music and reading

afterthefact · 12.29.2008, 01:31 PM

What do you like to listen to, if anything, while reading?

Mingus and Tom Waits usually works for me. If the book doesn't work with those, then I don't usually listen to anything else.

With poetry though I will listen to some Scott Tuma or Six Organs Of Admittance or similiar...

schizophrenicroom · 12.29.2008, 01:35 PM

i have to put on instrumental music.

Rob Instigator · 12.29.2008, 01:36 PM

when i was 12 I read Robin Hood while listening to a cassette of Motley Crue's shout at the devil, constaly flipping the tape over and over and over. when I was 14, I re-read Robin Hood, with no music playing, but in my bhead, a constant streamof shout at the devil played, oh my it was WEIRD

Derek · 12.29.2008, 01:39 PM

I can't read while listening to music.

acousticrock87 · 12.29.2008, 01:41 PM

I can't read and listen to music at the same time. I guess instrumentals. My left/right brain can't handle lyrics and words.

But sometimes when I'm high, I'll play a song I've never heard and read something I've never read, and have them compete for attention.

James Joyce vs. Stevie Ray Vaughn was epic.

nicfit · 12.29.2008, 01:44 PM

Lately I put on Supernumeri.
Great semi-background music with a twist.

noisereductions · 12.29.2008, 02:15 PM

jazz, I guess would be my first choice. After that, something instrumental or I'll be too distracted.

sonic sphere · 12.29.2008, 02:25 PM

anything really as long as it's something i like!

afterthefact · 12.29.2008, 02:48 PM

Most say it has to be instrumental. I'm mostly like that, except, as I mentioned, I can listen to Tom Waits. His voice is very much an instrument as well, and lends enough towards the overall mood of the music that while reading, my mind can almost process it as instrumental.

wellcharge · 12.29.2008, 04:23 PM

i can only read if it's quiet!

_slavo_ · 12.29.2008, 04:40 PM

instrumental, without a doubt. ambient or drone music, preferrably.

Rob Instigator · 12.29.2008, 05:11 PM

so slavo sits around listening to sunn while reading his porno huh?

SYRFox · 12.29.2008, 05:13 PM

Hmm I often listen to music when I'm reading, and I can read while listening to pretty much anything actually.

gualbert · 12.29.2008, 05:15 PM

When I read a book while listenning to a record in loop,the 2 become associated, so listenning to the record makes me relieve the book, and it takes years to disappear. So I avoid it.

Danny Himself · 12.29.2008, 05:16 PM

I can only read in silence.

_slavo_ · 12.29.2008, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

so slavo sits around listening to sunn while reading his porno huh?

classic rob-style post. I love you man

no, it's mostly some Peter Wright-style drone combined with Terry Pratchet, whom I truly love.

ploesj · 12.30.2008, 05:56 AM

anything works, if i really need to focus i can block out any sound. i can read while my brother is waatching tv right next to me, and i can read when someone is drilling a hole in the wall above me (both examples actually happened)

so i just listen to whaat i usually listen to.

Youth_Against_Facism · 12.30.2008, 07:04 PM

I like to read with José González on and if not him something similar and calming.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 12.31.2008, 02:01 PM

Augustus Pablo

The Emperor of Dub

ihateyouth · 12.31.2008, 02:28 PM

I rather read in silence. I wish I was in the beach with a good book right now.

12.29.2008, 01:31 PM	#1
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	What do you like to listen to, if anything, while reading? Mingus and Tom Waits usually works for me. If the book doesn't work with those, then I don't usually listen to anything else. With poetry though I will listen to some Scott Tuma or Six Organs Of Admittance or similiar... __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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12.29.2008, 01:35 PM	#2
schizophrenicroom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: behind you Posts: 10,807	i have to put on instrumental music. __________________ fuck i'm frustrated, freaking out something fierce, would you help me? i'm hungry and i stuffer and i startle, i struggle and i stammer til i'm up to my ears in miserable quote unquote "art"
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12.29.2008, 01:36 PM	#3
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	when i was 12 I read Robin Hood while listening to a cassette of Motley Crue's shout at the devil, constaly flipping the tape over and over and over. when I was 14, I re-read Robin Hood, with no music playing, but in my bhead, a constant streamof shout at the devil played, oh my it was WEIRD __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.29.2008, 01:39 PM	#4
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I can't read while listening to music.
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12.29.2008, 01:41 PM	#5
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	I can't read and listen to music at the same time. I guess instrumentals. My left/right brain can't handle lyrics and words. But sometimes when I'm high, I'll play a song I've never heard and read something I've never read, and have them compete for attention. James Joyce vs. Stevie Ray Vaughn was epic.
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12.29.2008, 01:44 PM	#6
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Lately I put on Supernumeri. Great semi-background music with a twist. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	jazz, I guess would be my first choice. After that, something instrumental or I'll be too distracted.
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sonic sphere invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 4,446	anything really as long as it's something i like! __________________ "trolling asshat" - All Hail WATT "wanker" - All Hail WATT
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12.29.2008, 02:48 PM	#9
afterthefact invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,886	Most say it has to be instrumental. I'm mostly like that, except, as I mentioned, I can listen to Tom Waits. His voice is very much an instrument as well, and lends enough towards the overall mood of the music that while reading, my mind can almost process it as instrumental. __________________ "She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind." - Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
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12.29.2008, 04:23 PM	#10
wellcharge expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: cold and boring kanada Posts: 1,297	i can only read if it's quiet!
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12.29.2008, 04:40 PM	#11
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	instrumental, without a doubt. ambient or drone music, preferrably. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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12.29.2008, 05:11 PM	#12
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	so slavo sits around listening to sunn while reading his porno huh? __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.29.2008, 05:13 PM	#13
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Hmm I often listen to music when I'm reading, and I can read while listening to pretty much anything actually.
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12.29.2008, 05:15 PM	#14
gualbert the end of the ugly Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,088	When I read a book while listenning to a record in loop,the 2 become associated, so listenning to the record makes me relieve the book, and it takes years to disappear. So I avoid it.
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12.29.2008, 05:16 PM	#15
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	I can only read in silence.
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12.30.2008, 05:56 AM	#17
ploesj invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: antwerp. Posts: 2,901	anything works, if i really need to focus i can block out any sound. i can read while my brother is waatching tv right next to me, and i can read when someone is drilling a hole in the wall above me (both examples actually happened) so i just listen to whaat i usually listen to. __________________ blog flickr
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12.30.2008, 07:04 PM	#18
Youth_Against_Facism stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ocean Grove, Australia Posts: 468	I like to read with José González on and if not him something similar and calming. __________________ god damn, shit the bed!
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12.31.2008, 02:01 PM	#19
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	Augustus Pablo The Emperor of Dub __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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12.31.2008, 02:28 PM	#20
ihateyouth children of satan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: in dreams Posts: 322	I rather read in silence. I wish I was in the beach with a good book right now. __________________
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