT, but no less worthy. I think it compliments their other albums beautifully.

Cheers

[Mono]

lol at jetpack42's avatar http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9983/laugh5lt.gif

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9267/avatar6803354qv.jpg

I heart you ga.

[A.Cerasoli]

1. Sublime
2. Blind Melon
3. Guns n' Roses
4. Beastie Boys
5. Red Hot Chilli peppers
6. Aerosmith - Unplugged
7. NIN
8. Rage Against The Machine
9. Queen
10. Hendrix
11. Joplin

[James Kei]

I agree with A.J.
There are a few of us here at MB that listen to BoC all day long.
You will find no other group that can capture the same atmosphere as Boards of Canada has been able to create. Truly the artists music.

You should all go out and buy their new album when it comes out on the 17th.
I've heard it, and it is certain to bring tears to you eyes. Trust me.

-JK

[Aether]

memento, tool, APC, mement, a race called man, revolve, sphongle, mudvayne, soilwork, killswitch engage, opeth, paradise lost, dredg, 30 secs to mars, deftones, alan watts, stam1na, mokoma, Ark, promoe, burst

[aprat]

Mr. Bungle

Melvins, The

[Camara]

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOOOO OOOOOO realistic art!!!1
Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!1

Now,seriously,what the fuck is that porn advertisement here?

Edit: Ok,moderators deleted it.

By the way,I love to listen everything that keeps me inpired.These days I am listening to Evanescence.

[BlightedArt]

*Probably the only straight guy in the world that listens to Enya while drawing*

[Camara]

*Probably the only straight guy in the world that listens to Enya while drawing*

You are not alone!!!!

[SDS71]

Snipped...

do other people share this habit? if so what do you listen to while creating art?

When I begin a drawing, I listen to the silence all around me if I can. When I'm in that spot where I can listen to other things and still draw, I basically listen to just about anything from The Steve Miller Band to Beethoven to Journey to the Beatles.

It just depends upon what mood I'm in at the time. :)

[Nam]

Venetian snares, tool, regina spektor.

[Mr.Delicious]

oooo diamond head, wolf parade, the birthday massacre, living death, overkill... enya and movie sountracks :)

[nimadez]

In quick sketch I love Rock genre, from korn to radiohead and muse, I feel give me energy and speed...and for detailed illustration with inspiration I love soft and mellow musics (almost persian poetry)...

[Deon]

Jerry Goldsmith
John Williams
Stravinsky
Phillip Glass
Bartok
Anime and game soundtracks

[Peter Coene]

Usually Russian classical music when coming up with scenery, a mix of classic rock when figure drawing. Though often it depends what I'm working on. I've worked to Bluegrass, Weird Al, Disney Soundtracks, old classic movie soundtracks, country, classical,

...and then theres what I've labeled on iTunes as "nerd stuff/whatever." its a playlist consisting of these songs:

-Battle without Honor or Humanity: (I cant read the kanji name for the artist, but it was in Kill Bill)
-Korobeiniki (the Russian folk song which the tetris theme was based on)
-Mai Ai Hee(Dragonsta Din Tei): O-Zone
-DotA: Basshunter
-Ich bin dein Gummi Bear: Gummi Bear
-I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing: the New Seekers
-Blue: Eiffel 65
-Smash Bros. Great Medley (orchestra versin): directed by Taizo Takemoto, originally from nintendo soundtracks.
-Space Oddity: David Bowie
-99 Luftballons: Nena
-Ballod of Bilbo Baggins: Leanard Nemoy
-I'm so Ronery: Team America

[Kamikazebob]

Yat-Kha, They are a mix of Tuvian Throat singing, Classic Rock and electronica.

Jethro Tull - Any album
Rush - Any album
ELP, Yes, Dream Theater, Genesis... the list goes on and on

[Candras]

HARDCORE TECHNO baby
and IDM
and some misc electronic

[ArtZealot]

nine inch nails, led zeppelin, u2, tool, pink floyd, metallica and others i can't think of.

[corky13]

Psyclone Nine , Wumpscut , Michael Hedges , Movie soundtracks

[Hyskoa]

Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Tsjaikovski, Chopin, Vivaldi, ...

So my atelier pretty much sounds like your grandpa's house.
Over and over again.

[SDS71]

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John Williams
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Cool! :) I love John Williams' music, including the soundtracks to the Star Wars movies, and my 2-LP set of Fiddler On The Roof. Damned good composer.

[Blaz]

I think I already answered this thread but what the heck:

They usually are:
-Symphony X
-Ayreon
-Agent Steel
-Myrath
-Terra Sur
-Angel Witch
-Iron Maiden
-Faith No More
-Screaming Shadows
-Bioshock OS :teeth:

[paberu]

I agree with A.J.
There are a few of us here at MB that listen to BoC all day long.
You will find no other group that can capture the same atmosphere as Boards of Canada has been able to create. Truly the artists music.

What about Future Sound of London? Worth checking if you are into BoC.

[Ssimulacral]

Fiona Apple, The Knife, Dave Matthews Band, Bach´s cello suites, Paul Simon, Feist, Dolly Parton, Elliot Smith, Death Cab for Cutie, Alkaline Trio, Sublime, Toots and the Maytals, Ladytron, Chicken Lips, The Specials . . .

[phiq]

Oh dear, looks like I'm going to add to the pile...

At the moment it's:

Iron Maiden
Gustav Holst
St Saens
Metallica
Faith No More
Rachmaninov
Megadeth
Jane's Addiction
Van Halen
Wipeout Pure OST
Jet Set Radio Future OST
Panzer Dragoon ORTA OST
Half Life 2 OST
Halo OST
ocremix.org tracks

[nickmarshallvfx]

*Probably the only straight guy in the world that listens to Enya while drawing*

Not so! :D

Add to that this list of my painting music:

- LOTR Complete Recordings (Fellowship, Two Towers and ROTK)
- Transformers Soundtrack (instrumental one, not the rock one)
- D-War Soundtrack
- Command and Conquer Soundtracks
- Harry Potter Soundtracks
(noticed a pattern appearing?)
- Pirates of the Carribean Soundtrack
- 300 Soundtrack
-Sunshine Soundtrack

Pretty much anything by Hans Zimmer gets my vote....

Nick

[N D Hill]

Vangelis - BladeRunner OST
Eliot Goldenthal - Alien3 OST
Anything by the following bands; Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack, Peace Orchestra, Thievery Corp., Friends of Dean Martinez, Calexico, Iron and Wine, Arcade Fire and Radiohead.


For starters...

[AsaB]

I can only listen to slow music, preferably instrumental. Although I'm a huge rock fan, it tends to distract me while drawing. But these are some of my faves atm:

Loreena McKennitt (her newest album, An ancient muse, is good! But so is all her stuff)
E.S.Posthumos (esp.Cartographer, second CD)
Chopin (mostly the nocturnes, some waltzes)
Radiohead's newer stuff (love the old, but too loud to listen to while drawing :D)

Then there are just tons of soundtracks, like from The Fountain, Truman Show, Howl's Moving Castle, Oldboy, random movie themes etc. Music and art is the greatest combo!

[Sceptyr]

Anything heavy for me, something to really get my mind flowing and keep me on my toes

Killswitch Engage
In Flames
Disturbed
Trivium
Unearth
Children of Bodom

[brutalXbear]

anything heavy or really chill

minus the bear
sea wolf
between the buried and me
her space holiday
tokyo police club
veil of maya
impending doom
stick to your guns
winds of plague
vampire weekend
eisley
human abstract
death cab for cutie
idiot pilot

ya know stuff like that

[Cryoxzonomony]

death metal and Tekken music