That describes my process exactly. When in the depths of some convoluted, confusing 3D logic path I require either absolute silence or at the most some classical, ambient, trance. Vocals have a tendency to knock the whole cardhouse down. (unless it's Sigur Ros, which one can't really sing along to in the head) Absolute silence is difficult at times with 3 other workstations directly beside me, which is when the earplugs come out and the 'No Coheed and Cambria' sign goes up.
When up here on the surface and doing the more visually creative aspects however, things get quite a bit more upbeat. Industrial, old Skinny Puppy, the Cramps, Interpol, She Wants Revenge etc. I Love Yahoo Music's "artist fan station" for streaming. It's almost as good as MusicMatch used to be. I do find, however, that I have to keep watch on how much industrial I'm listening to when in 'graphics land' due to the possibility of the design incorporating too much of a 'barbed wire and concrete' style. Does anybody else find that the creative process can be greatly influenced by what's currently playing? On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 3:18 AM, James Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I am designing I can listen to anything from Jazz to Goth/Industrial > to Classical, but when coding I can't really listen to stuff with > distinct vocals so it tends to be lots of ambient and trip-hop, with the > odd splash of techno or drum'n'bass thrown in. > > Sigur Ros seem to make me most productive. > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
