I'm interested to know if any of you use any particular type of music to your advantage.

It is quite well documented that music alters our brain waves.:)

So what floats your boat?

A song?

A style?

Genre?

Artist?

Yes, you can name favorites :), but I'm interested in what you find really helps you.

I introduced Andrei to 'Cello music, which he calls "Ancient Music" :D, and he will vow and declare that this music soothes him. He likens it to a feeling of being hypnotized, but still able to work.

What do the rest of you think? What are your findings with music and your condition. For my PTSD, it tends to be very low or gentle, classical, non invasive, and kind of repetetive music. A favorite piece of mine is called "the lark ascending" by Vaughn Williams.


~Viktoria

Ever since I was a real young kid, the Jurassic Park themesong has always done it for me. Heh. Then again, maybe not really, but I listened to it over and over and over...I used to watch the end part that plays it, rewind, watch that part again, rewind, heh.

I also like the Four Seasons by Vivaldi...a lot of Hymns, some techno-ish stuff from some video games helps, etc.

A lot of very complex music, such as Fugues or techno, and so further, put me into a trance state just about instantly; which can be good or bad...trances are at least not hyperactive periods, heh.

I don't know why, but it's been a long time since I put music for me. My daughters sleep with the music of a CD called "Smart Symphonies", from the Grammy Foundation, that the hospital gave us when my second daughter was born. It has music from Bach, Mozart, and others. As you say, they are repetitive and calming but some of them are very uplifting at the same time. I would like to buy something more suitable to sleep because of that.

I don't know why I neglect myself something that is one of the things that I most enjoy. I have few CD's (about four) while my husband, and I know other people too, have dozens. The other day I was thinking on that. And how happy I feel when I sing, also. (Not only I sing when I'm in a good mood, but singing itself puts me in a good mood.) Somehow I punish myself by depriving me from that. I will start to change that now that I am aware. Thanks for your post!

Another lover of the Four Seasons of Vivaldi.

Kmiller and Mariela, good selections for soothing yourselves. The Four Seasons is one of Andre's and my favorites for soothing music.

KMiller, you are right, at least a trance isn't H mode:D. You probably would like Bach's Toccata and Fugue.

Mariela, don't deprive yourself of music:) No one should do that;)

~Viktoria

I have trouble listen to music that is slow or calming I get bored with it and then feel ansy.....I'll get a feeling of just having to shut it off.....

I clean my house to loud rock, punk kinda music, without it I have a hard time staying on track. It makes me feel happy and energetic. I also listen to this kind of music while driving, painting, doing crafts. If I have to really think like when making out bills or talking on the phone and so on. I can't listen to music or watch TV, I'll get lost easily.....

I have trouble listen to music that is slow or calming I get bored with it and then feel ansy.....I'll get a feeling of just having to shut it off.....

I clean my house to loud rock, punk kinda music, without it I have a hard time staying on track. It makes me feel happy and energetic. I also listen to this kind of music while driving, painting, doing crafts. If I have to really think like when making out bills or talking on the phone and so on. I can't listen to music or watch TV, I'll get lost easily.....
fasttalkingmom, have you ever heard Vivaldi's Four Seasons? It is not slow; but it is calming. :) I use more upbeat music to do repetetive chores such as Otmar Liebert:D, but not the rest of the time. That makes me feel happier to do things I do not enjoy.

Soothing music does not necessarily mean slow. But it's interesting to read what type of music makes "you" feel good :)
~Viktoria

fasttalkingmom, have you ever heard Vivaldi's Four Seasons? It is not slow; but it is calming. :) I use more upbeat music to do repetetive chores such as Otmar Liebert:D, but not the rest of the time. That makes me feel happier to do things I do not enjoy.

Soothing music does not necessarily mean slow. But it's interesting to read what type of music makes "you" feel good :)
~Viktoria

I don't use music to sooth or calm myself.....

I use music to ward off bordom........

Yes I know Four Season.

Maybe I don't listen to music to keep my emotions even. (I'm bipolar also.) For example, if I get happy, then I get too happy, then I get too excited and a manic episode starts. Also, I don't think music helps me concentrate more, at least while listening to it. Maybe in a longterm way.

Anyway, I don't know anything on this subject (how music affects the brain). Well, I have a new subject to look for in the internet. :D

fasttalkingmom:I don't use music to sooth or calm myself.....

I use music to ward off bordom........

Yes I know Four Season.That's why I said "it's interesting to read what type of music makes "you" feel good." :)

I asked about the Four Seasons, as I thought I had given a wrong impression of calming music being all slow. My bad ;)
~Viktoria

Maybe I don't listen to music to keep my emotions even. (I'm bipolar also.) For example, if I get happy, then I get too happy, then I get too excited and a manic episode starts. Also, I don't think music helps me concentrate more, at least while listening to it. Maybe in a longterm way.

Anyway, I don't know anything on this subject (how music affects the brain). Well, I have a new subject to look for in the internet. :D
Mariela, with my PTSD, I can get deeply depressed at times, and then I lighten up my musical tastes, but if I am feeling a little anxious over every day life, then I use a more soothing approach. When concentrating, I don't actually "listen" to the music after some time......it fades away, but leaves me with a very calm feeling, and Andrei says almost the same.

I think it does take time to get to this, especially if you have deprived yourself.:) Google Music+Brain+Patterns.....you'll probably get some interesting hits.

~Viktoria

Once apon a time I listened to pop, a little bit of heavy rock and ocassional blues. Then one day I was very fortunate in being introduced to "Ancient Music" by my beloved "Wildcat"..... Hello Viktoria my Darling.. :D

Vivaldi's Four Seasons invariably lets me unwind and calm down. Its great at th end of the day and is also excellent for background music when I'm trying to think and focus.. (((((((shock)))))));)

At the opposite extreme, punk, heavy metal, pop, and techno irritate me and wind me up making focus, thinking and relaxation impossible for me. :eek:
All my old CD's found their way to the garbage bin.

I also enjoy some blues, particularly sax and I really love "Rhapsody in Blue"...strange about that. :-X :-X :-X

Other classical music, as I have found out to my delight, can be very romantic and sensual, particularly when shared with your beloved. (You again Viktoria my Sweetheart) :D

I know personally, that classical music has been of great benifit in helping me control ADHD/OCD....and has added a great deal of enjoyment to my life.

Andrei

That's why I said "it's interesting to read what type of music makes "you" feel good." :)

I asked about the Four Seasons, as I thought I had given a wrong impression of calming music being all slow. My bad ;)
~Viktoria

I understood...... ;) yes, I agree with you, it is very interesting

Once apon a time I listened to pop, a little bit of heavy rock and ocassional blues. Then one day I was very fortunate in being introduced to "Ancient Music" by my beloved "Wildcat"..... Hello Viktoria my Darling.. :D

Vivaldi's Four Seasons invariably lets me unwind and calm down. Its great at th end of the day and is also excellent for background music when I'm trying to think and focus.. (((((((shock)))))))

At the opposite extreme, punk, heavy metal, pop, and techno irritate me and wind me up making focus, thinking and relaxation impossible for me. :eek:
All my old CD's found their way to the garbage bin.

I also enjoy some blues, particularly sax and I really love "Rhapsody in Blue"...strange about that. :-X :-X :-X

Other classical music, as I have found out to my delight, can be very romantic and sensual, particularly when shared with your beloved. (You again Viktoria my Sweetheart)

I know personally, that classical music has been of great benifit in helping me control ADHD/OCD....and has added a great deal of enjoyment to my life.

Andrei
You're the one who threw your CD's out, even when I played them for you:D

Oh Honey, cognitive behavior therapy works so well on you.:cool:

Ummm, isn't there a particular tenor you love to listen to as well??? :D

Love and Kisses,
~Viktoria
XXXOOOXXX

At the opposite extreme, punk, heavy metal, pop, and techno irritate me and wind me up making focus, thinking and relaxation impossible for me. :eek:
All my old CD's found their way to the garbage bin.

This is why I feel kinda like a freak, I love this music (not techno :D ) it does not irritate me or wind me up. I feel irritated listening to classical music, country, Jazz, oldies and such for a long period of time. I do like some different music, again not for long periods of time or I get bored. I love Big Band/Swing type music. I like Josh Groban, that's a new one for me :D I can listen to the Boston Pops while watching the fireworks...

Oh ya, I didn't tell you my age did I ? ......... ;)

Hello again my Beautiful Wildcat... :-X :-X :D

>You're the one who threw your CD's out, even when I played them for you

And you know.....I wondered how the hell I ever enjoyed that s***:eek:


>Oh Honey, cognitive behavior therapy works so well on you.

((((((((grrrrrrrr))))))))) ;)

*Does she have to be so right so often*

*Being married to a highly intelligent Lady does create some rather tricky mazes to negotiate* ((((((big, big grin)))))))):p


>Ummm, isn't there a particular tenor you love to listen to as well???

All right!....All right!......Dont remind me quite so often.. :mad:

Pretty Please?

Love and Kisses,
~Viktoria

And the same back to you my Love... :-X (((((heart throb)))))

XXXOOOXXX[/QUOTE]

Careful, your fangs are showing:D:D

Love,
~Viktoria ;)
XXXXX

Viktoria, I must say that the way music works most effectively for me is by singing myself. I am in a choir and the breathing exercises and concentration required is sooooo sooothing. I come away feeling totally rejuvenated, focused, and calm. It nourishes and heals my soul. It is where I can shout out my happiness, cry out my pain, and "scream" out my angers and frustrations. It doesn't matter what kind of music it is as long as it's complicated and challenging. I particularly like anything in the minor keys, though. Suits me somehow.

As far as listening to music, I have to say I enjoy almost everything except really wild jazz. Jazz makes me nervous and edgy as will too much techno. I end up feeling like someone plugged me into a wall socket. I also can't listen to music (or watch TV for that matter) if anyone is in the room because I can't separate what I'm seeing and what I'm hearing from the music and that makes me crazy. I am incapable of understanding what someone says to me if there is music playing. It's all gibberish which makes conversation also impossible.

You ought to see me at parties! I smile and nod a lot! :D

Songs from Linkin Park, Metallica, Disturbed and Korn are definetly sing songs I can related to in reference to ADHD and ways we are treated in society and thery help me feel a lot better and even more stronger inside.

I have found that I can shut everything out if I listen to electronica/techno music. Depending on what I'm doing I will choose something that is a little faster or slower.

Before children I would clean my house to Ace of Base. It kept me moving. I also like to work on mindless tasks like housework while listening to books on tape.

Now that I have kids that I need to be able to hear while I am doing things I mostly don't listen to anything. Well that's not entirely true.... there is the constant racket of childrens music, television, etc.

I can't have music or anything like that playing when I'm doing things that require focus. But I tend to gravitate toward pretty, mellow music sung by people with soothing or interesting voices. For example, I love Dido, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Dixie Chicks (less mellow but pretty sound).

I also love classical music but only in small doses.

Every time I hear Africa by Toto - no matter what chaotic mess I'm in the middle of - it calms me down instantly. Also Southern Cross by Crosby,Stills & Nash but that's for sentimental reasons. Although, I ususally end up crying by the end of that song. Um... what else... Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty, In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel, Downtown Train by Tom Waits (NOT Rod Stewart - he should be arrested for what he did to that song!) Tunnel of Love - Springsteen, I could probably go on for hours like this but I'll stop now!

I like trance stuff... doof doof stuff with no words!

Viktoria, I must say that the way music works most effectively for me is by singing myself. I am in a choir and the breathing exercises and concentration required is sooooo sooothing. I come away feeling totally rejuvenated, focused, and calm. It nourishes and heals my soul. It is where I can shout out my happiness, cry out my pain, and "scream" out my angers and frustrations. It doesn't matter what kind of music it is as long as it's complicated and challenging. I particularly like anything in the minor keys, though. Suits me somehow.

As far as listening to music, I have to say I enjoy almost everything except really wild jazz. Jazz makes me nervous and edgy as will too much techno. I end up feeling like someone plugged me into a wall socket. I also can't listen to music (or watch TV for that matter) if anyone is in the room because I can't separate what I'm seeing and what I'm hearing from the music and that makes me crazy. I am incapable of understanding what someone says to me if there is music playing. It's all gibberish which makes conversation also impossible.

You ought to see me at parties! I smile and nod a lot! :D
Kim, the choristry you do would be giving you an oxygen high, which is very good for you. After prolonged singing, your own natural endorphins set in, and this is what relaxes you; the singing requires that you take in more oxygen than most people would in every day life. I love the minor key as well.....it's natural for me. Jazz can be really too much:eek: .

I hate talking and having music on at the same time.......amazing how much of this I relate to:D

Songs from Linkin Park, Metallica, Disturbed and Korn are definetly sing songs I can related to in reference to ADHD and ways we are treated in society and thery help me feel a lot better and even more stronger inside.
Draga, I know what you mean about "songs you can relate to" in reference to ADHD and societies narrow thinking!

Strange but so far most people appear to either like really calming music, or really up beat. Wonder if that is in accordance with the type of ADD/ADHD [i still like ADD rather than ADHD:D]ADHD. :confused:

Does the same music help your PTSD? I find really hyped up music terrible for my PTSD....:eek:

I have found that I can shut everything out if I listen to electronica/techno music. Depending on what I'm doing I will choose something that is a little faster or slower.

Before children I would clean my house to Ace of Base. It kept me moving. I also like to work on mindless tasks like housework while listening to books on tape.

Now that I have kids that I need to be able to hear while I am doing things I mostly don't listen to anything. Well that's not entirely true.... there is the constant racket of childrens music, television, etc.
Daisy, what you do is so similar to me. According to what I am doing, or what I want to be doing is applicable to the choice of music:)

Books on tape? You're gamer than I.....I'd fall asleep :D

Every time I hear Africa by Toto - no matter what chaotic mess I'm in the middle of - it calms me down instantly. Also Southern Cross by Crosby,Stills & Nash but that's for sentimental reasons. Although, I ususally end up crying by the end of that song. Um... what else... Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty, In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel, Downtown Train by Tom Waits (NOT Rod Stewart - he should be arrested for what he did to that song!) Tunnel of Love - Springsteen, I could probably go on for hours like this but I'll stop now!
I'm going to have to find this piece of music you mention, "Africa". I love some of the music by enigma, and they play some almost ribal music that is extremely primitive, but very haunting. :)

You have a wide selection, from calming to mid way, to up beat! Good for you;)

I can't have music or anything like that playing when I'm doing things that require focus. But I tend to gravitate toward pretty, mellow music sung by people with soothing or interesting voices. For example, I love Dido, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan, Dixie Chicks (less mellow but pretty sound).

I also love classical music but only in small doses.
Yours appears to be a similar theme, Pinkie. No music when trying to concentrate! Other than that, you are a mellow music lover, which is interesting, as it shows that people are either selecting upbeat or mellow.:)

It's ok about the classical, some of it is horrid:eek: !

I like trance stuff... doof doof stuff with no words!
Now you got me:D what is trance stuff? Have you got a song name example??

Do you mean alternative? Not too sure here. But strange ....i relate to music with no words; if I want to hear words, I'll sit and listen. Other than the requiems written by classical composers.:)

I'm interested to know if any of you use any particular type of music to your advantage.

So what floats your boat?
A song?
A style?
Genre?
Artist?

Yes, you can name favorites :), but I'm interested in what you find really helps you.
~Viktoria
Song: Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea. Hearing it will lift my energy and spirits everytime.

Style/Genre: Traditional Celtic while working. Long before ADD diagnosis, discovered that it helped with focus as there is a repetition inherent in traditional music. Celtic rock any other time.

Artist: Celtic traditional: Old Blind Dogs, Tannahill Weavers, Danu, Altan. Celtic rock: Wolfstone, Runrig, Glengarry Bhoys. Non Celtic - Carbon Leaf.

Music has always been a huge part of my life. I have an Ipod with 9,000+ tracks on it. What I find the best for calming me down is some acoustic alternative music. For some reason, Dave Matthews, no matter how bad I'm feeling, I can listen to it and it just makes me happy. The acoustic versions of Two Step are just amazing. Its just a happy and calming song.

The coolest thing I've found that helps my ADD out as far as music goes is my home theater room. I have a projector that projects a 100" image onto a pull down screen and its connected directly to my computer, so the image is 5 feet tall and 6 and a 2/3 feet wide(60" x 80") and its amazingly clear. I play Winamp with these 3D Visualizations and with my surround sound system, I can hear and see the emotions of the music. It envelopes me and I can get lost for hours watching music because its so big.

Late response, but I do so enjoy the Tocatta and Fugue. I also very much enjoy Little Fugue in D Minor.

For the person above me: Do you often find that WinAmp Visualizations work? I like to just close my eyes and move on my own, I've found WinAmp visualizations often catch the tempo and pace, but not the spirit and feeling, of music. Sometimes, I just stare blankly into one of the repeating pattern drawings I've done...that works well, you can lose yourself, heh.

I've just recently taken up singing & playing guitar & I'm really loving it. I used to be way to shy to sing but I sang in the car with the radio or in the shower, etc. I like folk & rock/alternative stuff with interesting and or heartfelt lyrics. I used to be a major Jethro Tull fan. I go through phases. Classical tends to bore me but maybe I could get into it again. The singing is really great therapy for my latent, everpresent anxiety.

One thing, I do tend to get songs stuck in my ear. Especially the more I'm playing the same thing over & over... that gets annoying. I guess it's my touch of OCD kicking in. I used to play electric bass as a kid & was never very good but got good enough to do some improvising in a style that was sort of a Bach/Classical feel. I actually built a harpsichord, that'll give you an idea of the style I'm talking about. But I never learned to play it gave it to my brother when I went off to college. Recently I'm on this folk country kick with stuff like Niel Young, John Prine, etc. Ha such funny twangy country but with a clever twist & somber stuff like CSNY Helpless.... Big birds flying across the sky.... Throwing shadows on our eyes.... I can sing that with feeling & it comes out just right. Joan Baez is amazing.

I think this is the only method for emotional release that is working for me, I've come to hate going to a therapist to cry on their shoulder but the singing I crave. It'd be cool to write some songs about my life as a catharsis.

Song: Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea. Hearing it will lift my energy and spirits everytime.

Style/Genre: Traditional Celtic while working. Long before ADD diagnosis, discovered that it helped with focus as there is a repetition inherent in traditional music. Celtic rock any other time.

Artist: Celtic traditional: Old Blind Dogs, Tannahill Weavers, Danu, Altan. Celtic rock: Wolfstone, Runrig, Glengarry Bhoys. Non Celtic - Carbon Leaf.
Celtic music is beautiful. I have a favorite CD that I cannot remember the name of right now:D, but it's very lilting and gentle. I agree that Celtic helps produce focus. The repetition is the thing I find intriguing, and it's that that is so calming.:)

Music has always been a huge part of my life. I have an Ipod with 9,000+ tracks on it. What I find the best for calming me down is some acoustic alternative music. For some reason, Dave Matthews, no matter how bad I'm feeling, I can listen to it and it just makes me happy. The acoustic versions of Two Step are just amazing. Its just a happy and calming song.

The coolest thing I've found that helps my ADD out as far as music goes is my home theater room. I have a projector that projects a 100" image onto a pull down screen and its connected directly to my computer, so the image is 5 feet tall and 6 and a 2/3 feet wide(60" x 80") and its amazingly clear. I play Winamp with these 3D Visualizations and with my surround sound system, I can hear and see the emotions of the music. It envelopes me and I can get lost for hours watching music because its so big.
Ah, home theater plus Winamp Visualizations;) Very calming. I swear thos things hypnotize me way beyond hyperfocus:)

I can relate to the accoustic alternative as calming. Another "calming music" lover!

Winamp Visualizations by default aren't that great but if you do some research into the subject, you can find some that really are able to capture the emotion of the music. I have ones that are in complete 3D and look absolutely amazing. It also really depends on the song too, songs with a lot of different things going on and a continuous driving beat work really well.

The best example is the song "Clocks" by Coldplay. I find experiencing music both visually and audibly in this way is just so more engrossing and relaxing because the visuals give my active mind something to focus on because I have 3600 different patterns that change randomly when the program feels a emotional shift in the music.

Late response, but I do so enjoy the Tocatta and Fugue. I also very much enjoy Little Fugue in D Minor.

For the person above me: Do you often find that WinAmp Visualizations work? I like to just close my eyes and move on my own, I've found WinAmp visualizations often catch the tempo and pace, but not the spirit and feeling, of music. Sometimes, I just stare blankly into one of the repeating pattern drawings I've done...that works well, you can lose yourself, heh.
KMiller, you heard Widor's works? I think if you like the Bach, you will like those too. About Winamp, you can get better Visualizations if you download them individually, but I relate to them not catching the feeling. Music "is" the spirit, and I think the listener either 'feels' or doesn't. :)

I've just recently taken up singing & playing guitar & I'm really loving it. I used to be way to shy to sing but I sang in the car with the radio or in the shower, etc. I like folk & rock/alternative stuff with interesting and or heartfelt lyrics. I used to be a major Jethro Tull fan. I go through phases. Classical tends to bore me but maybe I could get into it again. The singing is really great therapy for my latent, everpresent anxiety.

One thing, I do tend to get songs stuck in my ear. Especially the more I'm playing the same thing over & over... that gets annoying. I guess it's my touch of OCD kicking in. I used to play electric bass as a kid & was never very good but got good enough to do some improvising in a style that was sort of a Bach/Classical feel. I actually built a harpsichord, that'll give you an idea of the style I'm talking about. But I never learned to play it gave it to my brother when I went off to college. Recently I'm on this folk country kick with stuff like Niel Young, John Prine, etc. Ha such funny twangy country but with a clever twist & somber stuff like CSNY Helpless.... Big birds flying across the sky.... Throwing shadows on our eyes.... I can sing that with feeling & it comes out just right. Joan Baez is amazing.

I think this is the only method for emotional release that is working for me, I've come to hate going to a therapist to cry on their shoulder but the singing I crave. It'd be cool to write some songs about my life as a catharsis.
Another singer? Kim as well! What kind of studies are you doing for the music, Paul? Breathing, and all those scales? Scales in minor keys are far more heartfelt than the major. Hint: If you did classical training, the rest is extremely simplistic. 2 years classic=made it for other styles. If doing classic for classic, then it's about 10 years:eek: ....full time.

Heartfelt lyrics are probably the best thing you could do to gain the edge on the ability to focus well. From the classic point of view, there are so many emotions that are portrayed that we never are without anger, passion, love, .....and all that stuff type of emotional material. Basically, classic is the elite version of drugs, sex, rock and roll. :D

I love a modern type song called "Lately".....but can't remember who sang it.

It seems you are another that likes the soothing effects.....keep up the practice:D
Ahhhhh, the music IS the therapist. Many hospitals even use music as a form of therapy. I have had quite a lot to do with this type of thing, and as for 'crying on the therapists shoulder', so to speak.....forget it for me!!!

I'm a total newbie with the music playing thing, never learned to read music, it's been 20 years since I played bass, I'm only a month or so into this & am just teaching myself. I'm pretty darn good for only a month in but actually very very ignorant & unskilled. But it's fun.

You can probably download a lot of things from the net, Paul. Just keep it "fun" is the best way. :)

I am not sure why but beats orientated music-drum and bass,and breaks can keep me listening to it for ages.
I like to sit next to my 80 watt speakers and 'feel' the bass as well. :D

i'd have to say that rap and alternative rock definately keep my attention. im a youngin so im sure this type of music isnt too commone among the rest of you lol. also, as bad as my memory is, i can remember song lyrics like you wouldnt believe and i can tell what song it is and who sings it within the first 10-15 sec of a song! lol

Good post!

Well, I am a huge music person..sometimes this is what keeps me "sain' in a my life struggles....

I love Electronic music. A lot of different styles(a lot of the downtempo stuff currently produced is really good)..I grew up in the mid 80s with old school Hip Hop music and Electro..and I still DJ(yes, I have turntables, a mixer, records, etc)...

I also enjoy mellow ambient type music at night to help relax me...I would suggest this sort of music for a lot of Adder's....if you can stand music with no lyrics, its VERY soothing and claming for the most part. A lot of it is failry "spacey"...this music for some reason appeals to mostly males, not sure why...maybe cause its produced with Computer's and Synthesizer's!?

Some artists to check out are:

1. Brian Eno & Harold Budd
2. Tim Story
3. Vangelis(he is VERY popular and I'm sure some of you have heard of him)
4. Aphex Twin(Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2)..classic....

I find that jam-based music really throws me into a state of hyperfocus, regardless of what I need to be doing. Bands like Phish, Grateful Dead...Moreso the smaller bands that I listen to though...Umphrey's Mcgee, Sound Tribe Sector 9 (instrument-based electronic stuff...really cool...) What gets me there the best is the long, winding jams more than the parts of the songs with lyrics...The songs that last for 30+ minutes can keep me on task for ages...The best part about the music is that when the lyrics do kick in, they kind of break me out of my hyperfocus and bring me back to reality...kind of an automatic break from whatever work I happen to be doing.


As far as classical music is concerned, I find that I can't at all focus on work when I'm listening to it. I'm a classically trained violinist (have played for 19 of my 23 years) so that when I listen to symphonies and whatnot I find myself focusing more on the music than on the task at hand. I also play guitar though, and this simply doesn't happen with the other music that I listen to...strange...

-Scott

i agree with the hyperfocusing with the music! i work retail and have to be at the store for 5am because i am a merchandiser. i bought an ipod earlier this year and just pop my headphones in and away i go. i get so much work done in the morning while listening to my music its great!!

I have so many versions of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor! I fell in love with this piece as a kid and couldn't stop! Anything by Bach on harpsichord was my first love when I was a kid. I would sit still for that at any time or place.

Keith how many times have you seen Jurassic Park?

fasttalkingmom - If it's dishes or house work of any kind it has to be raw. Johnny Winter's album "Third Degree" is good enough to scrape any dirt anywhere.

Otmar Liebert is brand new to me. I'll have to have a listen

Side two of David Bowie's "Low" album is my ultimate in mellow.

Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations are calming.

I play guitar and sing almost every day. It's cathartic. Since starting meds this past year I've actually been able to play with others and not get lost too badly. I play some bluegrass tunes and lots of what Paul describes. John Prine is a favourite. Lyrically I've recently fallen for an American singer song writer named Greg Trooper. I saw him touring with John Prine a few years ago. He appeals to me as a very honest writer.

What comes out of me naturally is pretty lowball blues. I've often been ashamed that music for me is so base but I've gotten over it and now just flail away and enjoy the ride.

I'd like more classical music in my life. I often listen to classics on CBC Radio 2 in the afternoon here in Canada but I never make notes of who what and where so never buy anything to feed my interest. I'd like some nocturns... single, quartet or small orchestra.

My feeling are hooked into music in big ways. My brothers used to deem it unfair for me to be playing ping pong if I got to choose the music. I was unbeatable with the right tunes....eheh

When I want to wallow I grab some Tom Waits. When I want to cry I put on some Ferron. For laughter I use Prine's songs. I have eclectic taste in music and once fancied myself a programmer but they wouldn't give me my own show.. oh the ego! lol

I had been stuck in a rut for nearly 15 years where my interest in music lay dormant. It's feeling very good to find my musical taste rushing back in behind the meds.
ian

Ottmar Liebert does flamenco guitar. Cool stuff! Gypsy Kings, Jesse Cook, Carlos Santana, etc. That's one category of music I enjoy for getting the feet tapping.

Jack Johnson's disc "On and On" makes me feel pretty confident. I work well with his music. That was this afternoon's treat.

Ottmar sounds like a score to be made. Jesse Cook (I'll go peek) isn't familiar to me but Santana and the Gypsy Kings are. Our youngest insists on having the GK's on when she's out with Mum. Mum is not a GK kind of gal. ehhe

I can't sit still when the GK's are on. We all like to move here.. :)
notweldedatthehip

For cleaning house I prefer the fast beat of hard rock or blues. I work on a computer at work so it's very, very good that I can plug in a CD to focus on what I'm doing  anything by Enya works really well. Also movie sound tracks depending, such as Lawrence of Arabia, Mission Impossible 2, Return To Me and others. Vivaldi's Four Seasons keeps me motivated and energetic at the computer or at home, especially if it's raining outside! Gregorian chant is also very focus-worthy. I think if you prefer wordy music it might be preferable to listen to stuff you've heard a thousand times so you can enjoy & ignore at the same time.

Ottmar Liebert does flamenco guitar. Cool stuff! Gypsy Kings, Jesse Cook, Carlos Santana, etc. That's one category of music I enjoy for getting the feet tapping.
Liebert is marvelous:D GK's.....oh, I forgot those! Great music for doing distasteful things! ;)

Hi,

Spent an hour in bliss today ... try out www.ejazz.fm ... click on The Blue Room ... for an hour of pure pleasure. BTW Jill Scott - Gettin in the way_The Smiths-How soon is now_Pixies-This monkey's flying to heaven_Van Morrisson-Astral Weeks/Moondance albums_Suzanne Vega-Left of Centre_Cocteau Twins-Victoria/Treasure albums_Sophie B.Hawkins-Damn,I wish I was your lover,Desiree-Feel so high ....to name but a few :-)
Anyone tried out a mind machine with audiostrobe music discs? So calming...............

SB.

Hi Rhapsody,

'Have I told you lately' perhaps..by Van 'The man' Morrison.
A very wise choice :-)

SB.

Van is another one that helps put me in a very good place. Calm, happy, confident. Back On Top, Hymns to the Silence... yummers. I played Johnson's On and On all day today. Can't get enough.
ian

Hi Rhapsody,

'Have I told you lately' perhaps..by Van 'The man' Morrison.
A very wise choice :-)

SB.
SB......I love that song:)!, and Van Morrison is a wonderful musician in his genre.

Liebert is marvelous:D GK's.....oh, I forgot those! Great music for doing distasteful things! ;)
gk's are definetly good for busywork, I've found that andrea bocelli is good for the same. does anyone else listen to him? ive heard a few of his new tracks from 'classics' thats comming out on nov. 9th and they sound pretty good. heres a clip if anyone who hasnt heard of him is interested :) Take care,
-Vanessa

http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=06378103-1E31-400A-BF69-77E56E828709

Bocelli??????????HUH?????? The guy can't sing for nuts.....try.....um.......one of the others:confused: . Bocelli very successfully stuffed up Verdi's Requiem, which is a pre-requisite for any good tenor. I personally don't think you can beat any of the three Tenors.....each are different.....but all are excellent. Corelli is another good one, as is Cura.

Vanessa:D whatever floats your boat.....but listen to Bocelli sing something and then immediately listen to another famous tenor sing the same piece.

I'm out of here:D;) :eek:

gk's are definetly good for busywork, I've found that andrea bocelli is good for the same. does anyone else listen to him? ive heard a few of his new tracks from 'classics' thats comming out on nov. 9th and they sound pretty good. heres a clip if anyone who hasnt heard of him is interested :) Take care,
-Vanessa

http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=06378103-1E31-400A-BF69-77E56E828709
I went and listened. I see what you're getting at. Bocelli has done a back flip back to his original style.

There was a joke a few years back that all singers under contract at LA opera were to be fired and replaced by Bocelli and Brightman,........all singers were further notified that this was an April fool's joke.....:D

For cleaning house I prefer the fast beat of hard rock or blues. I work on a computer at work so it's very, very good that I can plug in a CD to focus on what I'm doing  anything by Enya works really well. Also movie sound tracks depending, such as Lawrence of Arabia, Mission Impossible 2, Return To Me and others. Vivaldi's Four Seasons keeps me motivated and energetic at the computer or at home, especially if it's raining outside! Gregorian chant is also very focus-worthy. I think if you prefer wordy music it might be preferable to listen to stuff you've heard a thousand times so you can enjoy & ignore at the same time.
Gregorian Chant is beautiful! The Spanish ones are very interesting. I used to like Enya, but I went off it. Four seasons are what I class as a happy medium; not too upbeat and loud, and not too slow.

I love the soundtrack to the movie "Schindler's List". :)

Okay at the risk of sounding musically illiterate, I'm going to say it, the vast majority of classical music either bores me to tears or frustrates me literally out of my mind! As does country music!

Latin & jazz are my usual musical drugs of choice.

Except for the time I drove by myself cross country for 5 days straight listening to the same Tears for Fears CD. Something in the basic rhythm...so calming...not unlike Jeff Porcaro's drumming. (I turned it off for 30 minutes to look for a weather report in Idaho and was starting to come unglued by the time I finally could turn it back on.) Don't think this had anything to do w/ADD, rather I discovered a fear of wide open spaces once I got west of the Mississippi. There is so much NOTHING on the other side!

My thirsty ears like everything from michael buble to bare naked ladies, aerosmith to anya, zamfir to zz. top.
Music, for whatever reason, acts as a catalyst that causes our brains to make better use of glucose and as a result, allows us to concentrate better.
I must allow for one exception-Celine Dion causes me to switch radio stations to keep aggravation leves way down. :eek:

Listening to music in the car....(a more enclosed situation) gets me going...ESP. if a song comes on the radio that I love.....which would be a typical rock and roll song from the 70's or 80's....something somewhat loud but with a GOOD BEAT......like John Mellencamp....or KISS....or ACDC.........(songs with CONSISTENT beat/rhythm throughout the song are what I like)

Other times a more mellow-ish Simon and Garfunkel type music really calms me....

When working or needing to focus my attention for long periods I like to listen to electronica of varying tempos, but with definitely no vocals (or very few) or my left brain engages in trying to understand the words and I then concentrate on the music too much. Otherwise it's just something there that keeps my brain occupied with varying stimulus that doesn't seem to interfere with my cognitive functions but keeps me from wandering off task. Doesn't work all the time of course ;)

Other favourites of mine are pieces by Bach, particularly Toccatta - the intricacies of the melody, and the relationship of the notes to each other over time facinate me.

I can definitely relate to Draga's post regarding some of the heavier rock and metal bands and how they can help at times. (I was listening to Korn earlier today actually, can't understand most of what they're saying anyway, so I guess that goes back to my first point..... no only joking, just being facetious ;)) Rammstein are another favourite too. I don't know too much german, so don't focus on the lyrics, and the heavy melodies are quite motivating I find.

Regards,

-CrashDr

Hey Paul & Chaotic - I LOVE the Gypsy Kings!!! As a matter of fact you have put me in the mood to throw them on now. Also Ottmar Liebert is very good too. And I have played my Jack Johnson CD some much I have worn it out. Have you heard Jack Johnson playing with G Love & Special Sauce yet? If not check out Philadelphonic. It's a must burn!!!

Sigur Ros, Godseed You Black Emperor, Ulrich Schnauss....and LOTS more...mostly instrumental music, and some vocal stuff...anyone interested in cheking out a original band should listen to Sigur Ros, they are from Iceland and are very unique. Music is a HUGE part of my life. I have so many cds its not even funny.

Trance/Dance/Rock/Rap/Techno/Trance;)

sorry, don't like Trance...More LISTENABLE music, is: IDM(INTELLIGENT dance music). If you want to dance, I guess trance is good, just don't like the style of beats though(although if you live in America all you hear in dance clubs is crappy comercialized trance and HOUSE music, PUKE)..

btw, what is TECHNO!??! I thought this was a CONSUMER term(tower records, and other crap music chain stores used, and the general public who doesn't have a clue about ELECTRONIC music)???? sorry, I'm a HUGE music(mostly ELECTRONIC fan) so I'm pretty sensitive....btw, can you name a few "groups" that you like T1Thought? if I were you and wanted to here some quality music(other than Oakenfold, Tiesto, DJ Shadow, etc...) try some groups like, Ulrich Schnauss, Hermann & Klein..bascially anything on City Center Offices music label.....OUT

I listen to the streams, and yes I will check those groups out.
Thanks
http://www.digitallyimported.com/
PS Techno Is a label that Sirius uses on one of their Title discriptions....thought I'd throw it in;)

Sigur Ros, Godseed You Black Emperor, Ulrich Schnauss....and LOTS more...mostly instrumental music, and some vocal stuff...anyone interested in cheking out a original band should listen to Sigur Ros, they are from Iceland and are very unique. Music is a HUGE part of my life. I have so many cds its not even funny. sigur ros is pretty, but BORING.

godspeed is amazing and so is...

explosions in the sky.
mogwai.
do make say think.
broken social scene.
silver mount zion.
john coltrane - (love supreme)
miles davis - kind of blue

idm
Boards of Canada.
!!! is decent
warp records has some decent stuff.

I like a lot of distorted guitars lately:
my bloody valentine (loveless)
jesus and mary chain (21 songs/psyhocandy)
sonic youth (dirty deluxe/daydream nation)
FUGAZI.
mogwai (instrumental, abit of speaking/ come on die young/rock action/young team)
the stooges (funhouse/raw power)
explosions in the sky (like mogwai.. they played in scotland with mogwai)
pavement (slanted and enchanted)

I have so many versions of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor! I fell in love with this piece as a kid and couldn't stop! Anything by Bach on harpsichord was my first love when I was a kid. I would sit still for that at any time or place.
What do you think of Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin? I have more of an emotional response to those than almost any other music. It's minimally useful for ADD and can't be used as background music. But as someone who's depressed a lot, this really triggers the sadness that tends to get levelled off, helping to work through it, makes me feel more alive, kind of like an exuberant techno in reverse. I think maybe a non-add person wouldn't have the same reaction to it, since it's so complex and intellectual it's not really just sad to most people, but the traditional sad music from the Romantic school bores me so much I can't pay attention to it long enough to feel much.

Anything by Bach on harpsichord was my first love when I was a kid.

Ian, my 'excuse' for visiting my brother was to pick up a harpsichord that I built from a kit in high school & had left with him years ago (it was in a friend's basement) So, well it's a small one & not very good & I never learned to play it but... any time you want to come help me tune it up & learn how to play the durn thing... I have no clue, so far it's just furniture.

Heavy Metal helps me. Especially if I'm really frustrated. I turn the stereo up real loud and hug a speaker so I can feel the sound going through me.

1010 wins, ok I used to be a music freak, but once they stole the sound system that I spent a good portion of my life building, I don't listen to music anymore. One day I will, not anytime soon.

T-Bass

I'm not sure what you mean by music helping my ADD but I LOVE music. I'm one of those people that has to have music on all the time. Or I'm always humming a tune to myself. I'd rather listen to my favorite CD any day than turn on the television.

Led Zepplin- "Tangerine" is one of my favorites right now but I love Led Zepplin in general.

Jimi Hendrix-"The Wind Cries Mary" "Manic Depression" and "Purple Haze"

Doors- I like all thier tunes except "The End" - too long and kinda weird with the whole "mother i wanna..." part. But I like "Touch me babe"

311- "Amber" "Creatures" and "All Mixed Up"

Rage Against the Machine- "Bulls on Parade" or the one that goes "...coolin on the street like a horse in a stable my brother got ill tryna snatch a fat cable step back like it wasn't no thing and I punched im in the jaw with my fat gold ring give me the cue step one two don't try to come of because ya do do treatin me tha b to the z like a step child..." I like that singer I think its de Rocha or something.

Dave Matthews- ANYTHING love all of it

Phish- "...boucing round the room"- don't know what it's really called.

Led Zepplin- "Tangerine" is one of my favorites right now but I love Led Zepplin in general.

amazing song.
im not big on zep, but that song is great.

is your name from the jane's addiction song?

I listen to a "Sounds of Nature" thundering rainstorm CD when doing homework/going to sleep... tried other stuff... classical and whatnot... but nothing compares to nature... even if it's just a recording =P

Coldplay and stuff like that is really great. I am a pretty big Linking Park fan too.
For working though I am mostly hooked on www.di.fm aswell.
No vocals, fast and uplifting :)

I like listening to something with a hard steady beat when I'm doing my animation assignments (music doesn't work for me at all when I'm studying for something academic, it just distracts me). Trance and Drum n Bass work the best, especially for the more tedious layout assignments, and it helps spark the right side of my brain (that's the one responsible for creativity, right?).

I like rock, soft rock, hard rock pop rock, (and pop rocks the candy), some country but not the depressing songs, R&B, dance, Boroque--Beatriz de Dia, Arcangelo Corelli, Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 7, in E minor, Classical, Wolfgang Amadaeus Mozart, first movement from symphony no. 40 in G minor, Ludwig Van Beetoven, symphony no.5 in C minorFelix Mendlessohn, many more. I guess it depends on my mood.

is your name from the jane's addiction song?
Why yes, your the first to ask.:D

I often do not enjoy listening to music that is slow; however, I find that classical music much like the "Moonlight Sonata" is an experiance to listen to at all times.

When I'm in my "mood" nothin seems to hit it like NIN they are so errotic like me. When I'm feelin good, Crystal Method, When I'm getting my point across, Moster magnet to Led Zepplin...

By the way ever gone to Acid Planet? I love checkin out new stuff would like to mix a few myself one day...

Wow, that post is still here? Well since my last post, Andrea Bocelli released "Andrea" his latest cd, that is doing even better then "classics"... Perfect music for my long drives home. This site has all his albums on it: www.andreabocelli.com :)

I definitely think music affects mood and brain patterns.

When I was still into stage acting as a teenager, I had to cry on cue once...using Mariah Carey's song " I can't live if living is without you "

When I did some programming in highschool, I put on Prodigy's "Voodoo People" or "Firestarter" (That's industrial music) which seemed to switch my brain into "Algorithm mode"

Trance/ Trance House / Rave usually trips me up into a good mood. Think Dizzy and Surge.

Placebo's " Every You and Every Me" (Punk) was my morning wake up theme, right along with the coffee. Also great for cleaning house.

To get to relax I'm into about any of your Baroque Classical artists( Think Bach) or Jazz/Swing (Gershwin {"Rhapsody in Blue"}; Diana Krall; Robbie Williams's "Swing when You're Winning" Album; Nina Simone{"My Baby Just Cares For Me").

Most Classical music doesn't really hit me any which way (But I am a trained Classical Pianist, weird huh?)

But my hubby is a Greenday fan (punk) for the mornings, but at least we share the Jazz/swing passion, although he can't stand my Nina Simone.

Just recently I got him into classical music.

We both have very broad eclectic tastes. Whenever people ask me what music I like, I can honestly say "Anything".

At one stage 40gigabytes of data on my computer was MP3's. I had about 10-13 days worth of music (that is 320 hrs).

My hubby used to let me ID songs on the radio by name of artist and songname. I have a mental database with songs as early as 1960. If I've heard a song three times in a row, I usually have the words memorized. Some songs I can even translate to guitar, just from listening to it a few times.


Music just gets me.

LOL.

I am certain that my sensitivity to music has everything to do with my ADD. Check out the posts on ADDer's and sensitivity to sound ( Elsewhere in the adult add threads). Makes sense that music would affect us more, huh?

I just assume that each person is different. Maybe how you respond to a song doesn't just relate to the song's rhythm or style, but also what you associate that song with ( The way that Billy Joel's " I love you just the way you are" never got me till I was married)

Also the era you grew up in (Yesterday's "anti-bourgeoisie" was the Rolling Stones/Metallica/Pink Floyd etc. Today it is Eminem/Greenday/Offspring and so forth.)

Also, I don't know if it is just me, but my ADD triggered me to develop in a very Anti-Establishment environment. I didn't fit into the pigeonhole, but I liked that. My music reflected my feelings :" I wan't to be the minority. I don't need your authority. Down with the moral majority 'cause I want to be the minority." - Greenday, Minority.

Just a thought.

Whizper.

wow,, wut a question to ask us all!!! Music types differ for me daily,,, hourly... momentarily.... buttttt
when i try to do HW (reseraching ..not too too much concentration) i like Trance,, techno,,, Electronica to sum that up, sumthing without words and without intrments that stand out( yes,, odd)
when i am mad or wanna yell and sing i go for sum harder rock,, sumthing intense with words
when im on meds,,, music depends entirly on my mood/moods and when i hear a song that "feelsss gooooddd" i listen to it over and over till ....
Umm on a general "typical" day i like anything from hip-hop.... to classic rock... to electronic music.... to anything that moves me (NO COUNTRY!!!:) )
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Oh yeah, and at one stage there was this one Linkin Park video, where he and the band are inside this monolithic statue in a desert landscape...I watched that think about 20 times in a row. It was like my head got stuck on that song...

I get that way with some songs...I play them 20-30 times in a row, every day, all the time...till I get sick of it and then I'm completely off that song for like six months. That Evanescence song "My Immortal" did that. Still gives me chills to hear it.




Little by little the penguins are stealing my sanity......

Oh! You hate Country Too?


You know what them "Cowntwee and Westen" fans say... they listen to BOTH kinds of music....

I often do not enjoy listening to music that is slow; however, I find that classical music much like the "Moonlight Sonata" is an experiance to listen to at all times.
You would probably like a lot of Chopin's works, Finch. The "Moonlight" is also extremely soothing to play. :)

Wow, that post is still here? Well since my last post, Andrea Bocelli released "Andrea" his latest cd, that is doing even better then "classics"... Perfect music for my long drives home. This site has all his albums on it: www.andreabocelli.com (http://www.andreabocelli.com/) :)
Vanessa, I think you have a crush :D ;)

Music has a HUGE impact on me. I used to absolutely love to turn up the stereo and stand between the speakers and be enveloped by whatever was striking my fancy at that time. The type of things that currently take me away are Pat Methaney and other similar artists. When I really want to get something done, though, I'll put on OLD Billy Joel (52nd street) or Supertramp or even Styx (I know, I know) just to get my mind moving. When I want to be completely, over-the-top-manic-productive nothing gets me producing like listenting to some hard-wailing big band jazz with screaming trumpets and fiery sax's.

I'm a HUGE fan of downtempo, trip-hop, and acid jazz. I always have SomaFM.com's Groove Salad on.

http://www.somafm.com/


If you want to try this music out, I recommend the Cafe Del Mar series of compilations. Especially volumes 5, 6, and 7. The rest aren't as good as those three.

Artists to look out for:

Thievery Corporation
Fila Brazilla
Baby Mammoth
dZihan & Kamien (interesting twist of Middle Eastern, house, and ambient sounds)
Zero 7 (The album "Simple Things" is the best of the lot)

I'm a HUGE fan of downtempo, trip-hop, and acid jazz. I always have SomaFM.com's Groove Salad on.

http://www.somafm.com/


If you want to try this music out, I recommend the Cafe Del Mar series of compilations. Especially volumes 5, 6, and 7. The rest aren't as good as those three.

Artists to look out for:

Thievery Corporation
Fila Brazilla
Baby Mammoth
dZihan & Kamien (interesting twist of Middle Eastern, house, and ambient sounds)
Zero 7 (The album "Simple Things" is the best of the lot)
Cafe` Del Mar "Aria" Series were brilliant:D

I am so into Philip Glass at the moment...it is the most fascinating, moving music I have heard in a long time. I can sit and just drown in it....

Kim

I'm a HUGE fan of downtempo, trip-hop, and acid jazz. I always have SomaFM.com's Groove Salad on.

http://www.somafm.com/


If you want to try this music out, I recommend the Cafe Del Mar series of compilations. Especially volumes 5, 6, and 7. The rest aren't as good as those three.

Artists to look out for:

Thievery Corporation
Fila Brazilla
Baby Mammoth
dZihan & Kamien (interesting twist of Middle Eastern, house, and ambient sounds)
Zero 7 (The album "Simple Things" is the best of the lot)
This streams really well even over my dialup. It's appropos for my life. Thanks for the nod.
Ian.

80's MUSIC AND TECHNO!!!:D

Techno, wtf?!? do you mean electronic music? I listen to a LOT of different forms of electronic(a) type of music, and never here anyone mention "techno" anymore... "Techno" was popular in the mid 90s though.

I have TONS of Chillout/downtempop/ambient reccommendations for people if they want any....let me know. I'm a DJ--with ADD! :)

Techno, wtf?!? do you mean electronic music? I listen to a LOT of different forms of electronic(a) type of music, and never here anyone mention "techno" anymore... "Techno" was popular in the mid 90s though.

I have TONS of Chillout/downtempop/ambient reccommendations for people if they want any....let me know. I'm a DJ--with ADD! :)Yah techno or "dance" music! I have comcast cable and techno and 80's is an option and I love it! Plain old tecno, come on, what do you mean WTF?!? LOL

is not a term that "diehard" electronic music lovers(like myslef) who DJ like to hear..I'm on a couple of email lists and forums and if someone throws out the term, "Techno" they will hear a LOT of negative responses...anyway, I realize that your a casual listener(you probably are an Paul Oakenfold/Daft punk fan right?) so no big deal....btw, I don't know of any artists producing Techno nowadays..can you filll me in on some of the names?

Btw, one more thing...there is SO much good electronic(non) dance music out there...which 99.9 percen of society would never know about...because it is not commercialized garbage like most music nowadays...I myself do not like most all of dance music("techno")..but it does serve its purpose I guess in dance clubs...sorry to be harsh..I'm a diehard music lover and take music very seriously(sometimes as you can tell a little to much)..so for you causual music listeners out there, please pay no attention to me...:)

[QUOTE=cameron]Btw, one more thing...there is SO much good electronic(non) dance music out there...which 99.9 percen of society would never know about...because it is not commercialized garbage like most music nowadays...I myself do not like most all of dance music("techno")..but it does serve its purpose I guess in dance clubs...sorry to be harsh..I'm a diehard music lover and take music very seriously(sometimes as you can tell a little to much)..so for you causual music listeners out there, please pay no attention to me...:)[/QUOTE
I totally agree with the "commercialized garbage" out there! I HATE the music today. I used to like pop music and a little R and B but it is TERRIBLE now. So, I just listen to "TECHNO" or whatever you want to call it lol,:D or 80's and 90's. Sorry I couldn't be more specific on what kind of tecno! lol;)

I usually 'turn on' Winamp, on my PC, and listen to their internet radio..Blues/Ambient/Fusion, Swing...
I still resort to Sting (solo) at least once a day...
I love that man's music and voice!
Nova

I usually 'turn on' Winamp, on my PC, and listen to their internet radio..Blues/Ambient/Fusion, Swing...
I still resort to Sting (solo) at least once a day...
I love that man's music and voice!
Nova
What is it with you girls and male actors/singers at the moment:D:D:confused:

This streams really well even over my dialup. It's appropos for my life. Thanks for the nod.
Ian.
Dial Up????????????????????????:eek: Scary thought:cool: :D

boy talk about reserecting an old thread.:rolleyes:
well it depends on the mood i am in at the time. but most of the time when I feel out of control and need something to calm me, it is loud and fast music, good old rock and roll.

good music

Stevie Ray Vaughn
Albert King
Megadeth
Bob Marley
The Police
some slayer
Tool
some metallica
Jimi hendrix
and of course some mozart:soapbox:

Rock music, especially with a solid atmosphere, is the best for me because it doesn't bore me like the others...

I like a bunch of different types such as classic hard rock (AC/DC), metal (Psychotic Waltz), stoner rock (Kyuss), psychedelic (Pink Floyd), progressive rock (King Crimson)....

Right now listening to Anekdoten's "A Time of Day". So far the best album I've heard this year. :D

I'm also trying to get myself to sit down and work on making an album, but it's not happening, at least now. Probably something to do with ADHD. :mad:

Well, my son plays trombone, and he made All State this year. And I went to his rehearsals of course, even though I had worked the night before, so I was going exhausted on NO sleep and jangled nerves - and this was before I was diagnosed ADD, btw - and I was kind of dragging my tired, frazzled self into the rehearsals because, you know, maternal duty calls; but then, sitting in the rehearsal room with the whole band of about eighty or a hundred very accomplished middle-school musicians playing "Night on Bald Mountain" - one of my lifelong sentimental faves - and of course the band was way too big for the room, really, so the whole place vibrated, almost, and I could feel it down to my bones - it was like another kind of silence. It was LOUD but totally immersing and peaceful like a walk in the woods.

It was an incredibly moving mental and spiritual experience; at a time when I was expecting to have to work hard to rise to the occasion, the occasion rose to meet me. It felt like some kind of perfect hypnotic solution to all my stress and confusion and overload; just, let go of all the mental chatter and noise and BE the music. Wow. I've told my son he darn well better make All-State next year, too, because I MUST feel that again.

And I bought the CD, of course! And if I can ever pry it out of my son's white-knuckled grip, I'll play it over and over and over and.....

For me, combining heavy/rock and classic is the best "solution".

Good bands: Evanescence, Within Temptation, EPICA and Nightwish :)

Good bands: Evanescence, Within Temptation, EPICA and Nightwish :)

Evidence that I'm from another planet? I've never heard of any of those bands!

For me just about any music helps these days because it makes it harder to notice the ringing in my ears and the little voice telling me to do things I don't want to do.
No, not the little voice in my head--I mean my wife! :eek:

Evidence that I'm from another planet? I've never heard of any of those bands!

For me just about any music helps these days because it makes it harder to notice the ringing in my ears and the little voice telling me to do things I don't want to do.
No, not the little voice in my head--I mean my wife! :eek:I enjoy listen to something I like more that "any" :rolleyes: Specially the litle voice you mention ;)

I listen to classical music as background noise when I am studying, I also find having it on the radio whilst driving helps to keep me a little calmer ;)

Classical Music, Classical Music: Debussy's Nocturnes, Chopin's Nocturnes, Handel's Messiah et al.

When I want to get up and dance: the rolling stones (it's only rock and roll)

I like all music, I realy have a good ear and memory of lyrics... but what helps me focus when im at work, or playign a game on the pc, or jsut surfing the net...

Electronic -- Its basically modern day classical.. so many things going on and I like finding the changes and different sounds and tempos.. its actually relaxing.

N'e thing by Korn or Godsmack thier lyrics are so dead on; hit the nail on the head; in your face; kiss my butt; awesome!!!!!!

ex:

KORN LYRICS

"Did My Time"

Realized I can never win
Sometimes I feel like I have failed
Inside where do I begin
My mind is laughing at me
Tell me why am I to blame
Aren't we suppose to be the same
That's why I will never tame
This thing that's burning in me

I am the one who chose my path
I am the one who couldn't last
I feel the life pulled from me
I feel the anger changing me

Sometimes I can never tell
If I've got something after me
That's why I just beg and plead
For this curse to leave me
Tell me why am I to blame
Aren't we suppose to be the same
That's why I will never tame
This thing that's burning in me

I am the one who chose my path
I am the one who couldn't last
I feel the life pulled from me
I feel the anger changing me

Betrayed
I feel so enslaved
I really Tried
I did my time
I did my time
I did my time
I did my time
I did my time

I am the one who chose my path
I am the one who couldn't last
I feel the life pulled from me
I feel the anger changing me

Oh God, the anger's changing me [x2]

I Stand Alone by Godsmack
I've told you this once before,
can't control me
If you try to take me down you're gonna break
I feel your every nothing that you're doin for me
I'm thinking you outta make your own way
I stand alone Inside,
I Stand alone
You're always hiding behind your so called Godess
So what.
You don't think that we can see you're face?
Ressurected back before the final falling
I'll never rest until i can make my own way
I'm not afraid of fading. . .
I Stand Alone Feeling your sting down inside me,
I'm not dying for it I stand alone.
Everything that i believe is fading
I stand Alone, inside i stand alone

And now it's my time It's my time to dream
dream of the skies
Make me believe that this place isn't plagued by the poison in me
And help me decide if my fire will burn out
before you can breathe into me

Bless You Boyzzzzzzzzz!!!!!! :D

Gothic/Industrial, metal (Korn and godsmack too)

Gothic/Industrial, metal (Korn and godsmack too)

Great minds rock Alike :)

Musicals and showtunes help me focus on cleaning, energize me and soothe my spirit overall.

for cleaning: Little Shop of Horrors
for organizing, misc: Kiss Me Kate
for driving: Chicago

etc

(while on the computer I have the tv going, I also find that very soothing)

As long as it's not country or whiny girl singers (Avril Lavigne, blech), I'll listen to most anything. I just downloaded Junior-Senior's latest (Danish pop duo) and some Gwen Stefani. For driving I love it loud and boisterous. I love to sing along with Depeche Mode, Bowling for Soup, Timbaland.

Anything with Natalie Merchant make me want to hurt somebody close by. Ugh. :mad:

I've always loved classical music, ever since I was a kid. I love Bach, Mozart, Telliman, Handel, etc. and some of the modern composers like Copeland, Khacturian, etc. A few that come to mind: Haydn's Sym #40, "The Philosopher" Khachaturian's Violin concerto with the composer conducting and David Oistrakh on violin (hard to find). Copeland's Aplechian Spring, lots of others, too many to list.

Back in the 60's I went through a rock phase, but the less agressive pieces were the ones I liked.

In the 70's I got into a lot of the more spacy new age stuff.. Windham hill records, Pat Matheny, etc... I still like and listen to a lot of it.

Contemporary singers, I still love Joni Mitchell, she seems to just keep going and is the most creative singer there is IMHO. Sting is another one.. I admire singers who can write their own songs, not just have a good voice. I also like Sadi, and many others.

I have gotten more and more into world music over the last couple of years. The Putumayo label has a lot of really amazing CD compilations that are great to listen to while I work.