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swifty
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 14:52:23
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just wonderin if other people thinks it adds atmosphere to the books.if im building up to big fight scene i like a bit of post rock like godspeed you black emperor or mogwai.i also like electronic dance music if im reading although i wouldnt usually listen to this style.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 15:03:20
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Music that I've written and/or composed, mostly. Especially when I'm reading Elaine's or Ed's books. Since I've often used lyrics they've penned for certain Realms songs -- and then wrote my own music to support those lyrics.*
Otherwise, it's mostly all classical. Seriously. I've got such an extensive library of classical/baroque/folk/chant/renaissance recordings, that I've forgotten most of what's in my collection.
* I intend to do much the same for the lyrics Erik's put together for the "Nightingale's Song" in Ghostwalker too. But I'll need some further input from him before I put quill to sheet music.
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 15:03:58
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You should post some playlists, Sage! I'm always looking for good recordings of ancient music. Right now I'm especially looking for solo or small group woodwind pieces of baroque and older folk stuff.
As for the original poster, while I don't often listen to music while I'm reading, for me it has to be something either without vocals or without vocals in a language I know (or can understand in the recording). I tend to listen to music the same way I read a book or watch a movie--when I'm listening to an album, that's what I'm doing.
That said, for the non-western Faerūn part of the Realms, I've really been digging the Rough Guide series of cds of world music. I like the Sufi album a lot.
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 15:05:47
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I tried various music styles while reading FR. I even used the music titles from the BG2 game.
But in the end I figured out that it works best for me without music. 
If a book cannot capture me enough to blend out the music completely, then it is mostly a bad read...
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Kilvan
Senior Scribe
Canada
896 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 15:06:35
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Heavy Metal  ! But then, not just while reading, pretty much all the time. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 15:19:24
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
You should post some playlists, Sage! I'm always looking for good recordings of ancient music. Right now I'm especially looking for solo or small group woodwind pieces of baroque and older folk stuff.
Hmmm. Let me see what I've got, and then I'll post them to my blog.
Off-hand, and if you can find them in the US, I'd recommend some of the early recordings of the Woodwind staff from the University of Melbourne, Victoria. They tend to cover a lot of period-specific music from across the last three centuries. I'll track down some titles for you, if you're interested. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3252 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 15:28:40
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| If you're interested in some 'auld-time' bardic music, I suggest Sting's Songs from the Labyrinth. The lute player (Edin Karamazov) is amazing and it's very traditional traveling bard songs. Although it still remains an acquired taste to many. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36966 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 16:00:04
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| I usually just listen to the radio (regular Top 40 stuff), or sometimes some internet radio (often 80's music). I prefer to have music on in the background at all times, but I also want something that won't distract me from my reading. I pop in a selected album or bunch of MP3s when I'm doing anything but reading. |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 16:01:41
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| All the styles, without any preference... Heavy Metal, folk music, classic, new age, gregorian chant, hard rock,, all depends of my humor in the moment... |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 16:56:16
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| Music is constant (blues, classical, 60's and 70's rock & soul), but it has no effect my reading. I could just as well put on Edgar Winter as Debussy whilst reading Ed and then listen to the same album reading Huysmans. Going back and forth to the record player is as much a part of reading as turning the pages at times. |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 17:18:14
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Sounds great Sage. Your blog is in my RSS reader, so I'll see anything you post. I appreciate it!
And I'll check around for the U of M recordings--maybe the music library at the local university has 'em.
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
You should post some playlists, Sage! I'm always looking for good recordings of ancient music. Right now I'm especially looking for solo or small group woodwind pieces of baroque and older folk stuff.
Hmmm. Let me see what I've got, and then I'll post them to my blog.
Off-hand, and if you can find them in the US, I'd recommend some of the early recordings of the Woodwind staff from the University of Melbourne, Victoria. They tend to cover a lot of period-specific music from across the last three centuries. I'll track down some titles for you, if you're interested.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 17:29:08
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I tend to listen to music the same way I read a book or watch a movie--when I'm listening to an album, that's what I'm doing.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 17:57:29
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
I tend to listen to music the same way I read a book or watch a movie--when I'm listening to an album, that's what I'm doing.
Same here--besides, I can't concentrate on two things at once.
Indeed, the only time I turn off music is when I'm readin because I'd lose concentration on the book. Otherwise, I have music playing all the time. (I even sleep with music playing, if it turns off it wakes me up. grumble.) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36966 Posts |
Posted - 31 Mar 2009 : 18:09:43
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
I tend to listen to music the same way I read a book or watch a movie--when I'm listening to an album, that's what I'm doing.
Same here--besides, I can't concentrate on two things at once.
Indeed, the only time I turn off music is when I'm readin because I'd lose concentration on the book. Otherwise, I have music playing all the time. (I even sleep with music playing, if it turns off it wakes me up. grumble.)
That's the one time I don't listen to music... I even have a shower radio! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 01 Apr 2009 : 00:28:04
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Otherwise, I have music playing all the time. (I even sleep with music playing, if it turns off it wakes me up. grumble.)
Aye, 'tis the same for me as well. I've got my home, car, and office radios all tuned in to the same classical music station. It really has become the "soundtrack of my life." Heh.
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That's the one time I don't listen to music... I even have a shower radio!
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 01 Apr 2009 : 19:09:48
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I rarely read FR these days
there was a similar thread yesterday at wotc
sometimes we use background roleplaying music, tough it's not loud
mostly classical or some famous film music, or underground hip hop (instrumental like DJ Shadow, Krush ...)
I played Wu-Tang in an oriental campaign, and recently Radiohead for the Grey Waste, really expressed the apathy, new age is suitable for places like Arcadia, MT mentioned Bowie for Limbo, agreed
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 01 Apr 2009 : 19:46:41
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That's the one time I don't listen to music... I even have a shower radio!
Ah, but do you have one near the "sluice-privy?" I know I do.
My computer room has a bathroom across the hall. I can hear the radio in there.
I used to have a radio in the bathroom, separate from the shower one, but I decided it was redundant and tossed it when I moved out of my apartment. I was doing my best to break myself of my packrat habit (the fire really helped with that, too!  ). |
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Knight of the Gate
Senior Scribe
USA
624 Posts |
Posted - 01 Apr 2009 : 21:16:55
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 02 Apr 2009 : 06:16:12
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| Putumayo's Celtic Tides...also, Gregorian Chants occassionally. Go ahead and judge me if you will. :) |
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Sian
Senior Scribe
Denmark
596 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2009 : 08:14:09
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| lowvolume metal (in the lines such as Rhapsody in Fire, Dragonforce or the like) or meditation music inspired by old Gregorian or Celtic Chants |
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Nerfed2Hell
Senior Scribe
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 02 Apr 2009 : 22:02:19
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I usually listen to CDs by this band: http://www.arconareelband.com/
I saw them at a renaissance faire one summer and picked up a few of their CDs while I was there. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2009 : 11:34:49
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| Lord of the Rings soundtrack works well, as well as songs from various RPG video games (especially realms games like NWN and BG). |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 03 Apr 2009 : 20:10:24
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| It depends, with the advent of MP3 I put a whole bunch of CDs (converted) onto one CD and play it in my DVD player... I used to read while listening to music, and I still do, but there're times when I just forget to switch the thing on... if, then usually rock/metal/prog/fusion...or soundtracks |
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Kiaransalyn
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
762 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2009 : 12:38:19
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Originally posted by swifty
just wonderin if other people thinks it adds atmosphere to the books.if im building up to big fight scene i like a bit of post rock like godspeed you black emperor or mogwai.i also like electronic dance music if im reading although i wouldnt usually listen to this style.
I find any music distracting when I'm reading with the exception of some classical music. Opera is definitely distracting.
Godspeed you Black Emperor is great music but when I play music, I generally sit and listen to it, and appreciate it for itself.
Edit: Then again it's been a few years since I've read a Realms novel. And there haven't been any of those that I own that I wish to re-read. |
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IngoDjan
Learned Scribe
Brazil
146 Posts |
Posted - 05 Apr 2009 : 17:11:28
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| None, I like silence when reading. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:07:27
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With regards to gaming, not reading, I played some tracks from a band I spotted at EnWorld (or some place like that) called Nox Arcana during our game yesterday and the players really dug it.
Sage, no luck on the U or M recordings. So far, the only thing the music guy at my public library has reserved for me after I dropped him a note with my broad parameters is a recording called 600 Years by a group called Calefax, but I haven't been down to pick it up yet.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:23:20
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Sage, no luck on the U or M recordings.
Confound it! 
No worries though. I've since contacted the University of Melbourne and they've advised me that the musical faculty will be uploading most of the more recent material to a special website soon.
If you're still interested, I'll let you know when it goes live.
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 06 Apr 2009 : 16:25:50
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That would be fantastic, yes, please do! Thanks!
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Sage, no luck on the U or M recordings.
Confound it!
No worries though. I've since contacted the University of Melbourne and they've advised me that the musical faculty will be uploading most of the more recent material to a special website soon.
If you're still interested, I'll let you know when it goes live.
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Fisk
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Posted - 16 May 2009 : 21:30:17
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I like to listen to a Mittelalter Rock group called Schandmaul. It's a very interesting group that plays medieval music (either the theme, or just the sound) with common rock instruments today, and with medieval/classic instruments. A good friend of mine from Germany introduced me to them, about the same time I showed him NWN.
Otherwise, some classical stuff like Bach or Beethoven, or Romantic like Dvorak or Tcaikovsky. I have a larger collection of folk tunes, also.
Not on topic, but when playing D&D, I tend to listen to Midnight Syndicate. They have very creepy music, that lends a lot to gameplay. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 17 May 2009 : 01:12:54
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Otherwise, some classical stuff like Bach or Beethoven, or Romantic like Dvorak or Tcaikovsky. I have a larger collection of folk tunes, also.
That's good to hear. Tchaikovsky's music doesn't get nearly as much appreciation as it should.
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