Music as a muse
by Tony Peters on August 6, 2011
since I restarted school music has become a more dominant part of my daily activities. I have used up/worn out a number of pairs of headphones finally inventing in a set of Grado's and a CMoy amp so I can tune out the world while I am in the studio. my taste in music has changed significantly in the last 2 years......while I still enjoy punk rock and hardcore, I have been listening to a lot of acoustic music lately, decemberist, mumford and sons etc, but the real change has been how much Jazz (hiromi) and Jazz based breakbeat, I can only sculpt efficiently when I have a consistant beat (Mocean worker, Mr Scruff, Hexstatic, Xploding Plastix, Propellerheads etc) if woodchips are flying chances are I have jazz breakbeat between my ears. I really can't think of a time when I'm creating that I'm not listening to music
Three Replies to Music as a muse
Jackie Mason | August 7, 2011
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Tony Peters | August 7, 2011
Pandora......for me its like a buffet where I can taste different things before I shop for myself.....and yeah Indie rock also weighs heavily in my daily work. we usually have Pandora on in the studio though I do not always listen to it
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Scott Hardie | August 7, 2011
I'm glad to hear that you've found so much pleasure in new music. As much as I'd like to drown out the noise around me, I find that I can't listen to music at work too often, because I face too many interruptions to get deep into it. I've created lots of stations on Pandora and enjoyed many -- the hair metal station seeded with Def Leppard and Bon Jovi would make Aaron Shurtleff proud -- but unexpectedly, indie rock is the one I keep coming back to. I've been happy to add some of its best to Rock Block: Metric, Ting Tings, Sounds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I should have gotten into these bands a long time ago.