What instrumental song do you listen to while studying? Forum

ConMan345 · Post by **ConMan345** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:02 am

Bach's Goldberg Variations, by Gould, humming and all.

blhblahblah · Post by **blhblahblah** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:00 am

ConMan345 wrote:Bach's Goldberg Variations, by Gould, humming and all.

ta ta ta tatata

I used to wake up to this every morning, prior to the start of my daily prep.

beef wellington · Post by **beef wellington** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:28 am

Off the top of my head:

Tortoise's first album
Album Leaf - In a Safe Place
Steve Reich
Bembeya Jazz National

I do best with silence though. If I have to use music to drown something out I need it to be something I can ignore. Tortoise is really the best study music.

quadsixm · Post by **quadsixm** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:31 am

The battle song from "Gladiator." I'm not kidding.

Post by **OperaSoprano** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:35 am

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, the adagio.

Anything by Chopin or Beethoven.

Before finals, for luck: Seasons of Love from RENT.

Grond · Post by **Grond** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:31 am

ConMan345 wrote:Bach's Goldberg Variations, by Gould, humming and all.

This. Also, Keith Jarret.

2009 Prospective · Post by **2009 Prospective** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:54 am

kevin261186 wrote:I agree with Explosions in the Sky. They are amazing for this purpose. Especially thh album 'the earth is not a cold, dead place'. 65daysofstatic is pretty good too.

Props for Explosions in the Sky. I wish they could top "the Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place" but don't think it'll happen.

Threepeat · Post by **Threepeat** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:56 am

Sigur Ros and Explosions in the Sky are great as mentioned.

I'm also a fan of anything Lisa Gerrard (Gladiator and Man on Fire Soundtrack especially).

Some other random good stuff:

-Master and Commander soundtrack
-Remember the Titans Theme
-The Island Theme (Steve Jablonsky)
-Reflections of Earth, and Tapestry of Nations from the Millenium Celebration
-Most of John Williams stuff

tsub · Post by **tsub** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:08 am

Lux Aeterna from Requiem for a Dream anyone?

ExcitedBlutterance · Post by **ExcitedBlutterance** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:10 am

Chopin... most anything

jlnoa0915 · Post by **jlnoa0915** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:11 am

ExcitedBlutterance wrote:Chopin... most anything

+1, Nocturne FTW

ExcitedBlutterance · Post by **ExcitedBlutterance** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:21 am

jlnoa0915 wrote:
ExcitedBlutterance wrote:Chopin... most anything
+1, Nocturne FTW

In fact, that's on right now

Shrimps · Post by **Shrimps** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:46 am

ExcitedBlutterance wrote:
jlnoa0915 wrote:
ExcitedBlutterance wrote:Chopin... most anything
+1, Nocturne FTW
In fact, that's on right now

Is this his famous 'Nocturne WTF' played backwards?

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:54 am

John Coltrane: Giant Steps and Blue Train

Baden Powell, Jaoa Gilberto, and Charlie Byrd: Bossa Nova Guitarra Jubileu

lonestar · Post by **lonestar** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:59 am

I listen to one of the balmorhea albums. Great study tempo. Check em out, they played SXSW the last few years.

HiLine · Post by **HiLine** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:38 pm

An instrumental piece of music is not called a song.

Leaving nitpicking aside, my favorite piece right now is Verklarte Nacht by Schoenberg.
Shostakovich's symphonies are pretty suitable for keeping me concentrated. Otherwise, Rachmaninoff's piano concertoes will do. Classical stuff is too sweet.
If you count operas, then L'enfant et les sortilege by Ravel is one that I listen to for fun. The Chinese teapot song is just epic

When I want something different, string quartets and orchestral pieces by Bartok really arouse a different mood. Webern's orchestral pieces are sophisticated.
If I need dance music, Stravinsky's ballets are more than enough.
Sometimes my mind requires some moments of romance, so Debussy, Ravel's orchestral music generally will do.
For solo music, its hard to beat those French composers' piano pieces. Bach's cello suite is pretty good but sometimes feels a little monotonic.
I used to listen to Gershwin's music, but I find his music too pictographic and hence too distracting.

los blancos · Post by **los blancos** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:40 pm

Pleasantly surprised at the amount of EITS fanfare ITT. They're probably my favorite band ever, and yet no one I know has ever heard of them.

kevin261186 · Post by **kevin261186** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:59 am

Nightrunner wrote:
los blancos wrote:Pleasantly surprised at the amount of EITS fanfare ITT. They're probably my favorite band ever, and yet no one I know has ever heard of them.
I wrote a 24-page M.A. research paper in one night, running on only coffee and EITS. I don't think I could've done it without EITS.

Seriously.

This is almost as inspiring as Boobie Miles.

raskolnikov32 · Post by **raskolnikov32** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:24 am

Tom Joad · Post by **Tom Joad** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:26 am

This on repeat. Perfect beat to type to.

Verity · Post by **Verity** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:44 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgZja9AVqKg

They play this guy on the Weather Channel nonstop.

Flips88 · Post by **Flips88** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 12:56 am

Explosions in the Sky is TCR. Also Ludovico einaudi is good piano music.

My go to pre-exam song for all undergrad was "Death is the Road to Awe" by Clint Mansell from The Fountain.

For 1L exams I listened to "Impossible Soul" by Sufjan Stevens

togepi · Post by **togepi** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:00 am

Didnt bother reading because I'm at work and too lazy to do it, but if it hasn't been mentioned yet:

Vitamin String Quartet is what I usually listen to while studying. Their quartet covers bands from The Beatles to My Chemical Romance. Basically most of the bands you like will have some songs covered by them. It's nice to have the music drown out the ambiance, play familiar songs, and not be distracted too much due to the lack of lyrics.

Dookie39 · Post by **Dookie39** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:37 am

Anything by a band called Animals as Leaders, some of the most amazing instrumental guitar playing out there (He uses an 8 string). The music helps me really focus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqT1aA4Q88

Flips88 · Post by **Flips88** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:51 am

I'll do a shameless plug. Friend from high school has a pretty good instrumental rock band. You can stream it all for free here: --LinkRemoved--

Their first album, Paper City, is really good imho.

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