MUSIC MONDAYS 1: What music works well with an S&M theme?

[mithrigil]

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Thanks, everyone who asked questions! I'll probably be getting to every single one of them in the coming weeks, but there's one that just jumped out at me as the best possible question to open with regarding D&J.

So, asks this person, what sort of music fits well with an S&M theme?And that kind of thing reminds me that I have a scholar of music

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[mithrigil]

No, it's not rambling, and it's awesome.

The musical forethought might also be a component difference between a public and private scene. I have less experience in clubs than I do with private scenes, so part of my thinking about music as a chosen component rather than something the DJ brought in is probably relevant.

Also, re: FotR throwing everyone into the Fuck on the Barrow Downs: once, someone domming me had Enya on her soundtrack. I was very lucky that that was one of the "coming down" songs, because I burst out laughing and threw us both out of the scene.

[gaerfindel]

"Pax Deorum" sounds just sinister enough to be a "coming down" song, I think.  Better than "Orinoco Flow" or "The Longships," though the latter has a nice rhythm to it...

[mslorelei]

Worst dungeon music ever: Celine Dion singing "My Heart Will Go On." Broke the whole place up in laughter. It was actually interesting to see the laughter propagate -- people in the conversation area first, then people just starting scenes or doing aftercare. One couple made it most of the way through the song.

I prefer instrumental music, but most jazz is too cool, not rhythmic enough. Some movie soundtracks do work. Ennio Morricone is good. I'm also partial to Gregorian chant or Bach's Art of the Fugue. Complex, rhythmic, melodic, yet clear somehow -- I don't want to listen to buzzes, whines, or distortion.

[drakonlily]

I just wanted to thank you for these. :) I'm really enjoying the music ideas and this is getting added to my own stuff.

[canaana]

As the only English major in a family of theater people, I always enjoy this kind of window into the process. Thanks for posting! :-)

[balivatn]

Scholarly stuff I use Judith Becker (Deep Listeners), AJ Racy (Making Music in the Arab World), with some help from Gilbert Rouget (Music and Trance) and Christopher Small (Musicking). All of them might have some interesting ideas, especially Becker's discussion of the physiological response to music.

But yeah, there's a question of public or private scene, purpose of the scene, general preferences (I know there's a huge overlap between Goth/Industrial music listeners and people who use those styles in their scenes, for example, because that's what they like). If I had more knowledge, I could probably do a nice job with opera for you, because you like that genre. Or some classical pieces, or whatever. I know a lot of people like to use music that doesn't have many understandable lyrics (that's why Enigma has kept showing up for so long), or lyrics that have some connection with some aspect of BDSM/rough play, has some sort of underlying constant pulse (I think there was a few times I've set a playlist in order of BPM), that sort of

[kawaiigami]

Okay, the only role BDSM plays in my life is hearing other people talk about, but the Tara style of domme-ness sounds awesome. :3