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Blogging Detour: Music Now Playing
Do you listen to music while you blog?
I actually can’t blog without my music on, so there’s always something playing. Usually on my record player, because I’m a die hard LP sort of girl, but I also recently decided to get an iPod (shocking to all my friends), so lately I have iTunes going half the time.
Because I can’t blog without music going, I get curious about what other folks are listening to. That said, I’ll say what I’ve got going on, then you tell me about your music. Right now my current records (which are strewn about the floor) include:
- Little Queen - Heart
- A few Dead albums
- Goodbuy - Cream (I know, everyone hated that album, it’s my favorite though).
- Court & Spark - Joni
On my iTunes:
I actually have my thinking mix on there right now because I’ve had a lot on my mind. I guess the songs don’t make too much sense in terms of thinking, unless you’re me, but it will show you just how woefully behind the times my music taste is.
- Cowgirls in the Sand - Neil Young
- Strawberry Fields Forever - Ben Harper
- Hyacinth House - The Doors (the acoustic version, not the sappy studio version)
- I Got S**t & Corduroy - Pearl Jam
- Heroin - Velvet Underground
- Strange Currencies - REM
- Ruby Tuesday - Stones
- Root Down - Beastie Boys
- Three Hours - Nick Drake
- Sing - Travis
- Where’d You Go - Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Blues Music - G-Love
- Jailhouse - Sublime
- Plus some random Bob Marley acoustic stuff
The mix above is good, because it sort of intermittently relaxes and wakes me back up. I’m not over or under stimulated. If I listen to all loud music while I blog, I want to get up, leave, and go to a show. If I listen to all chill music, well, I chill way too much and won’t blog well.
Um, does anyone else give this much thought to their blogging music, or is it just me? What are you playing right now? Or do you need quiet?.
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It is so funny that I just read this post for today. I usually like quiet, but there is construction going on outside my apartment and the workers are whistling louder than I thought humanly possible. I finally had to turn on the radio on my computer just to drown it out! Normally though, I like music when I’m doing research on the web, but quiet when I’m writing.
Right now I’m listening to Air1 online, a Christian radio station.
As for my iTunes I love a huge varity of music. Some artists that I listen to the most are The Cranberries, Mat Kearney, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Sean Paul, Natalie Merchant, Hem, Ricky Skaggs, Ivete Sangalo, Casting Crowns and Yael Naim.
I love Strange Currencies. I must find that song and play it now. I also like Sing by Travis.
Do you like Coldplay? They sound a lot like Travis, well a little like them, maybe. Anyway, I’ve been listening to the new Coldplay album.
I also play Billie Holiday for my cat. It calms him down.
@Lori That is funny. It’s weird to me that some people need quiet to work. I can even sleep through noise. Maybe it’s due to my club kid days? I sort of get it, because I don’t like to work around people - like at a coffee shop, and lots of writers like that I hear. And go Bob Marley!
@Peggy I never liked REM much, at least not like other people, but I love Green in total, and then some random songs - of which Strange Currencies belongs. I’ve only heard Coldplay on the radio, they don’t seem like a band I’d like - but my sis thinks I would, maybe I’ll give them a try. Bille Holiday is good too - I guess tell Choco I said so