"What music are you Painting to?" Topic

So I'm sitting here sculpting with The Glitch Mob blasting out (and yells of: "Turn it down, we're trying to watch Survivor here!" coming from the next room), and I got wondering, what music are you (were you last) painting/whatever to?

Usually Jazz classics, sometimes old progressive rock concerts.

Steeleye Span, Please to see the King

Last time I painted I was listening to Amon Amarth and Kreator.

Well, it depends on the army. Poledouris' Conan soundtrack or Goldman's 13th Warrior for fantasy, Williams' Star Wars for SF, Goldman's The Wind and the Lion for colonials (except for Zulu, naturally) Miklos Roscza for Ancients and Medievals, and then it's mostly marches of the appropriate nation, with the Fife and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg covering most of the 18th Century.

What? There's another way?

Everything from Steely Dan to Garth Brooks, Harry Chapin, Dianna Krall, and Eric Clapton. Earlier while painting I was listening to the Foo Fighters

I just hit "shuffle." the iPod has over 13,000 songs at this point and it covers quite a bit of ground….

Soundtrack for Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Rings
Soundtrack for Heavy Metal
Soundtrack for Barry Lyndon
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Led Zeppelin

I just put my iPod on "Shuffle" and get everything from Gerry Rafferty to Godsmack, Stone Sour, Alison Moyet, Jennifer Rush, Kate Bush, Marilyn Manson, Rush, Burn the Priest, Lamb of God, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, The Pretty Reckless, Santigold, and Vicci Martinez. Very diverse, eclectic, relaxing and allows me to concentrate on my painting…

Soundtrack to Gettysburg. I'am basing Union troops right now.

None.

I am usually watching something (or at least listening to it). Soccer and Hockey are my favorite choices or old movies that I have seen a ton of times.

Shriekback and Stiff Little Fingers.

Wagner's Ring opera
Rachmaninov
Shostakovich
And I'll second the recommendation for Basis Poledouris' theme music to the movie Conan. I need to buy that.

A shuffled playlist of the following:

Alice in Wonderland Original Soundtrack
The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra: Strive for Jive
Ray Lynch – No Blue Thing
Ray Lynch – Deep Breakfast
Cowboy Bebop Original Soundtrack
Time Out – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Serenity Original Soundtrack
English Electric – Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
Blade Runner Trilogy – Vangelis
The Race for Space – Public Service Broadcasting
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Doctor Who Original Television Soundtrack

Edda: An Icelandic Saga by Sequentia, but then, I'm usually painting Vikings.

Grelber

Anything and everything! It doesn't have to be relevant, altho' sometimes I will choose a "theme" for an afternoon or evening. But chez moi, it could be anything from classic rock n roll to C&W, jazz, classical, World, folk, local, international, martial, soundtracks -- the sky's the limit.

I am in Napoleonics only and I enjoy listening to classical music (Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and the like) and to military music (CDs and Youtube, especially British).
It is part of the fun, the combination gives me deep satisfaction.

Cheap Trick's Greatest Hits.
Although I should point out the cd has been in there for a month, the frickin player won't eject! Ready to get a little more variety.

Very often audio books.

The Doors, Yello, Tom Tom Club, The Monkees, War of the Worlds, Tenpole Tudor, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Zombies,etc, etc, etc….

Shuffled list, mostly 80s punk, new wave, and underground

Sometimes I listen to a podcast, but other times I will listen to my random taste in music – punk, post-punk, metal, J-pop, classic rock, old country, martial industrial, neo-folk, etc etc etc. Whatever strikes me at the time.

"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" Yes! I listen to "Inner Universe" quite often. I was sad to learn that Origa passed away last year.

Another anime-related artist that I love is KOKIA.

classic rock from the 70s

56-69 rock and roll

Either iPod shuffle or Wardruna, especially the latter when painting SAGA figures.

Jeremy Kyle show………..yeah I know..

Tonight, I'll find some concert by the Dubliners.

Very loud classic rock, until my wife comes home and tells me to turn it down.

In no particular order: Ramones, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Blondie, Dire Straits, Violent Femmes, Pretenders, Stranglers, Lou Reed.

The sound of my dehumidifier.

BBC 6 Music, plays a great mix of music from early Blues to the latest indie music and everything in-between. I will not touch my vinyl or CD's with my paint covered hands !!!!

Midnight Syndicate. Painting Napoleonic 28mm Prussians.

Audio books, yes, that's a good pick, something I often overlook, but I love my collection of Tolkien, esp. The Silmarillion on CD.

Tonight it's "Onward" by Hawkwind.

Musically, Botho Lukas Chor, power metal (like Sabaton) or the Witcher 3 soundtrack when painting fantasy/ Renaissance. For steampunk/WW1, I tend to prefer some soundtrack, such as Atlantis the Lost Empire or the Mummy films. Something pulpy, y'know?

One should not ignore audiobooks either. I recommend C.S. Lewis, N.T. Wright and Lois McMaster Bujold.

Whatever our principal community broadcaster, 3D Radio, happens to be playing at the time:;invariably independent/alternative, almost always musically interesting, and often difficult (or at least challenging) listening.