What do you listen to while creating.... [Archive]

blinddog 99

01-25-2007, 05:09 AM

Depends, I have an 80gig iPod in the shop, over 9,000 songs on it. From Elvis Costello to Mozart, Neil Young to the Ramones. Sometimes random, sometimes by artist. Lotsa Grateful Dead, lol......

colourshift

01-25-2007, 07:15 AM

XM Radio - "XM Chill" or "BPM", the took off the Neo Soul channel I really liked. SO I listen to a lot of Dance, Chill out, Cafe Del Mar, The Fixx, Bryan Ferry, Anthony David (R&B)... you get the idea.

someotherguy

01-25-2007, 08:43 AM

I'm with Blinddog on this one....My Ipod is set on random so it plays what I've loaded into it.

Steve, while working on "Boobs"...if you're into the "blues", give "Risque Rhythm" a spin! The CD has some great songs!!!

Airbrushkid

01-25-2007, 09:08 AM

Eminem, Evanescence, Ozzy, Floyd.

jason prouty

01-25-2007, 10:29 AM

secret agent on soma fm on itunes radio, it's a collection of all the music on the james bond soundtracks and more from polynesian to indian and yes mission impossible

i'm telling you guys itunes radio is free, meaning costs no money, and pandora.com too, thousands of stations with no comercials at all

brian_air1

01-25-2007, 11:41 AM

Heavy metal 24/7 my stereo and my compressor get in fights over whos loudest

paintedlady

01-25-2007, 07:35 PM

OMG, I was in the shop all day thinking about how I was gonna post the same poll when I got home! too funny.

I listen to everything from Cash to David Bowie to the Ramones, and lots of The Who, Supertramp, VanHalen, it totally depends on my mood and what I'm working on. 80's stuff gives me energy when I'm getting bored or too fumed-up! I share a shop, so I have a DJ - we get bad reception there and have no phone lines, cable lines etc, so most of the music is records (yeah, vinyl...!) So I seldom listen to newer stuff.
Awesome thread - music can tell so much about a person!
oh- and if I had a cd player there, I'd listen to Oingo Boingo. :) :) ;)

mongoose

01-26-2007, 12:00 AM

Actually when I'm working, I listen to CBC radio. But if the music mood hits, I like to listen to some Incredible Bongo Band, Pulp, Enya, T.P.O.H. and lots of BTO. I also have a soft spot for Rob Zombie too.

corey

01-26-2007, 05:48 AM

Rush Limbaugh:lol: Naw just plug the ipod in and hit shuffle. Everything from joplin to icp and s.r. vaughn to mozart

colourshift

01-26-2007, 08:01 AM

I gotta be one of the only people in the country without an iPod.

Mike Alsa Canada

01-26-2007, 09:13 AM

I gotta be one of the only people in the country without an iPod.

Don't worry I don't have one either.

I still have a collection of records yes the big round things that you need a needle to play, and over time they would start to snap, crackle, and pop when you played them........I think I even have the Beastie Boys on vinyl.

colourshift

01-26-2007, 09:33 AM

I am embarrassed to say what I have on Vinyl...although, no record player anymore. No great loss. I'm happy with XM. Variety is the spice of life, right?

Mike Alsa Canada

01-26-2007, 09:37 AM

Why be embarassed.......I got vinyl ranging from Michael Jackson, Public Enemy, Frank Sinatra, and even the ..........Smurfs:)

Cowboy

01-26-2007, 10:37 AM

I,m Waaay behind the times I guess. Still have an 8 track player in My shop, So I listen to all My Oldie,s. Which include, Kansas, reo speedwagon, rare earth, deep purple, Hendrix, joplin, CCR, AC DC, Joe Cocker, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ TOP, are a few of My favorite,s. Other than that I ussually listen to country ( Go Figure ) on the radio, My newest favorite is BIG n RICH. Cowboy.

jason prouty

01-26-2007, 11:12 AM

I gotta be one of the only people in the country without an iPod.

i don't have one either, my computers are in my studio and i just hang on itunes radio all day

yes. free.

colourshift

01-26-2007, 11:34 AM

aw jason, now you're makin me feel bad for already paying for a year of Xm... never mind, future ref.
I'm all giddy, the tank went for clear yesterday. Moe's working on it.

Frog

01-26-2007, 11:44 AM

The wife!

The Blues.

jason prouty

01-26-2007, 02:02 PM

The wife!

ah yes, there's definately that, i'm still trying to figure out the difference between hearing and listening

colourshift

01-26-2007, 02:19 PM

Lol, I was married once, I remember the selective hearing thing...:blah:

Frog

01-26-2007, 02:36 PM

What ?:devil-smiley-033: did you say something:wink2:

colourshift

01-26-2007, 03:27 PM

Oh ho...that's cold. K, lol, welcome to the forum Frog, lol, you're gonna fit right in. I'll get ya though....:blahblah:

blinddog 99

01-26-2007, 07:55 PM

The wife!

The Blues.

LOL, Frog, I am truly blessed. I will be in the studio, Bob Dylan on the iPod, and Mrs. Blinddog will come out with an occasional cocktail or a beer while I work. I count my blessings every day! It is my garage, but unlike most garages. Sealed & painted floor, full painted sheetrock, insulated, heated, daylight lit & air conditioned. So, used to be a garage, is now a small studio (660 square feet).

Frog

01-27-2007, 08:13 AM

ah yes, there's definately that, i'm still trying to figure out the difference between hearing and listening

"Are you listening to me"= Look at me when I,m talking to you.
"Did you hear what I said"= Looking for an Argument

Running like hell and hiding:devil-smiley-033: :devil-smiley-033:

Clinton

01-27-2007, 11:30 AM

LOL, Frog, I am truly blessed. I will be in the studio, Bob Dylan on the iPod, and Mrs. Blinddog will come out with an occasional cocktail or a beer while I work. I count my blessings every day! It is my garage, but unlike most garages. Sealed & painted floor, full painted sheetrock, insulated, heated, daylight lit & air conditioned. So, used to be a garage, is now a small studio (660 square feet).

Sounds like my situation, good times.:) By the way dog when are you headed up this way? Still haven't heard from you.

blinddog 99

01-28-2007, 07:34 PM

Hey Clinton, delayed a little, now looks like right around the end of Feb. Will be before March 7, as I have to be in Cali for a client meeting. Disney is calling, and I always answer, LOL,...... I would like to call and will give you notice, perhaps a burger & a beer, talk a little airbrush smack?????? hehe

egneg

01-30-2007, 07:27 PM

Korn, Limp Bizkit, Spooky Tooth, Alice in Chains, Uriah Heep, and Traffic, to name a few. :partyalone:

I have pretty good sound system hooked up to the pc.

Dang ... can't leave out Robin Trower, led Zepplin, and Pink Floyd.

Geeez ... too many to list !!!

blinddog 99

01-30-2007, 07:44 PM

Damn, Egneg, Spooky Tooth, Uriah Heep, haven't hear those bands mentioned in a long time. I also have some of those old albums. Cool, I'm not dead yet, lol...... do you have any Blodwyn Pig? Very similar to Uriah Heep....

Stephen Casey

03-14-2007, 10:12 PM

While creating; it definitely depends on what I am creating. I am primarily an inventor and sculptor, I do some of my best work out and about exposed to what ever stimulus hits me in public often with a notepad and source art in hand. But while in the studio it is most often dead silence while creating. If not that Tony Scott's, Music for Zen Meditation and Other Joys. Or it might be the upbeat and lively sounds of The Gipsy Kings (I do not speak Spanish.) Either way while creating I want background noise at most, and the ONLY words I want to hear are my own thoughts scrambling about my experiences, knowledge or perceptions in order to build something, a perception, expression or mechanical device that as far as I know is new or underdeveloped. Other than that I am pretty boring, mostly J.S. Bach and Beethoven.

anderekel

03-15-2007, 11:25 AM

Well, I've been listening to Pantera recently. I also listen to Led Zeppelin, AC DC, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Cream, Pink Floyd, Robin Trower, I could go on, but I would be writing for another hour or so. :)

Full Blast

03-15-2007, 11:38 AM

Tons of stuff from NIN to Pink Floyd, everthin inbetween.

pop54

03-15-2007, 12:45 PM

don't forget iron butterfly

colourshift

03-15-2007, 01:17 PM

I'd bet a buck not one of you has ever heard of Faithless....lol. I stopped listening to Hard Rock (with the exception of the occasional NIN) years ago. That other stuff tends to wind me up...and not in a good way. (temper temper)

Stephen Casey

03-15-2007, 05:26 PM

I think we all could sometimes do with a good dose of Stevie Ray Vaughn. Whether we think so or not.

My favorite ex-wife once put him on the stereo while I was especially agitated and mopey. I said "I don't want to hear it" She said, "Tough Titty Said the Kitty! I'm going to play it anyhow."

Stevie and Double Trouble played all day long and I got my mind right and a lot of work done that day.

ABD

03-15-2007, 05:36 PM

Funny..95% of what you guys listed are some of my Favs....All i got in the shop is a radio...So it's whatever the hell station comes in...more background noise than musical enjoyment.

airarts

03-15-2007, 06:20 PM

I am surprised Dell hasn't started singing to us in here yet :partyalone:

I like 80's mostly, but Neo collective, as long as it isn't Hee Haw, or top 40, or newer rap. Some newer bands too, like NIN, some Fear Factory, and what ever strikes the mood at the time.

XZOTIC INK

03-15-2007, 07:50 PM

HARDCORE, PUNK ALL THE WAY!! some favorites are: morningwood, life of agony, the sounds, sick of it all....and the list goes on and on!! Ipod, or new jersey underground punk radio station,:rage: :jump: :headbang: :mullet: south seton halls pirate radio....thats there college radio station on campus..ok you got me, ill tell it all, sometimes i like those sing along songs by newer bands, like chris doltrey or something to that effect, but keep that shhhhhhh a secret!!

airarts

03-15-2007, 08:00 PM

I love punk! Old school, like the Clash, or Sex Pistols. I was a regular party girl back in the day.

draggin81

03-16-2007, 12:09 AM

sharonsstudio

03-16-2007, 07:32 AM

lets see metalica, Pantara, Pink, no doubt, johnny cash,, megadeath,,
I like a vereity of misic it depends on my mood if I need to get something done fast then it's hard rock,, if I need to clean then it's Pink & No Doubt,, if I'm in the office then its softer music,

redanner

04-17-2007, 06:22 PM

Beachboys, Pink Floyd, Clasical, Commander Cody, Frank Zappa, just about anything from the 50, 60, 70, and some 80s

Don't like Rapp! Don't like Hip Hop I'm just an old head banger!

blinddog 99

04-17-2007, 06:37 PM

I listen to alot of old blues (mostly pre-war), plus some Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, G.D., burn-out music, mostly. lol.
If the mood strikes I'll throw in some Operation Ivy, old Grren Day, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Bloodhound Gang. I probably have waaaay too many CD's for my own good. It's not a rare occurance for me to be looking through one of my CD cases and find a CD that I completely forgot I had, or even exsisted.

Lol, Draggin, that sounds like my stuff. My signature is a line from Bob Dylan's Empire Burlesque, and my avatar is a Grateful Dead icon, the dead frisbee dog, lol........There is a point where you realize, you're defined by your music. Dylan just put an album out this past fall, so did Neil Young, and they're both critically acclaimed, and a pleasure to listen to. I have a Bose IPod base in my studio, just put on a mix, poke in the IPod and drift on.......

I also like punk, but Old School, like Airarts said. I have a friend in the sign business, he is in Boston. Was the second lead guitarist in the original Ramones......

purplemyth

04-18-2007, 07:13 AM

no ipod here either, have xm on the tv, but if I played it loud enough to hear in the barn, I'd have cops here.
Depending on my mood, I have 2 stations on the radio, one is a mix of classic southern rock, ac/dc,hatchet,bono, boston, zepplin, pink floyd, van halen, stuff from the 60-80's, stuff with good beats, must feel the beat.
Other is country, cash , big n rich (woohoo love them! ) hank jr, charlie daneils, I think they call it hot young country, stuff with a beat.
The slower the tunes, the less motivated I am~
Have many others I like , but that's my workin tunes.

R.S

04-19-2007, 08:43 AM

sirius satellite radio - Hard Attack,and Howard stern
XM satellite radio -Chill, that station rules over any other for painting for me.

Portishead,Dj Shadow,Opeth,Arch Enemy,Rage Against The Machine,
Pantera,Cut Chemist,Dead Kennedys.....blah blah blah..............................
But most importantly OLD SCHOOL CHILLI PEPPERS.......everything under blood sugar sex magic.

colourshift

04-19-2007, 08:44 AM

I'm with you RS...the chill station is great...but I listen to BPM most of the day...it's erm...motivating. Lol.

Especially right now, they're play Faithless' Insomnia

air_fx

04-26-2007, 03:12 PM

I've got a Sirius radio in my shop and its usually on "the Vault" or "Classic rewind"......but I like all kinds of stuff.....from Nora Jones to Deep Purple.....just don't care for the Rappin crap, or the screamin heavy metal stuff.

Icewolf0927

04-26-2007, 03:13 PM

alternative,rock,rap,pop and country

DIAZ

07-22-2007, 08:28 PM

I thought I would add to this discussion....
I will listen to pretty much anything and I mean anything! I have sirius and I will listen to Stern mostly but my ears are usually tuned to Misfits, Sabbath, Rev.H.Heat, Lamb of God, M.Manson, Slayer, Ramones, Agnostic Front, and so on and so on....
All depends on mood and content of what I'm creating or being forced to create.

colourshift

07-22-2007, 08:56 PM

I'm laughing my ass off over here...is it any wonder that anything I try to paint that's "evil" comes out looking ...not...I don't listen to any of that Diaz...maybe that's what I'm doin wrong.

jason prouty

07-22-2007, 10:30 PM

conspiracy talk radio has been entertaining lately

xtremekolor

07-23-2007, 03:26 AM

ramstein,metalica,system of down,ccr,led zeppelin n classic music:music-smiley-018::music-smiley-023::sex_porn: hehehee..

REDNECK AIR

07-23-2007, 09:45 AM

WELL if it aint "COUNTRY" i leave in in the pasture with the rest of the sh!$$
LOL
gota love Chris Ledox Johnny Cash etc.

DIAZ

07-23-2007, 12:36 PM

I'm laughing my ass off over here...is it any wonder that anything I try to paint that's "evil" comes out looking ...not...I don't listen to any of that Diaz...maybe that's what I'm doin wrong.

Not evil Lynne, DARK!lol! And I'm glad I made you smile! Some of the darker stuff I've done are done to the tunes of Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline and the occasional horror flick I have playin' on the tube while I'm workin'......great reference!

IwattaKidd

07-23-2007, 10:49 PM

I like to listen to smoooth jazz , seventies and others

colourshift

07-24-2007, 06:57 AM

Redneck, you'd have to duct tape me in place to make me listen to country.

Oh, I have a song that's playin over and over in my head...anyone remember Tim Curry's "I do the ROCK"??

REDNECK AIR

07-24-2007, 07:30 AM

now Lynn that aint no prob i gots plenty of duct tap
ya might learn ta like it
"and the music to" :music-smiley-019::laughing_rolling:heheh

colourshift

07-24-2007, 07:54 AM

Didn't your mother ever tell you not to annoy/piss off a redhead? Lol...oh no, thanks...I've listened to it here and there, and it just makes me grind my teeth.
Duct tape, isn't that like waxing?

REDNECK AIR

07-24-2007, 08:12 AM

:flame::madpeace::violent-smiley-011:RED HEADS
shoot there just a ball a fire waitin blow!!

i speckt waxin dont sound way fun!

XZOTIC INK

07-24-2007, 09:17 AM

nothing,,,im on my third ipod,,,god dam things keep freezing on me,,from me draggin the wire as i paint,,,it gets pretty banged up,,,NOT GOING FOR A FORTH ONE,,,DAM APPLE STORE ARE SICK OF SEEING ME,,LOL

maybe i need to install speakers,,,O M GOD THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LOVE THAT!!LOL

BR@VO

08-30-2007, 04:09 PM

I listen to every diff. kind of music so it's what ever I tune in LoL

XZOTIC INK

08-31-2007, 11:00 AM

AAA HAA HORROR FLICKS,,,now ya know im on ban with horror flicks,,i get spooked out when im home alone,,dam it,,

LATELY ive been listening to static,,,3 ipod broke,,thats it,,i give up with apple crap,,all my ipods are frozen beats me why??? and would ya believe i paid someone to put the music in for me,,haa haa,,

so i have that 10 dollar am/fm radio ,,ya move with the ring,,no digital,,and trying to tune it in and enjoy my self,,,HAA cant be done,,,

Phil

08-31-2007, 11:52 AM

depending on the mood i'm in and what i'm painting i listen to a wide range of music. 80's hair bands, Joe Satriani, Carlos Santana, Yanni, and the one that really gets the blood pumping is The BlueMan Group Complex tour. i used to be a drummer and the blueman group has an unbelievable percussion sections that will blow you away in a live concert.

Mike Alsa Canada

08-31-2007, 12:09 PM

Wow, I can't believe this thread is still going..... just recently got a "new" record player so been going going through my LP's...... Nothings like the snap, crackle, and pop you get while listening to Johnny Cash......

XZOTIC INK

08-31-2007, 01:05 PM

XZOTIC INK

08-31-2007, 01:06 PM

I Can never get it right the first time around,,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcph6fturuQ

XZOTIC INK

08-31-2007, 01:07 PM

I DONT really care for her songs that much,,i like her punk attitude tho,,shes cool,,

BR@VO

08-31-2007, 03:00 PM

I DONT really care for her songs that much,,i like her punk attitude tho,,shes cool,,

Song's are ok, but dammm she kinda cute :eyepopping:

AndyW

08-31-2007, 03:22 PM

Eh....h well Trivium, Muse, Aerosmith, Greenday, Thin Lizzy, etc etc
Banjo, bluegrass, Cajun.
Old blues- Memphis Slim, Muddy waters etc
Everly Brothers
Sex Pistols, Stranglers, The Clash
Brahms, The Russian bloke cause I can't spell his name (Note only heavy classical, 1812 overture, ride of the Valkirie etc)
A mix really

Memas

09-05-2007, 04:17 PM

:spaceship:Costarican opinion:spaceship: Usually don´t airbrush a lot but drawing I listen ta a W I D E range of stuff... from jhon denver to enigma, era, enya to noturna, theatre of tragedy to metallica, megadeth, to pink floyd to evanesence to spanish rap.... Lots of stuff but mainly heavy tho.....:rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon::rockon:

installer

11-04-2007, 09:51 AM

my air compressor, she plays a nice little humming. lol.

ABD

11-04-2007, 10:34 AM

Inside in my bedroom is Seal. Outside in the garage room is Prince... no wait... It's Enigma inside and Prince outside....

Dell! Find me a Prince smiley will ya huh huh pretty pleeeeeease?

hahaha..never seen one of those..I'll keep my eyes peeled for ya....Will the Fonz do for now??...LOLhttp://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w96/Dellby/fonzie.gif

ABD

11-04-2007, 10:54 AM

I got sort of close

hahaha..I like that..Good find!!

SmittyDidIt

11-04-2007, 11:00 AM

Ok I'll throw mine in here. My iPod is loaded with stuff like Johnny Mathis and Engelbert Humperdink, to AC/Dc, Ozzie, to the Pussy Cat Dolls. Even got some David Allen Coe to Sawyer Brown. I don't care much about what I listen to just along as I got what I'm in the mood for. God now I'm ready to start up some Perry Como...!!!LOL

redanner

11-04-2007, 07:48 PM

Not to Sky-Jack this thread but have any of you ever listen to band I believe is from Texas? Called "The Gear Daddies" http://www.google.com/musica?aid=5-kIVReK24E&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result

fontgeek

11-05-2007, 12:10 PM

Other than hip hop or rap, I listen to almost anything when I paint, from Baroque and Medieval music on up to present day stuff. It depends on my mood and what I am working on. I find it easier to work with music that is in the same genre as the painting or illustration I am working on.

xzoticair, if you do get another Ipod, try wearing it on an armband rather than physically dragging it around, and try putting a piece of press and seal style plastic wrap on it BEFORE you start painting. It is probably getting filled with overspray, and that can't be good for it.

Doc-Evil

11-16-2007, 03:58 AM

web radio ... http://www.superalternative.net
or http://www.1.fm ... Channel X

:rockon:

minniemouse

11-19-2007, 10:05 AM

Depends on the subject. I had to do an Elvis last week, so it was Presley music. Othertimes it's folk, country, pop, rock - whatever. At easter it's usually Christmas songs - just to annoy my partner, so I get left alone to create! Occasionally it's bonzo dogs, if I really want to wild!
Best wishes to you all, from the crazy one!

Jeroen - CDM

12-08-2007, 09:42 AM

Whehehehe even in my sleep hardstyle tunes come out of me whehehe (according to my girlfriend) lol

Cowboy

12-08-2007, 09:49 AM

My Compresor, Damn noisy thing . lol.

Padre

12-08-2007, 10:21 AM

nothing slower than 80's metal on the ipod so i cant listen to the wife or kid

redanner

12-08-2007, 09:09 PM

My Compresor, Damn noisy thing . lol.

I'm with you Cowboy! Not only that but I also listen to how the airbrush is spraying!

colourshift

07-31-2008, 01:35 AM

Hot tunes (to me) that I'm listening to at the moment that "speak" to me as well as motivate me...
Insomnia.... faithless
Empty Streets...Late Night Alumni
Longest Road... Morgan Page
Why go....Faithless
Cry for you... September
Cross my mind... Jill Scott
Stronger... Kanye West
Like a Star...Corrine Bailey Rae
Music...Leela James
Closer.... Ne-yo
Cafe Mocha.... Jesse Cook
Evergreen...Faithless
Wish I didn't miss you... Angie Stone
Angry Johnny...Poe
Softly Softly.... Sweetback (Maxwell is doin the vocals on this..MAN, he is one of my all time fav's)

ATA

07-31-2008, 03:43 AM

Mainly heavy metal, rock, hard rock but also some pop, thecno, rap, reggae, blues.....

maxxpaane

07-31-2008, 09:40 AM

Cowboy that one was a gut buster!! I've been listening to Chevelle, a little like Tool or Trapt, I really dig em. I have a great ab vid on my profile with them playing the soundtrack song "I get it". Check it out guys. MP

Merlinsoars

07-31-2008, 09:46 AM

Hendrix, Cream, Williy and Waylon, Classical, Blues......
Cant get my head around heavy metal or rap, Makes me edgy, (mabye its the coffee..)
Peace
MTM

Skids

07-31-2008, 10:48 AM

Old rock and new blues....Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pat Travers, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Richie Sambora, HoneyTribe, Santana, Skynard...

I find as I get older, I'm working my way backwards, listening to some of the old blues guys that formed the foundation of rock....B.B.King, Blind-eyed Willie, etc.....actually Eric Clapton is playing some of that stuff now and it's good to see some of those guys get some recognition.

(in case you didn't catch it.....I made up BLIND-EYED WILLIE.....heheheeee