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Posts : 331 Join date : 2010-10-20 Age : 32 Location : Atlanta, Georgia
Subject: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:15 pm
I always like to find new music I can study to, and my list is kind of narrow at the moment. It's impossible with Gaslight and Frank Turner because I automatically want to break out my instruments, play along, and sing obnoxiously. I wanted to see what you guys might suggest - maybe some classical, or some jazz?
JimmyB The Navesink Banks
Posts : 5619 Join date : 2010-10-27 Age : 32 Location : Pennsylvania-The land of the Three Rivers.
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:17 pm
Some of the quiet Springsteen songs are good. Drive all night,wreck on the highway, Ghost of tom Joad, Youngstown Some country is not too bad.
eremitapa Red In The Morning
Posts : 62 Join date : 2012-01-21 Age : 32 Location : Jönköping, Sweden
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:24 pm
Some post-rock like Explosions in the sky or Mogwai do the trick for me. Miles Davis - Some kind of blue is a great jazz record to study to. If I´m in classic mode some Tchaikovsky is always great.
Kosburn59 Wooderson
Posts : 331 Join date : 2010-10-20 Age : 32 Location : Atlanta, Georgia
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:25 pm
eremitapa wrote:
Some post-rock like Explosions in the sky or Mogwai do the trick for me. Miles Davis - Some kind of blue is a great jazz record to study to. If I´m in classic mode some Tchaikovsky is always great.
Oh, I definitely have some Mogwai. They're wonderful. I have a bit of Miles Davis as well, especially that record!
IrishNameAndAnInjury The Navesink Banks
Posts : 13514 Join date : 2011-09-16 Age : 41 Location : Spokane Valley, WA
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:44 pm
When I'm trying to write or do research, the old 70s singer/songwriter stuff always helps me concentrate. James Taylor and Carole King especially, but Jackson Browne, Carly Simon, Harry Chapin, Cat Stevens, and Jim Croce are fantastic too. Their music is pretty mellow, so it allows me to just get lost in my work and drown out the rest of the world.
Camus The Navesink Banks
Posts : 5335 Join date : 2011-12-16 Age : 34 Location : UK
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:09 pm
eremitapa wrote:
Some post-rock like Explosions in the sky or Mogwai do the trick for me. Miles Davis - Some kind of blue is a great jazz record to study to. If I´m in classic mode some Tchaikovsky is always great.
I'll agree with this. Sigur Ros usually works for me, and after Ilaria recommended Explosions in the Sky to me yesterday I would definitely agree with that
HorribleCrowe The '59 Sound
Posts : 1356 Join date : 2012-01-07 Age : 29 Location : The Ferris Wheel
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:20 pm
Nat cole king sure does the thing too!
simo The Navesink Banks
Posts : 1983 Join date : 2009-07-03 Age : 32 Location : Columbia, Missouri
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:33 pm
Here's a few of my favorite jazz records:
Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots Grant Green - Idle Moments Hank Mobley - Soul Station Herbie Hancock - Headhunters John Coltrane - Giant Steps
plugga The Navesink Banks
Posts : 8156 Join date : 2011-01-03 Age : 35 Location : UK
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:34 pm
I listened to a lot of damien rice too but that might be too depressing if you're not in the right mood
MKULTRA Wooderson
Posts : 440 Join date : 2009-09-26 Age : 29 Location : Edmonton, AB
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:34 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8d92bfKW9k
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:36 pm
Sound Tribe Sector Nine.
check it out.
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:41 pm
I listened to a lot of stuff by The Appleseed Cast while I studied. Stuff like this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKHp-kCiiD0
Also great for zoning out on long car trips!
Camus The Navesink Banks
Posts : 5335 Join date : 2011-12-16 Age : 34 Location : UK
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:44 pm
WingsForWheels wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8d92bfKW9k
I love Crystal Castles!
TGAforLIFE The Navesink Banks
Posts : 1919 Join date : 2012-02-25 Age : 40 Location : Washington State, U.S.A.
Subject: Re: Study Music Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:14 pm
WingsForWheels wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8d92bfKW9k
Holy crap! WTF is that? It sounds like a dying cat! haha ...not sure if it would make good study music. Maybe if you had the right personality for it.
I'd probably recommend some Mosart, like Symphony # 25 in Gm or maybe his 9th Symphony. The 9th is great! I always tried to find the ones that were like 12 minutes long or more.
JJW319 I'da called you Woody
Posts : 677 Join date : 2010-09-26 Location : Pittsburgh/State College
Subject: Re: Study Music Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:32 pm
eremitapa wrote:
Some post-rock like Explosions in the sky or Mogwai do the trick for me. Miles Davis - Some kind of blue is a great jazz record to study to. If I´m in classic mode some Tchaikovsky is always great.
post-rock has become one of my favorite genres to listen to in general. It's the only music I can study and do school work too.
Highly Highly recommend Industries of the Blind, Mogwai, Explosions, the Album Leaf, and the Calm Blue Sea. Those are my current favorites. But the best way to enjoy a complete post-rock and instrumental music is on Pandora - either with Explosions in the Sky Radio or Post Rock Radio. The throw in a lot of modern and contemporary composers as well. Some acoustic instrumentalists like Andy McKee are always good.
Subject: Study Music 
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