The concept of "work" music has always been somewhat of an enigma (to me atleast). I prefer listening music while working, studying or any brain intensive work for that matter. But the stock music is usually ruled out. First, if the song has lyrics it's really hard to actually concentrate without drifting away on a tangent, especially if the song is a sad one that for some weird reason you relate to (Relating to song lyrics should be made illegal, but more on that later). And if the song genre is metal, I break into that evil grin as I look at the mirror (did i tell you the mirror is right front of my table in the room? Makes it insanely difficult to actually study).
No, what you need here is a song that refreshes your mind , without actually grabbing your attention. In comes ambient music. I started listening more of this type of music after coming here. It has those atmospheric layers in the music that is actually soothing. I don't know how to accurately describe it right now and it doesn't help that i'm freakishly sleepy. So anyone who wants to know more :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_music
So coming back, even ambient music has a lot of sub-genres, some of which have disturbing, creepy music to say the least. But the good side is some of the other genres actually make for great work music.
Case in point: The Social Network Soundtrack
This is the best piece of ambient music let alone work music that I've come across! Made by Trent Reznor (the "nine inch nails" guy) and Atticus Ross, this work consisting of 15 tracks is what i put on repeat and listen to again and again and again when i'm doing just about anything. It's classified as "dark ambient" and "industrial ambient" by last.fm, I have no idea what that means (I do actually, but that'll make the post even longer than it already is). So this soundtrack is greatly recommended if you have some long boring work to be done. Be warned though, this album (It shouldn't be called a soundtrack, it's as good as any of those albums out there) takes it's own sweet time to grow on you.
There're also other good artists like God Is An Astronaut (instrumental ambient+ rock band having a really cool name) and Explosions in the Sky (ditto). Do check them out.
What to you listen to while working? Post it in the comments!
And I really need to sleep now.
Until next time,
KK
Update 6-10-2011: Lifehacker has a section dedicated to work music, do check it out here.:
No, what you need here is a song that refreshes your mind , without actually grabbing your attention. In comes ambient music. I started listening more of this type of music after coming here. It has those atmospheric layers in the music that is actually soothing. I don't know how to accurately describe it right now and it doesn't help that i'm freakishly sleepy. So anyone who wants to know more :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_music
So coming back, even ambient music has a lot of sub-genres, some of which have disturbing, creepy music to say the least. But the good side is some of the other genres actually make for great work music.
Case in point: The Social Network Soundtrack
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| Composers Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor with Best Music Score award |
There're also other good artists like God Is An Astronaut (instrumental ambient+ rock band having a really cool name) and Explosions in the Sky (ditto). Do check them out.
What to you listen to while working? Post it in the comments!
And I really need to sleep now.
Until next time,
KK
Update 6-10-2011: Lifehacker has a section dedicated to work music, do check it out here.:
