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Post by Genna on Sept 28, 2005 11:23:15 GMT -5
I was wondering what you kids listen to when you do your art? Does it depend on the type of art, or do you prefer to listen to nothing at all?
I always study with music on and it affects my studies probably negatively...... haha but I was wondering if the music would affect art in a positive way instead.
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Post by Seph on Sept 28, 2005 19:53:36 GMT -5
Wow... been such a while since I've last been here.
I find I work best in perfect silence, not that I draw much. It's not surprising though since if I do something, it's likely writing, and I find it hard to concentrate on the words if I have a song going on in the background.
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Post by Pocketto on Sept 29, 2005 10:17:28 GMT -5
I draw well when I have music on. It inspires me.
I can't study with music. It's distracting.
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Post by Genna on Sept 29, 2005 16:11:29 GMT -5
s'up seph!! where've you been?! i think I'm going to try putting on something hardcore like beethoven's 9th or something and see how my fashion inspired by.... piece turns out. If it doesn't turn out - well I guess I'll blame a famous dead guy.
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Post by Seph on Sept 30, 2005 19:57:30 GMT -5
I haven't really been anywhere.... except it seems like I missed the meeting because I didn't even know about it! *makes a face*
Some reason, the emails that got sent around never got to me... Maybe April doesn't have my Email?
Usually when I listen to songs, I have one anime one on and likely on repeat.
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Post by Advent Childhe on Oct 1, 2005 12:34:03 GMT -5
Greetings:
I tend to listen to a whole gamesh of things. Depending on my mood and what I am doing at the moment I'll listen to different things. Usually I listen to a mix of orchestral, world beat, and jazz.
When I am feeling lost, I'll wistle Goodnight Julia from Cowboy Bebop. That remains my favourite Sax pieces.
When I write poetry i listen to music with a more dangerous beat. Cirque Du Soleil is always a good choice.
So long and thanks for all the fish, Wayward,
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Post by Velata on Oct 1, 2005 23:57:49 GMT -5
... May I...? There was some study done a while ago about how music affects the performance of memory-related tasks. It turns out that silence (neutral stimulus) creates a pretty good base-line (... vindicates all those parental warnings about distraction, hein?) Classical, or soft intrumental music seems to enhance memory retrieval and hard rock-n-roll seems to reduce that ability. If that's the type of answer our president is looking for... here it is. If the president is wondering what makes Velata's crazed mind tick... well... I listen to classical in the morning (read: between 8:00am to 1:00pm), Guns n Roses in the afternoon (especially from 3:00 to 4:00), a mix of international songs (Instrumental, world-beat, French, Spanish, Latin, Japanese... anything I don't speak) in the early evening, and some heavier, orchestral rock (... yes, they exist) in the night. I go back to hard rock in the middle of the night if necessary (read: between 2:30am to 8:00am). ~sigh... I need an iPod, if only those dreaded earphones don't hurt my head so much...
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Post by Genna on Oct 3, 2005 11:20:00 GMT -5
Guns n Roses in the afternoon (especially from 3:00 to 4:00) Very nice choice. I too regularly spin them (UYI 1 more than the others right now) but less than b4.... Chinese Democracy betta drop soon. for the record tho - I hardly ever study with GNR on cuz that is virtually impossible. commands my attention. same w/ AC/DC <--- I have to dance. actually same with a lot of bands......damn i suck. Seph: email april - siber_perlstern@hotmail.com right away!
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Post by Advent Childhe on Oct 3, 2005 22:52:06 GMT -5
Greetings:
I have never understood how people can dance to classic rock and roll music.
I have tried it. The rehab bill afterwards was quite shocking.
So long and thanks for all the fish, Wayward,
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Post by Velata on Oct 3, 2005 23:21:28 GMT -5
... May I...? Head-banging is sure hard on the neck, but that doesn't mean it's the only way to dance to classical rock-n-roll. It's a nice and popular one, for sure... but definately not the only one. When I'm in the dancing mood, I grab my imaginary guitar and torture my spine and knees to get the right "Slash-ness". Other times, I grab my microphone stand (no microphones! ) and scream into it with Axel. Our president is right... definately not the music to study with. ;D Then again, here's a geeky joke with AC/DC: I was in a genetics class, and we were discussing transposable elements in the plant genome. They were first found in maize (Indian corn) plants, and their transposable elements were called the AC and the DS. My prof actually said they were AC and DC!!! Imagine this: "... So, the different coloured kernels you see in maize is the result of these transposons: AC/DC..." I'd never looked at genetics in the same way ever again... To President: Um... what's this Chinese Democracy thing you're talking about...? What does that have to do with GnR?
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Post by Genna on Oct 4, 2005 13:35:43 GMT -5
ahah
would love to see velata rock out! I actually just go nuts - like dance like a crazy person... in my room ONLY!! "...Knockin' me out with those American thighs Taking more than her share Had me fighting for air She told me to come but I was already there......"
I would love to be able to channel all that primal energy into art that I do... like if I'm listening to you shook me all night long - would my art be more explosive?
And Chinese Democracy's the long awaited "new" Guns N' Roses album! Actually it's just Axl Rose now plus a bunch of other guys who aren't Slash... (lol but I hear they are really talented - there are dudes from Nine Inch Nails, Primus and the Replacements). 10 years or so later and 13 million $$ later... it still hasn't dropped. whatever: Axl's just a perfectionist psycho.
I have a few songs that could be on Chinese Democracy... they were played live a few years ago. They rock pretty hard -and if you're interested I can send them to you - just private message me.
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Post by Advent Childhe on Oct 4, 2005 19:32:34 GMT -5
Greetings:
I liked that band. I really hope Axl Rose gets his act together this time.
Hmmm. This is an interesting bit of trivia. Apparantly, I do a good Christina Agulera impersonation when needs be. I have always said that I'd do it better with music to go with it though. Sad.
I mean no offense, but the recent wash of "pop" music has really steeped to a all time low (Sigh). At least Christina had the lungs to go somewhere. What happened to good song writing? What happened to meaningful lyrics? Is it all just beat-boxes and drum-machines?
So long and thanks for all the fish, Wayward,
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Post by Tim on Oct 4, 2005 21:28:20 GMT -5
When I shot in black & white, I was really into the Yardbirds. Even when I shot in colour. Songs by them are in my head when I take shots of architecture, or photos of urban wasteland: factories, concrete enclaves in the city that no one hangs around at anymore, railway tracks. Strangely enough, I don't have songs in mind when I shoot portraits =P They just happen.
When I did my Chromium Man, I'd listen to almost anything -but usually jazz: Instrumentals by Piero Umiliani (Sweden Heaven & Hell; White Angel Black Angel), to Duke Ellington (The Far East Suite), to Miles Davis (Bitches Brew). Rock would come into play whenever I worked out. Either rock or anything with a beat. Running to Massive Attack is amazing. But when running or on the elliptical I like something that changes tempo -and when doing some static exercise (like pushups) something that's steady is better. The Beatles were there for my lab-reports or whatever I did infront of my computer. But when I studied it was either with some classical in the background or silence. My mind gets distracted easily.
Wayward, I think that there still is a lot of good music out there right now. It might not be in mainstream "pop" but if you listen really hard, the good tunes still come out at last. I like the new Audioslave video, for instance (yeah, I know it's rock) and there are good lyrics. It's not just the lyrics either, but the melody or even the beat. Drum machines aren't bad either: both Nine Inch Nails and Beck use them extensively. I think they're essential for the solo composer. There are a number of ways to convey a meaning or a message through music. And sometimes the medium is the message (McLuhan).
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Post by Velata on Oct 4, 2005 22:46:31 GMT -5
... May I...? That sounds completely cool! Speaking of Slash and the gang, what's your view on Velvet Revolver? I know Scott Weiland isn't Axel Rose, but the rest of GnR is with the Revolver! Ah... on the other hand... I usually "rock out" in complete privacy. After a nasty incident where I broke a lamp, I do it a lot less now. Hein... this sort of behaviour contradicts the picture Pocket painted me in on the other forum thread ("Gothic Japanese rock, vampires, bats...). I'm personally not quite sure which one suits me better, although people don't think I'm capable of both...
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Post by Advent Childhe on Oct 5, 2005 22:38:55 GMT -5
Greetings:
I have to admit that there are some good tunes out there, but I don't see any of them having such a powerful punch in the music world. Perhapes its just my ignorance on the subject, but the supposed "powerful stuff" out there is also advertising for "Stuff by Duff".
(grin)
I snuck in on one of Velatta's Vampire Love Rock Sessions. I had to squat beneath a table because there were so many people there. But then I got bitten and have ever since then began to practise Necromancy.
All Hail the Ram.
So long and thanks for all the fish, Wayward,
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