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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 10:43 |
Music and reading don't mix for me. Neither does TV and reading. Reading is reading and deserves full attention.
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JD
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18371 |
Posted: March 31 2015 at 12:10 |
Well certainly TV and Reading don't mix. TV is so damn annoying in and of itself it hardly goes with anything. Plus it's a visual medium as much as an audio one so there's that.
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timothy leary
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
Posted: March 31 2015 at 13:59 |
I like listening to music while reading peoples arguments about music on the PA forum.
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DeepBlack
Forum Newbie Joined: October 08 2014 Status: Offline Points: 31 |
Posted: April 01 2015 at 09:01 |
Indeed I can't concentrate on reading if the TV is on, even if it's something totally vacuous (which most TV is & I don't watch much TV myself anyway). however I find reading & listening to great music works fantastically well for me.
Right I have a lot to work through with the suggestions so far. I've given Klaus Schulze a really good go & whilst his stuff does meet criteria "A" - good to listen to whilst reading, sadly (for me anyway) it doesn't meet my criteria "B" - good to listen to whilst not reading too as well. I've given his stuff a decent go through youtube (Timewind, Mirage, X, some of the Dark side's...) Only Dark Side XI was really close to good listenable without reading. Plus most of his stuff is quite hard to find & expensive. I'll listen to some other suggestions next
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DeepBlack
Forum Newbie Joined: October 08 2014 Status: Offline Points: 31 |
Posted: April 01 2015 at 12:02 |
Lizards Exist a very short album and there's only one but excellent. More of that please...
I'm finding nothing on Amazon or Ebay Are you all self funded?
Edited by DeepBlack - April 01 2015 at 12:07 |
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SteveG
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20497 |
Posted: April 01 2015 at 12:06 |
You can't read to metal due to the head banging! New age yes, metal no.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: April 01 2015 at 12:25 |
If you're going to head-bang while reading I suggest using a paperback as opposed to a hardcover. |
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Meltdowner
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Posted: April 01 2015 at 12:29 |
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melotron98
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Posted: April 01 2015 at 13:21 |
I like this one for reading/ learning etc.
Klaus Schulze's pieces like Nuff Said are OK too I think but e.g. while listenning to Timewind I can't concentrate on anything but the music |
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JD
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Posted: April 01 2015 at 17:27 |
The musical equivalent of white noise. May as well just have a fan running .
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Green Shield Stamp
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2009 Location: Telford, UK Status: Offline Points: 933 |
Posted: April 11 2015 at 08:36 |
I love to read with music playing in the background. However, it has to be instrumental, otherwise I end up listening to the lyrics and lose concentration. I tend not to listen to prog whilst listening though because it is too distracting in this context. So I put on one my Spotify playlists, usually a compilation of jazz by artists such as Miles Davis, Avishai Cohen, Branford Marsalis etc
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TheRollingOrange
Forum Newbie Joined: June 28 2014 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 20 |
Posted: April 11 2015 at 09:39 |
I like to listen to ambient or similar music, or none at all if I'm reading, otherwise I can't concentrate. Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze often works for me.
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Upbeat Tango Monday
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 10 2015 Location: Buenos Aires Status: Offline Points: 1189 |
Posted: April 15 2015 at 21:24 |
I can't combine them
If I'm lost in the book, I don't pay attention to the music...if I'm lost in the music, I don't pay attention to the book
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emigre80
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 25 2015 Location: kentucky Status: Offline Points: 2223 |
Posted: April 15 2015 at 21:35 |
agreed. On the other hand, listening to music and cooking? Great combo. Ditto music and driving. Music and household chores, music and conversation, music and surfing the web, in fact music with everything but reading.
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DeepBlack
Forum Newbie Joined: October 08 2014 Status: Offline Points: 31 |
Posted: May 10 2015 at 03:04 |
Robert Rich sounds interesting (if such a word can be used for his style ;) )
Love the idea of 7-8 hours of music sleep too. It's hard to know where to start with such an Artist though. Filaments looks good, then there's Troubled Resting Place & Below Zero, and the "live" album Humidity. Any advice? |
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DeepBlack
Forum Newbie Joined: October 08 2014 Status: Offline Points: 31 |
Posted: September 04 2015 at 15:16 |
Found Soft Machine & Nucleus are quite fitting for reading & interesting enough (in the main) for listening in the car too :)
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hellogoodbye
Forum Senior Member VIP member Joined: August 29 2011 Location: Troy Status: Offline Points: 7251 |
Posted: September 04 2015 at 16:12 |
I write in the silence; and though I always associate a character with a music, a song or a singer.
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Rando
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 08 2006 Location: Bay Area Status: Offline Points: 472 |
Posted: September 07 2015 at 01:54 |
You listed some Cool or Bop Jazz, I recommend Gil Evans - His album "The Individualism Of Gil Evans" (1964) is one of his best with two original compositions co-written with Miles Davis- When I read I usually listen to Debussy or New Age artists like Iasos and Constance Demby. |
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Stann
Forum Groupie Joined: September 05 2015 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 45 |
Posted: September 09 2015 at 17:35 |
ENO Discrete Music
About as bland and un-involving as it gets |
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Intruder
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 13 2005 Status: Offline Points: 2086 |
Posted: September 17 2015 at 07:20 |
To block out white noise and the usual city sounds, I've taken to putting on Bill Evans albums - both solo and trio - at a low enough volume that I don't focus on it but loud enough to drown the town. I love Evans and understand why someone would want to give him full attention, but his stuff is so soothing and conducive to meditation.....and reading often gets to that level of focus.
Couldn't imagine reading to Nucleus or Gil Evans....or Miles and Mingus, but Eno's Discreet Music or his Ambient series also does the trick.....but the volume level is key.
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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