What do you study to?

Burning Down · 04-13-2012, 08:20 AM

Hey Paloma can I ask what kind of stuff is on that playlist? Spotify isn't available here so I'm just wondering.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 04-13-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Hey Paloma can I ask what kind of stuff is on that playlist? Spotify isn't available here so I'm just wondering.

Of course

It's full of stuff like this. I discovered I think, the String Quartet Tribute to the Smiths or Joy Division/New Order first. I loveeee it, I also use it while I'm baking.

CanwllCorfe · 04-13-2012, 11:12 AM

Pretty much always nothing.

Burning Down · 04-13-2012, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma

Of course

It's full of stuff like this. I discovered I think, the String Quartet Tribute to the Smiths or Joy Division/New Order first. I loveeee it, I also use it while I'm baking.

Oh i love that stuff! Looking up more of it now, thanks

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 04-13-2012, 12:33 PM

At work, I like to make sure the music that's playing sounds as though it could be used in a "getting stuff done" montage scene in a movie. That means a lot of soundtracks, my favorite being Kill Bill Vol. 1. Whenever Battle Without Honor or Humanity comes on I swear it feels like I finish my entire workload in four minutes.

Tristesse · 04-13-2012, 01:51 PM

I was told recently by teachers that it's better to listen to music that you don't like when you're revising, so you won't get distracted by enjoying it too much. I think it's a load of rubbish, and having The Cure's Greatest Hits as my main revision album, I haven't done too badly.

duga · 04-13-2012, 04:18 PM

For me I have to be somewhat familiar with what I am putting on. If it's brand new I'm going to want to focus on it...especially if it turns out to be really good.

I guess ambient music is the one exception...I can't pay too much attention to that even when I'm not working. I just sort of feel it.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 04-13-2012, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Oh i love that stuff! Looking up more of it now, thanks

You're welcome! it's really great stuff, I know you can at least d/l it off Soulseek.

Also, I made it a collaborative playlist so if anyone wants to add to it, feel free

Burning Down · 04-13-2012, 06:19 PM

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I was told recently by teachers that it's better to listen to music that you don't like when you're revising, so you won't get distracted by enjoying it too much. I think it's a load of rubbish, and having The Cure's Greatest Hits as my main revision album, I haven't done too badly.

It's funny - I would be more distracted by music that I don't like, for the sole reason that it would just get on my nerves.

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Originally Posted by Paloma

You're welcome! it's really great stuff, I know you can at least d/l it off Soulseek.

Yeah, for sure. Thanks!

**Frownland** · 04-13-2012, 06:37 PM

I like to study to some good jazz. Most predominately I enjoy listening to Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, (instrumental) Lounge Lizards, and Albert Ayler. These artists all put me in a calm and unstressed mood and don't distract me as much as it would if I put on something with great vocals, because I always end up singing along to it. But jazz, especially that of the freer sort, is a great tool to have on in the background while I study.

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Pretty much always nothing. __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	For me I have to be somewhat familiar with what I am putting on. If it's brand new I'm going to want to focus on it...especially if it turns out to be really good. I guess ambient music is the one exception...I can't pay too much attention to that even when I'm not working. I just sort of feel it. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I like to study to some good jazz. Most predominately I enjoy listening to Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, (instrumental) Lounge Lizards, and Albert Ayler. These artists all put me in a calm and unstressed mood and don't distract me as much as it would if I put on something with great vocals, because I always end up singing along to it. But jazz, especially that of the freer sort, is a great tool to have on in the background while I study. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	Hey Paloma can I ask what kind of stuff is on that playlist? Spotify isn't available here so I'm just wondering.

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~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	At work, I like to make sure the music that's playing sounds as though it could be used in a "getting stuff done" montage scene in a movie. That means a lot of soundtracks, my favorite being Kill Bill Vol. 1. Whenever Battle Without Honor or Humanity comes on I swear it feels like I finish my entire workload in four minutes.