What music do you listen to while drawing?

Bobby Aquitania

My parents and family were voracious music buffs, and I couldn't imagine working without it... after all, variety is the spice of life they say.

Edit: Charlie - I'd kill to see Joni Mitchell live, she is my all time favorite. I've seen Stevie Nicks, she does not disappoint. So sad to hear about Glen Frey's passing, I grew up on the Eagles.

Shinji: I'm not mad anymore... had 5 teeth pulled yesterday as a preventive mesaure against my chemo treatment. But that is a small price to pay for being alive. Hopefully in 6 weeks I will have some partials to eat solid food again. Not that I can't now, it's just annoying.

If you are looking for something relaxing to listen to while working, I would say pick a genre, then make yourself a mix. I prefer to make the piece have a matching theme. I have a Disney folder of songs I listen to for SVS, it kind of puts me in the mood for the work we do here.

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Lynn Larson

@shinjifujioka I finally broke down and subscribed...stories unbound is awesome!

shinjifujioka

@Lynn-Larson Subscribed? Do you have to pay for it? I thought it was on iTunes for free. That's how I listened to it.

Leontine

@shinjifujioka
Thats the Theme song from 'The little prince...' great film.

shinjifujioka

@Leontine Oops, wrong link. I meant this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6u5D-5LWSg

And I can't wait for The LIttle Prince to come out in the US. It's one of my favorite books.

Leontine

@shinjifujioka The little prince is really nice and creative. Ive been watching it on my way to Brazil, and when I came home Ive watched it again. The link you've send is also a beautiful song. XD . I listen to it now while starting up working. You might like this as wel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJ37qyuU2s
(Dutch artists)

shinjifujioka

@Leontine Looks like I know what I'll be listening to as I draw today

Ace Connell

If I'm caricaturing a musician, I'll listen to them throughout the full process. If not, I'll either listen to podcasts of sing along to anything from Michael Jackson to heavy rock.

ACE

shinjifujioka

@Ace-Connell Is it strange that I'm not surprised that you listen to that when I see your caricatures? It kind of has that punch/edginess/contrast.

Lynn Larson

@shinjifujioka There are more on his site it's a lot like here. I subscribed to get the extras, i'm a glutton for anything i can learn

Katrina Fowler

I listen to digital music. www.di.fm There a many channels to choose but I usually listen to the Progressive, the Vocal trance and the Down tempo lounge. I also have a playlist of oldies too!

DanetteDraws

@Leontine Just checking out Mister & Mississippi now, they really remind me of Of Monsters and Men (one of my favs!) Good stuff

As for me - I also listen to a lot of podcasts, but when I do listen to music it's usually indie - indie rock, indie pop, indie folk- love east coast sounding music (although I live on the west coast!) - the kind you'd want to get up and dance around in circles too with linked arms. I'm also a sucker for really epic movie soundtracks... Harry Potter, LOTR, Labryinth, Donnie Darko, anything Andrew Lloyd Weber, etc.

shinjifujioka

Love movie soundtracks. The one for Interstellar is a great one to draw to.

audrey dowling

I like random, so I just put on the radio, but if I have enough (which is quickly enough), I just put on ambiant sounds
or... ahem... I like listening to @Will-Terry 's voice while working I find it motivating. So I play the SVS classes or his youtube videos. am I weird? lol

JajaJulie

Like others have mentioned, I like to listen to music on Spotify. It shuffles through the music for me without having to go searching, nor take me away from my work.

This is actually how I found the bands, Sleeping At Last & ODESZA I like to listen to them the most while drawing. Really gets my imagination flowing, plus most of their songs are rather calming.

@audrey-dowling I listen to @Will-Terry as well while working. Definitely helpful with tips to keep in mind while creating. Not weird! Or maybe we both are. Haha :3

mattramsey

@shinjifujioka Have you heard of Eisley? They are in similar vein to the Gabrielle Aplin song you posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uITNbUWK3iU (sometimes I just put this album on repeat and paint for a few hours)

and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z5mPOqyTlo (one of the saddest songs ever imo--and great to paint to)

I like to listen very melodic stuff like that, sometimes heavier dubstep (have to be in the right mood), heavy rock (crazy stuff like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4sZhL_8WL4&list=PL79ZUqe2WN259LrQj7UJ50cNgaEYpF-yQ&index=7).

However, for a while know I've been listening to various audiobooks, science/social podcasts and youtube channels. Stumbled upon Milton Friedmen recently on Youtube and I've been thinking about his ideas as I paint.

I find that if I'm in the drawing/design stage I have to listen to music--I can't listen to spoken word because I won't process any of it. That initial planing stage is always such a struggle and I have to concentrate. When I get to the coloring/rendering stage I can kinda go into autopilot and pay more attention to words.

shinjifujioka

@audrey-dowling I laughed when I read your comment about Will's voice. Haha, I listen to his videos to while working on art stuff too.

shinjifujioka

@mattramsey Been listening to Eisley for a couple hours now while I work on my 3rd Thursday piece...