Music?!

[AnarchyAo2]

Alright, heres the deal. For the past month or so, my drawings have been straight up shit. I think its the lack of inspiration and focus in my work. They're all mindless doodles. So, I hope that music will enlighten me. And I can't listen to the radio because all it plays is either, A) Crap like Britney Spears or B) country honkey-tonk crap. So! I was hoping that maybe you guys could post some of your favorite music, songs, or bands. I like pretty much anything besides rap, girly or fruity pop stuff, and country music. It would be much appreciated.

[Kortez]

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Ravel - Bolero
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Lizst - Hungarian Rhapsody nr. 2
Dvorak - New World Symphony
Rimsky-Korsakov - Tale of the Kalander Prince
Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
Kachaturian - Saber Dance
Jaco Pastorius - Portrait of Tracy
Jaco Pastorius - Slang
Jaco Pastorius - Donna Lee
Jaco Pastorius - Continuum
Weather Report - Teen Town
Sting - If I ever lose my faith in you
Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold
The Beatles - Black Bird
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
The Beatles - Revolotion
The Beatles - When I'm 64
ugh I can't be bothered typing the songs... just get anything by.
The Beatles
Miles Davis
Marcus Miller
War
Uriah Heep
Victor Wooten
Frank Sinatra
George Gerswhin
Beethoven
Mozart
Liszt
Paganini
Marvin Gaye
Janis Joplin
JIMI HENDRIX
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Leftfield
Little Richard
MARS VOLTA
Muse
Nora Jones
Jet Black Joe
GEORGE CLINTON AND PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC
Propellerheads
Quarashi
Radiohead
RATM
Soundgarden
Tool
Toots Thielemann
Lee Oskar
Dire Straits
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Dexter Gordon
Bobby McFerrin
Chic Corea
John Coltrane
Bach
Schubert
Greig (in the hall of the mountain king)
Rossini
Wagner
Strauss
Vivaldi
Wynton Marsalis
Branford Marsalis

That's all I can think of at the moment.. hope some of it gets your creative juices flowing

:chug:

[elekon]

I listen to these bands while im drawing:
Band: Genre:
Reel Big Fish- Ska
System of a Down - Metal
Disturbed - Metal
SevenDust - Metal
Static X - Metal
Spineshank - Metal
Iron Maiden - Metal

You can tell that I am a metal head

[GirafeEnFeu]

I don't have a long list, but you should definatly listen to anything by OPETH. It always gets me in the zone when I paint! :rock:

[Lohan]

lol just listen to whatever you love man. i always have my headphones on when im drawing. usually jazz or acid jazz

[malicious]

there are at least a few talented musicians on ocremix.org. it's all remixed game music, some of it is pretty good. most all of it is electronic, but whatever. the megaman stuff is generally pretty good.

other than that, go for mood music. really loud or really soft tends to do it best for me. my playlist is such a jumble of missmatched songs that it's funny. dope, slipknot, spineshank, fatboy silm, ozzy, eric clapton (fear layla), nirvana, just whatever works for you.

i've talked to people that swear by the kind of underground rap that makes church ladies cry. not my bag of chips, but whatever works, i think that's becoming the moral of this thread.

[Sinix]

I listen to alot of different stuff when I draw.

Sometimes it's alot of good metal and similar stuff, such as:
slayer
at the gates
nightrage
soilwork
the haunted
pig destroyer
in flames
dark tranquility
norma jean
old man's child
shadow's fall

However, that might not be for everyone... so I'll list a bunch of easy to get into good music:
Tool
Radiohead
Coldplay
Ben Folds Five
Mindless Self Indulgence
The Mars Volta
dredg
Mum
Godspeed you black emperor
sigur ros
(the last 3 are very ambient and nice)

[awalloffire]

Kortez - I live near Jaco's brother and nephew. His nephew is David Pastorius and is also a incredible electric bass player. I played with him once maybe 9 or 10 years ago and he was very good then.

Godspeed you black emperor
Do Make Say Think
Iron and Wine
Mountain Goats
Tosca Tango Orchestra <did soundtrack for the movie Waking Life-very good!

[thomasaurus]

damn Sinix already mentioned Dredg! If you want something similiar to GYBE check out Mogwai.

[skrubbles]

Yeah, Dredg is really cool... suprised you guys actually know 'em.

Also....

Spine Shank
Tool
Disturbed
Incubus
Radiohead
Hoobastank
System of a Down
Eve6
Coldplay
Marilyn Manson (hafta be in the mood)
Flaw
Staind
311
CKY
Linkin Park
Custom
Smashing Pumpkins
Zwan

[mos667]

Apocalyptica - Really great music, stringed instruments only, no vocals.

Mythos - Ambience music, great for drawing. Again, no vocals.

E Nomine - German band, has a great sound for those big projects.

Era - I have no clue where Era is from, but they have some nice rhythm to their songs.

Kill Bill Soundtrack - Some nice songs on there, if you skip over the krappy movie promotion stuff.

Requiem For a Deam Soundtrack - Hot music :). Has some GREAT music by Kronos Quartet.

Kronos Quartet - See above ;)

Theatre of Tragedy - Some great songs, nice beats, etc.

VNV Nation - Just a personal favorite. Great music.

Wumpscut - Now this is a group that I haven't found one other person that likes it. But when you love it you love it.


Also if you have winamp, check out this site:
http://www.digitallyimported.com/
Check out the trance and chillout stations, really great music. The chillout station has the best (I think) music for drawing :)

[GirafeEnFeu]

Wow, sinix, you have a really great taste in music!

[Kortez]

Originally posted by awalloffire
Kortez - I live near Jaco's brother and nephew. His nephew is David Pastorius and is also a incredible electric bass player. I played with him once maybe 9 or 10 years ago and he was very good then.


ENVY!!!!! :( Jaco's the greatest dammit ENVY!!!!!! :(

;)

[Skank]

i listen to alot of metal and punk...but its true what they say, GOOD classical music can really focus your mind on the task at hand...its kinda spooky.

BUT, heres a lit of bands in no particular order than i listen to and find inspiration from.

the misfits
operation ivy
metallica
pantera
system of a down
40 below summer
NOFX
sevendust
boy hits car
rancid
dropkick murphys
flogging molly
the white stripes
the decendants
black flag
KoRn
enya (hehe)
the hives
the enimies
transplants
radiohead
nirvana
sepultara
static X
killing joke
hatebreed
kidney theaves
rage against the machine
anti flag
the fight club soundtrack (very groovy, creative/thinking music)
chemical brothers
crystal method
the prodigy
led zeplain
queen
the doors
the beatles
queens of the stone age
minor threat
against all authority
silverchair
AFI (cant believe i almost forgot them!!!!)
bad religion

wow..i could go on...

but theres a few for you to chew on.
i also listen to alot of trance while im drawing, any of the ministry of sound albums are good, trance nation....ne who...there ya go =)

[-W.-]

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[BadMange]

Check out Spinner (http://www.spinner.com/floor.jhtml?url=%2F_tempdex.jhtml&_requestid=5432818&_requestid=5432828). It is an internet radio with a TON of channels. I used to listen to it all the time when I was working, but now that I'm in school full-time I don't (because you have to install a small app). They have several channels for every musical taste out there. From great music to Neo-metal ;) , it's all there.

-Bad Mange

[N D Hill]

Radiohead
PearlJam
Nirvana
System of a Down
Korn
Staind
Pink Floyd
Joe Satriani
Incubus
Bush
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Dave Mathews

[AnarchyAo2]

lol woah, Thanks for all the feedback. I'll have to get onto kazaa tonight and download a couple of songs as samples. If I find some bands i really like I'll buy a couple CD's for christmas.

[.cfb]

Coldplay
Monster Magnet (space rock at it's best)
Nirvana
No Doubt
Queens of the Stone Age
Nena
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rage Against the Machine
Queen
311
Bad Brains
aperfect Circle
Phish
Dave Matthew's Band
Autechre
Aphex Twin
Portishead
Sublime
Alicia Keys
Barenaked Ladies
Deftones
Eric Clapton
Incubus
King Crimson
Kutless
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Pink Floyd
Led Zepellin
Rammstein
Rolling Stones
Weezer
Rob Dougan
THE BEATLES
Jimi Hendrix
The Beach Boys
Ozzy Ozbourne
System of A Down
Tool
The Dust Brothers
Kenny G
Bjork
Radiohead
Foo Fighters
Long Beach Dub All Stars
Sex Pistols
David Bowie
Violent Femmes
Don Davis
Static-X (their first CD)
Billy Idol
Spineshank
Reel Big Fish (ska)
Dredg (or is it a 'j,' I forgot)

[darkcult]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7837
;)

[AnarchyAo2]

lol Oh, sorry. I should have looked that up. sorry

[Mr. Teatime]

hey i'm a music freak too i listen whenever i draw so here's some

311
AFI
rage against the machine
System of a Down (except people are stupid LOST MY TOXICITY CD AND THAT PISSES ME OFF!)
Reel Big Fish
Less Than Jake
Weezer (=w= )
Green Day
Operation Ivy
Rancid
The Strokes
The Beatles
Velvet Underground
The White Stripes
Weird Al Yankovic(gets those creative juices flowin')
Sublime
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Thrice
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Aerosmith
Dropkick Murphys
The Bouncing Souls
the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Swingset
National Holiday
ATM
Alien Ant Farm
Moog Cookbook
The Weakerthans
The Presidents of the United States of America
The Aquabats (gotta love 'em)
Foo Fighters
Dave Mathews Band
Mustard Plug
Goldfinger
They Might Be Giants
Primus
Blink-182
OutKast (its the only remotely like rap thing I like, at least the songs of thirs I heard)
the Offspring
Sum 41
Led Zepplin

[Pencil Soldier]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7837 (Look here!)

[Mr. Teatime]

well yea ok but im not typing all that again.
also I almost forgot one of the very best bands ever... CAKE! they are awesome. the only problem is i cant find their debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, anywhere. I need to complete my Cake collection! Ive got the rest!

"cause he's going the distance/ he's going for speed/ she's all alone/ in her time of need"

[GirafeEnFeu]

Accidents_Happen: They have that albumn at Best Buys down here. :D

[Mr. Teatime]

I wish i could get to the florida best buy but dude i live in idaho- suggested motto- "land of the boring stupid farms and hics and people that hate hics and bored bored people"

[Crash]

this is in my playlist atm.


Rank1- airwave
Dj.quicksilver - new life
paul van dyk feat hemstock and jennings - nothing but you
york- the awakening
the matrix - protect the innocent
aly & fila - eye of horus
marcus - the arena
lyala - time to fly
gouryella - ligaya


this changes for every day though

[cybercyst]

skank, there ain't nothin' wrong with Enya, man. In fact I just got in the mail a four-CD collection spanning her entire career. She's really talented; she usually does all the voices and instruments herself (which is like 300 voices at once). I love listening to her when I had a hard day and I need to calm down.

But when I need to draw and color my stuff on the computer, I like to listen to electronica/dance music, like Digweed & Sasha and the first two Matrix albums. The Animatrix album is good too.

[jelanen]

Game music! I love Crono Cross's soundtrack and Castlevania. Rasputina is good stuff too.

[K-10]

Thrash Metal or Classical music, depending on what mood I'm in

[LiL QoH]

Portishead
Morcheeba
Emiliana Torrini
Lamb
Tricky
Bjork
Deftones

[Mr. Teatime]

reggae music. If you have like 300k internet go to itunes radio in the reggae/island part and listen to creation-steppin' radio. I listend to it for three hours straight and loved every minute. its very uplifting, positive music that inspires me to draw bright happy pictures. its like the opposite to my drawings when listining to AFI "all hallows EP" and "the art of drowning" which are my favorite cds

[Valcon Jet]

Originally posted by GirafeEnFeu
I don't have a long list, but you should definatly listen to anything by OPETH. It always gets me in the zone when I paint! :rock: hell yeah, orchid blew my mind!

Also, if you're looking for more violent inspiration, check out Children of Bodom, In Flames, and Dark Tranquility. That music makes me want to break things in the best way :)

[AnarchyAo2]

Thanks a ton for the music lists, guys. I had no idea how much inspiration you can get out of music. I think i've found my favorite type of music...punk! Misfits and pennywise pwn

[softdrawer]

made a few change in my list but needs more songs but i feel lazay... enjoy

Alan Stivell - Tri Matador - ( Celtic / Musical / Vocal )
Al Green - How can you mend a broken heart - ( Blues )
America - Horse with no name - ( Ambiant )
Arthur H - Femme ideal - ( Ambiant / French )
Arthur H - Sculpteur Aveugle - ( Ambiant / French )
Arthur H - Le jardin des délices - ( Ambiant / French )
Barry White - Understandable - ( Funk / Blues )
Basil Poledouris - The Kitchen - ( Instrumental )
Basil Poledouris - riddle of steel riders of doom - ( Instrumental )
Beatles - Warlus - ( Pop / Instrumental )
Benny Goodman - Sing Sing sing - ( Jazz )
Beyoncé - Me, Myself and I - ( R&B )
Bjork - Big time Sensuality - ( Ambient )
Bjork - Venus as a boy - ( Ambient )
Bjork - All is full of love - ( Ambiant / Musical )
Bran Van 3000 - Astounded - ( Pop / Techno )
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia - ( Ambiant / Soul )
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan - ( Latin )
Cold Play - Clocks - ( Ambiant )
Dave Brubeck - Take five - ( Jazz )
Dead can dance - Black sun - ( Soul / Vocal )
Dusty Springfield - Spooky - ( Funk )
E Z Rollers - Walk this land - ( Funk / Techno )
Ella Fitzgerald - Blue skies - ( Blues )
Ella Fitzgerald - Swing - ( Blues / Oldies )
Eric Satie - Gymnopedie no.1 - ( Classic )
Eric Satie - Gymnopedie no.2 - ( Classic )
Janis Joplin - Son of a preacher - ( Funk / Rock )
Kid Loco - Alone again - ( Ambiant )
Kid Loco - Cosmic Supernatural - ( Ambiant )
Lokua Kanza - Bye bye - ( African / Vocal )
Lokua Kanza - Mbiffe - ( African / Vocal )
Lokua Kanza - Mutoto - ( African / Vocal )
Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world - ( Oldies )
Madonna - Beautiful Stranger - ( Pop )
Madonna - Hollywood - ( Pop )
Madonna - Ray of light - ( Pop / Techno )
Michael Nyman - The Departure - ( Soundtrack / Classic )
Michael Nyman - The Opening - ( Soundtrack / Classic )
Miles Davis - Kind of blue - ( Jazz )
Miles Davis - Summer time - ( Jazz )
Moby - Porcelain - ( Ambiant )
Mr Scruff - Move - ( Rhithmic )
Mum - We have a map of the piano - ( Ambiant / Other )
Mylene Farmer - California - ( Pop / French )
Neil Young - Harvest moon - ( Ambiant / vocal )
Neil Young - Philadelphia - ( Vocal / Piano / Soul )
Oasis - Wonderwall - ( Pop / Ambiant )
Paolo Conte - Dragon - ( Oldies / Blues / Vocal )
Paolo Conte - Max - ( Oldies / Musical / Vocal )
Paolo Conte - Sparring Partner - ( Oldies / Piano / Vocal )
Paolo Conte - Via - ( Oldies / Piano / Jazz / vocal )
Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky - ( Ambiant )
Peter Gabriel - Little light of love - ( Rock / Vocal / Other )
Pixies - Where is my mind - ( Rock / Other )
Radiohead - High and Dry - ( Ambiant / Rock )
Röyksopp - Poor Leno - ( Techno )
Sacha Distel - La belle vie - ( Oldies )
Shawshank Redemption - Brooks was here - ( Soundtrack / Classic )
Sigur Ros - Ny Batteri - ( Trance / Other )
Sigur - Svefn g englar - ( Trance / Other )
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - ( Ambiant / Guitar / Oldies )
Solaris - Is that what everybody else want - ( Soundtrack / Other )
Solaris -Wear your seat belt - ( Soundtrack / Other )
Solaris - first sleep - ( Soundtrack / Other )
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto - The girl from Ipanema - ( Blues / Vocal / Latin )
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto - Gentle Rain - ( Blues / Vocal / Latin )
Sting - Shape of my heart - ( Vocal / Ambiant )
Stone temple pilot - sour girl - ( Ambiant )
Sublime - Summertime - ( Raggae / R&B )
The Byrds - Stop Children whats that sound - ( Oldies / Guitar / Vocal )
The Doors - The End - ( Trance / Ambiant / Other )
The Ink Spots - If I didn’t care - ( Oldies )
U2 - Beautiful Day - ( Ambiant / Rock )
Wojciech Kilar - Love Remembered - ( Classic / Musical )

[Aven]

808 State
A Perfect Circle
Amon Tobin
Aphex Twin (and all his other alias')
Avalanches, The (a cool Aussie dance duo)
Chemical Brothers, The
Conjure One (by Rhys Fulber of Delerium)
Delerium (Poem is the best album)
Enigma
Fatboy Slim
Juno Reactor
Korn
Lacuna Coil
Mouse On Mars
Move (Japanese band)
NIN
Orbital
Plump DJs
Prodigy, The
Squarepusher
Tool
Tweaker

Anything Happy Hardcore or Acid Jazz is cool as well.

[John]

I like a lot of what was posted above. But when i'm in the 'right' mood, nothing beats Jeff Buckley. He was from outer space.

[RETEP]

Modest mouse (my favorite!!)
the postal service
built to spill
mars volta
bright eyes
the flaming lips
death cab for cutie
coldplay
radio head
pete yorn
weezer
;)

[Noah Bradley]

Don't see this posted: http://www.ocremix.org/ Killer video game remixes. I love this site. That'd "digitally imported" site looks pretty sweet, maybe I'll give it a go tonight. :) Other than that? hmmm... I love relient k, great stuff.

[georgem]

cant go wrong with a good dose of APHEX acid or maybe some Bjork....

[Diego]

ejem...

kamelot
rhapsody
stratovarius
sonata arctica
angra
joe cocker
queen
bach
beethoven
train
scorpions
mozart
chopin

etc.......

[Wednesday]

stuff off the top of my head that i think no ones mentioned yet..

cat power
sonic youth
rachael's
elliot smith
my bloody valentine
billy bragg
pavement
stereolab
godspeed you black emporer!
lisa germano
p j harvey
jaga jazzist

you might like them, than again, maybe not.

[deschamps]

I'm with you on those Wednesday... Pavement, PJ Harvey, Billy Bragg.

I've been listening to Grandaddy lately. There's one song about a "National forest of broken appliances".... ah man that's great!

[Sketch]

Don't stay away from all hip hop. Some of it is really good stuff and is awesome to draw to. Try these(especially the cap ones)...

BROTHER ALI
DJ SHADOW
Aesop Rock
Benefit
Danger Mouse & Jemini
MF Doom aka Victor Vaughn
Swollen Members
HINT
Jedi Mind Tricks
J-Zone
Afu-Ra
JURRASSIC 5
Dilated Peoples
NAS
Ludacris
RJD2
Gangstarr
Apathy
Tonedeff

That's all that I can think of right now. Oh yeah, nice choices Lil Qoh. And I agree about AFI... awesome cds but can't listen to it all the time.

[catterpillar]

wow you guys all have awsome taste! (well, mostly anyway..:p )

REGURGITATOR!!
MASSIVE ATTACK!
THE WHITE STRIPES!
THE PIXIES - WHERE IS MY MIND
THE DOORS - THE END (now that's inspiring music)

[Goldabar]

These're some of the songs I've been addicted to...when that happens I can spend up to about a week listening to the same song over and over again for 8 hours straight while I work :p Hope yah like these...

The Future Sound of London-In a State of Panic
Interpol-NYC
The Postal Service- Natural Anthem (FECKING BRILLIANT!! Um thats not the name of the song...the songs fecking brilliant, thats all)
Regurgitator-Young Bodies Heal Quickly
Regurgitator- The Song Formerly Known As (have to restrain myself from standing up and dancing in the office when this one comes on :p )
UNKLE-Unkle Main Title Theme
UNKLE-The Knock (Drums of Death part 1 and 2)
Nada Surf-Killian's Red
Nada Surf-80 Windows

And finally, "Cornelius". I'd recommend just about anything from them, they rock. When I first started listening to them I listened to nothing else for around a month. I'm not sure how to describe them because I suck at music lingo...they're Japanese, and um...they're kinda techno-ee and pop-ee? I guess? Just try them, you won't be dissappointed! Some of my fave tracks:

Drop
The Fight
Free Fall
Rock_96
I Hate Hate

ENJOY!!

[catterpillar]

yay a fellow regurgiator fan! if only they were appreciated outside the home land :rolleyes:

[SABRE]

COMPOSERS

-ENNIO MORRICONE
-KENJI KAWAI (GHOST IN THE SHELL, PATLABOR2 AND 3, ECT)
-YOKKO KANNO (ESCAFLOWNE, MACROSS PLUS)
-DANY ELFMAN
-JHONN WILLIAMS
ETC...


SOUNDTRACKS

-TWIN PEAKS OST
-SILENT HILLS 1,2,3 OSTS
-CHONO CROSS OSTS
-FINAL FANTASYS OSTS
-CASTLEVANI SYNPHONY OF THE NIGHT OST
-BRAVEHEART OSTS
-RUROUNI KENSHIN OVA OSTS
-SAINT SEIYA OSTS
-AMELI OST <----------( AMAZING!!!)
-RAVENOIS OST
-EINHANDER OST
-ACE COMBAT 3 OSTS

ETC..ETC...


METAL

-DARK TRANQUILLITY ( RULZ!! )
-FINTROLL
-MAGO DE OZ
-AVALANCH
-TIERRA SANTA
-SONATA ARTICA
-NIGHTWISH
-AT THE GATES



ELECTRONIC

-MUCH DRUM N BASS, CHILL OUT, AMBIENT!!



OTHERS

-RADIOHEAD
-BJORK
-LUCYBELL (CHILEAN ROCK)
-JOE BASCONCELLOS (FOLK/ROCK OF SOUTH AMERICA)
-SYSTEM OF A DOWN
-TITO FERNANDEZ ( FOLK )

[Sketch]

Right now I'm really loving The Faint-Danse Macabre