Move Me

[zhai]

Happy New Year, all. A fruitful and prosperous 2008 to all ye who read here. Since last we met I have covered about 6000 miles and delved womanfully into the fiery crucible of the holiday season, to emerge altered, if not renewed. My tales of fish head soup will be forthcoming. Also, Japan is spending $44.7 billion to create the world's fastest mag

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[lumi21]

My poisons tend to be video game music (Ecco the Dolphin in its many iterations, Shadows of the Colossus, old Genesis RPGs -- Shining Force, Phantasy Star), a capella, oldies (and yes I realize all of the above makes me manifestly uncool -- deal)

Bite your tongue! =) I am awestruck by some of those selections...particularly Ecco and Shining Force. It's hard enough to find people nowadays who even remember that game, let alone make a point of continuing to listen to the delightful 16-bit stylings of ye olde Sega Genesis.

I have a few things I listen to while working, but it basically falls into three categories: anime/jpop, dance/trance/techno, and alternative/rock. I particularly like the rockternative of the 90's, which is when I started really paying attention to what was on the radio. Anything that gets my blood pumping is good work music for me (kinda ironic considering I have a desk job, but there you go).

[zhai]

Stop by the Escapist -- they'll know those games and several others besides that you and I have never even heard of. I really hope someone opens up a decent video game museum sometime soon.

It may also amuse you to know that my main cell ringtone is an mp3 of a chiptune interpretation of the main theme from Katamari Damacy.

Nothing wrong with the oldies

[hildebabble]

I haven't gotten new tunes in months. One of the last things I got was Sasha's Live in Los Angeles set (trance), but it lacks his usual verve and half the tracks linger too long on repetitious intro.

I've got some anime/video game music on my playlist, which supplements my running as much as my writing. Anything that has an odd, good bass beat (Timo Maas comes to mind).

Right now, classical takes the lion's share. Until I find some new stuff. Recently found my old A Perfect Circle CD, but the Tool CDs are apparently lost forever, so I've got to get replacements.

I'm on board with the caffeine approach. But I find that being slightly tipsy produces that type of lucidity, too. If you work primarily in the mornings, though, that's probably not a good idea. :)

[dhw]

A lot of the time, I have a tune that I'm trying to learn on an infinite loop at low volume...

Fortunately, I have an office with a door.

[zhai]

Headphones are wonderful things. ;)

[dhw]

So are offices with doors.

[braunian]

Hi, happy new year!

Just leaving a comment for that, and to say I listen to the same thing: music that can be in the background without demanding too much processing. (Like you, this excludes vocals that aren't in a foreign language... usually. But if I'm intent in my work, English vocals become indistinguishable anyway)

It reminds me of pacing. Walk and think; listen and work.

Big props for listening to video game music! ;)