Music?

[Solar Haven]

so i was wondering what music does everyone listen to when they write?

i am building up a MASSIVE playlist and i can't think of any other songs or artists to incorporate in to it.

so feel free to post below what you listen to and eventually i will make a massive edit and add all the songs on the list

(Imagine Massive list here)

Artists:
Linkin Park
Celldweller
Skillet
Disturbed
Avenged Sevenfold

[Aurelianus Drak'shal]

Tool is always a firm favourite.

As well as The Animals, Johnny Cash, Cowboy Bebop OST, Rob Zombie, Rammstein, Sex Pistols, Generation X, The Damned, Billy Idol, Queens of The Stone Age, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Clash, Kittie, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Tenacious D, Dethklok, Metallica, X-Ray Spex, Flyleaf, Black Label Society, Hellsing OST, Planescape: Torment OST, KoRn, Disturbed, Lacuna Coil, Pink Floyd, The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, System of a Down...

I could keep this up all night, but this gives you a rough idea.

[Solar Haven]

it sure will be a long night of 'acquiring' Music.

[Aurelianus Drak'shal]

That was the short list, just off the top of my head.

[hoytti]

TobyMac
Apologetix
KJ-52
Newsboys
Chris Tomlin
DC Talk

[Witchblade]

Huh, I wonder where you got Skillet from.

Nightwish
Within Temptation
In This Moment
Kamelot
Rise Against
Chevelle
Sonata Arctica
Muse
fun.
Imagine Dragons
30 Seconds to Mars

And there are tons more I have not listed, but I just woke up 10 minutes ago.

[Hysteria]

I generally go with a theme and chuck on a few songs.

At the moment its pretty chilled listening:

FKA twigs - Water Me
DyE - Fantasy
Touch Sensitive - Pizza Guy
Vance Joy - Riptide
Andy Bull - Baby I Am Nobody Now
Professor Elemental - So Long Sally
Smith Street Band - Young Drunk (very Aussie, you have been warned)

A week-ish ago it was:
Bloc party - Ratchet
Suburban Dark ft. Jeswon - Skeletonne
with some Knife Party and Skrillex

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

I find that I can never go wrong with any Silversun Pickups or The Hives when I write.

But when I need to sit down and focus on writing, I tend to turn on an Internet radio station. Arecibo Radio (http://areciboradio.com/) and Radio Rivendell (https://www.radiorivendell.com/) are the two I go to the most.

[Ashla]

I'm sure nobody has ever heard about my amazing bands :(

The Letter Black (Greatest. band in. this. freaking. universe!!!!)
Falling Up (AAHHH!!! Jessy is an excellent singer and has the most creative lyrics! And Josh's drumming is just awesomness!!!)
Fireflight (Best female vocalist ever!)
Flyleaf (I don;t care if it's Kristen or Lacey singing, as long as the music and lyrics are good this band is still awesome!)
RED (One word: Epicness)
Plumb (The only pop artist I love to listen too xD)
Eowyn (Yes, there's a band called Eowyn)
Nine Lashes (Not as epic as RED but still very epic)
KJ-52 (Mountain dew song)
Krystal Meyers (I miss her soo much)
Thousand Foot Krutch (They taught me how to throw up my rawfist)
Skillet (Too popular... Jen is an awesome drummer though!)
StillWaiting

[Solar Haven]

for someone who would be interested in listening to Eowyn, what few songs would you recommend... youtube just gives lord of the rings stuff lol

and, Witchy i have known of Skillet for YEARS! they use to be the only thing i listened to for awhile. you just so happened to enjoy listening to them as well

[Prophet]

ADRIAN VON ZEIGLER!
BrunnuhVille
FOB
WoW soundtrack, MoP and WoTLK
30StM
Imagine Dragons

[Mage Hunter]

I listen to in no particular order;

Limp Bizkit
Trivium
All That Remains
Breaking Benjamin
Fall Out Boy
Daisuke Ishiwatari
Five Finger Death Punch

[Ashla]

for someone who would be interested in listening to Eowyn, what few songs would you recommend... youtube just gives lord of the rings stuff lol

and, Witchy i have known of Skillet for YEARS! they use to be the only thing i listened to for awhile. you just so happened to enjoy listening to them as well

My favorite songs by Eowyn are "Beautiful Ashes", "To My Surprise", "Crashing", and "Locked Away"

And I know everybody loves Skillet xD

[Mordelain]

At the moment it's The Wire, by Haim, but very much the new Arctic Monkeys album, Anathema, and always Frank Turner.

[Morkotar]

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Macklemore, Regina Spektor, Across the Universe Soundtrack, Sting and the Police

[Warpath]

I don't know what a Skillet is. It sounds like something you would call someone mockingly. What up home skillet.

Anyway, I will listen to literally almost anything with a strong beat. I was recently in the car with a friend and couldn't connect to Pandora for whatever reason, so I put my phone on shuffle. I think it went from like...Immortal or I to Sleigh Bells to "Terraforming" off the Man of Steel soundtrack to Danzig to Skrillex to Lady Gaga. Or Lykke Li? One of the two, possibly both, probably not in that order. It was round about "Kids" by Sleigh Bells that she gave me a weird look and said "You have an...eclectic...taste in music." It didn't sound like a compliment.

I have a Pandora station built around Lords of Acid. I typically listen to that when I'm writing. One of my favorite scenes I've ever written was written to "Breath of Life" by Florence and the Machine. If I'm not feeling very interested in fantasy I'll listen to The Sword or Amon Amarth. If I'm writing something exciting but not violent, Nico Vega, but if I'm writing a particularly intense scene (a chase?), Dunderpatrullen. Need to get in a Flint-y mindset? Black Label Society. Marcus? Sahg. To get me into the down-home mindset for my latest thread with Luned, I've been listening to Christian Kane.

I will listen. to. *anything. Luned even got me to listen to that Mackelmore guy and I liked it.

*(Except Skillet, Five Finger Death Punch, or Fall out Boy. I shake my head at you)

[Ashla]

Skillet is a rock band. They've been around for around 8 years X_X

[black shadow]

If I listen to music when I try to write, I get distracted and don't write very much, but when I do listen to music while writing I listen to the afters, casting crowns, Brandon Heath, John Reuben, Family Force Five, Rapture Ruckus, FM Static, Reliant K, and Matthew West

[Roc]

If I listen to music when I try to write, I get distracted and don't write very much

I hear that. With the exception of smooth jazz, turning on music when I'm trying to write is just a surefire way to get nowhere. For smooth jazz, I honestly don't know many artists - I just turn on the smooth jazz channel and turn my attention elsewhere. Good background music.

My favorite genre is rock, though, venturing into the fringes of metal occasionally. Sevendust, Silent Season, Silvergun, Eye Empire, Aranda, and Ra are some names. Gemini Syndrome is one that I just found out about, their new album sounds good from what I've heard. Skindred for something a little bit different. Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, Volbeat. But like I said, I can't listen to most of this while writing or I just end up listening to the music, lol.

[Warpath]

Ooooh, Ra, I'd forgotten all about them. Good call!

[Mage Hunter]

*(Except Skillet, Five Finger Death Punch, or Fall out Boy. I shake my head at you)

I'm more surprised you hate those three than Limp Bizkit. I figured of all the ones to shake your head at I'd get razzed over that!

[Luned]

I'm not sure why it's so entertaining to see what music I have in common with whom. I don't listen to a lot of music while writing because I get hopelessly distracted by stuff I really like, but I have a couple go to playlists if I'm struggling to get in the mindset:

Silversun Pickups, Queens of the Stoneage, Dandy Warhols, and Modest Mouse populate my chill background music list.

If I need to feel all STRONG FEMALE LEAD I go with Regina Spektor, Bat for Lashes, Metric, Gracious Calamity, and freakin' Janelle Monae (the booty don't lie).

If I need to get a certain feel, I put on soundtrack scores, which works pretty well because they all have different personalities. I'm not going to list those because I'd never stop. I listen to a lot of other stuff (I also have gotten the "eclectic" diss, Warpath), but most of it is too distracting to write to.

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

Metric and Janelle Monae are the best, Luned.

[Ashla]

If I need to feel all STRONG FEMALE LEAD I go with Regina Spektor, Bat for Lashes, Metric, Gracious Calamity, and freakin' Janelle Monae (the booty don't lie).
Some other strong female-fronted bands are Firefight (Dawn's voice is like a powerhouse! X_X Just listen to "Stay Close"!) The Letter Black (if you're looking for female singers who scream off and on too) and Flyleaf (Lacey just left the band last year, but Kristen is an excellent replacement)

[Ashla]

Oh jeez! I forgot to add Icon For Hire to the list of bands I listen too! (Like the majority, Icon is a rock band with a female vocalist xD)

[Aurelianus Drak'shal]

Oh, and Meytall Cohen is a goddess!

[Luned]

Some other strong female-fronted bands are Firefight (Dawn's voice is like a powerhouse! X_X Just listen to "Stay Close"!) The Letter Black (if you're looking for female singers who scream off and on too) and Flyleaf (Lacey just left the band last year, but Kristen is an excellent replacement)

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check'em out. : )

[Ashla]

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check'em out. : )

Your welcome :)

[Ashla]

(This isn;'t exactly on track with the sibject, but it's still music so...)
ICON FOR HIRE SONG LEEEAAAAAK!! *Icon For Hire fans go crazy*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPbF_ZyRzf4&feature=youtu.be

[Solar Haven]

damn! i have never heard of them before, but i can get behind that song!

[Ashla]

damn! i have never heard of them before, but i can get behind that song!
Icon For Hire IS pretty awesome! Listen to "Get Well" and "Cynics and Critics"!

[Silence Sei]

Not sure the band who sings it, or the real title of the song, but the opening song to the anime Toriko is so metal, it makes my head explode every time I listen to it.

[Hysteria]

Are we talking about the Japanese opening? I just youtube, not sure what you are going on about :p

Deadman Wonderland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mPyR7EIG8) opening on the other hand.

I should get back into that. It was surprisingly full on. Classroom of kids exploded, main character wakes up surrounded by the blood of his friends and looking into the decapitated head of his female friend. Ep 1 bitches.

[Silence Sei]

Are we talking about the Japanese opening? I just youtube, not sure what you are going on about :p

Deadman Wonderland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1mPyR7EIG8) opening on the other hand.

I should get back into that. It was surprisingly full on. Classroom of kids exploded, main character wakes up surrounded by the blood of his friends and looking into the decapitated head of his female friend. Ep 1 bitches.

I'm going on about...

*random Japanese* POWAH!
*Random Japanese*
*random Japanese*
*Random Japanese*

Gouro-Met, FIGH-TA!"

[Hysteria]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWgi95GUHg8

Apparently its called Guts Guts. Fitting name I suppose :p

Naruto Shippuden original opening song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2j1Pohvi20) still kicks butt. Just say'n.

[Ashla]

Naruto Shippuden original opening song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2j1Pohvi20) still kicks butt. Just say'n.
Ooh! I love this one!

[Ashla]

This is probably my new favorite song by this band! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zOpg5obQI)

[Aurelianus Drak'shal]

After the past week, I can strongly recommend Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

[Luned]

The Misfits are in town tonight so I've been listening to them to get jazzed up in case I have time to go after my other plans. They've made a surprisingly good soundtrack for Cell writing. A couple recs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LOaEzmaPfU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F39UP1mjAnc