Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/09/90)
Really-From: mbharrin%sdcc13@ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) Say, what are some sounds to study by? Sometimes I play some Tangerine Dream, and other times I play some Bach. Anything with vocals probably won't do because they are too distracting. And, it can't be too dramatic, like Beethoven's No. 9, etc. Any suggestions? -Matt H. -- Matthew B. Harrington Internet: matt@ucsd.edu University of California at San Diego Bitnet: MATT@UCSD 9450 Gilman Dr. 926067 UUCP: ucsd!matt La Jolla, CA 92092-6067 Tel: (619) 457-9884
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/10/90)
Really-From: The Guitarist From Hell <fox-r@cis.ohio-state.edu>
For myself, I like to listen to progressive rock in the background (or
in the foreground). A lot of people can't study to such things or to
music at all, but here are some suggestions with comments on how much
vocals are involved:
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (has some vocals but mainly lengthy
instrumental pieces, very complex music, mainly rock with some
wierdness thrown in)
King Crimson - various but notably Lizard (which has some vocals but the
title track is a 20 minute piece with lots of jazzy instrumental
passages)
Pat Metheny Group - no vocals at all. Some of their later stuff (like
First Circle, Still Life Talking) is very melodic yet good for
background.
National Health (never heard of them you say??) - an excellent jazz/rock
group with very very little vocals and great complex musical
schemes interspersed with solos by keyboards, horns and guitars.
A disc entitled National Health Complete was just released which
features all 3 of their albums on 2 CDs, definitely worth getting
if you like complex rock/jazz music.
Frank Zappa (seriously) has a some really good jazz music for background,
namely Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka. Also Hot Rats for the
most part. Another good one is You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore
Volume II in parts as much of this is instrumental although the
vocal parts might cause you to lose your train of thought!!
Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the Moon, pretty good for newage.
Michael Oldfield - Tubular Bells.
Just a few suggestions for you.
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Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/10/90)
Really-From: Jeffrey C. Burka <jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu> >Really-From: The Guitarist From Hell <fox-r@cis.ohio-state.edu> > >For myself, I like to listen to progressive rock in the background (or >in the foreground). A lot of people can't study to such things or to >music at all, but here are some suggestions with comments on how much >vocals are involved: I always study to music, and it's usually somewhere between the fore- and background... >Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the Moon, pretty good for newage. In a fusion-ynuagesortaway, I'm quite fond of Kitaro for studying. The only album I have is a double-CD best of that came out...oh, I guess last year, but I'm not sure--taped it from my dad's collection. The title is something along the lines of "Ten Years." I also like Enya for studying... but, then, I also listen to KaTe, Tull, Floyd, the Smiths, and everyone else in my collection while I study, so... Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka | "At night they're seen | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | Laughing, loving, | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | They know the way to be happy" --KaTe |
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/10/90)
Really-From: smith@pyrite.SOM.CWRU.Edu (Phil Smyth) Who studies? If I were I suggest these 2 albums as study music. Philip Glass: Solo Piano Vangelis: Soil Festivities
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/10/90)
Really-From: golden@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Stephen Golden) I used to study to Miss Bush, but recently I've become too easily distracted by her. I find it best to study to music I don't know well, that makes it easier to pay attention to the material. -- *************************************************************************** -- Stephen Golden -- golden@eniac.seas.upenn.edu "Hey babe, let me show you my slide rule!"
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/11/90)
Really-From: think!ames!csccat.cs.com!larry@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Larry Spence) In article <13105@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> mbharrin%sdcc13@ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) writes: > >Say, what are some sounds to study by? Sometimes >I play some Tangerine Dream, and other times >I play some Bach. Anything with vocals probably won't >do because they are too distracting. And, it >can't be too dramatic, like Beethoven's No. 9, etc. > >Any suggestions? Off the top of my head: 1. Erik Satie (classical): any piano music. 2. Chopin (classical): Nocturnes. 3. Bill Nelson (ambient / semi- new age): Chance Encounters In The Garden of Lights. 4. David Sylvian & Holger Czukay (ambient): Flux & Mutability, Plight & Premonition 5. Eno albums (ambient / pre- new age): On Land (Ambient 4), Music For Airports (Ambient 1?), other albums in the Ambient series. 6. Fripp/Eno: Evening Star (side 1 more than side 2). 7. Andy Summers (ambient / semi- new age): Mysterious Barracades, The Golden Wire. 8. Harold Budd (some w/Eno): The Serpent (in Quicksilver)/Abandoned Cities, The Plateau of Mirrors, The White Arcades, others. 9. The Durutti Column: The Guitar and Other Machines, Valuable Passages, The Sporadic Recordings. All of these are pretty tranquil. There are some very low-key vocals on some of the Durutti Column, and one vocal track (pretty lame) on Summers' "Golden Wire." My wife has been studying for her GRE recently, so we were faced with the same question. Playing stuff like the above keeps us both happy. --- Larry Spence larry@csccat.cs.com ...{uunet,texsun,cs.utexas.edu,decwrl}!csccat!larry
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/12/90)
Really-From: kk4fs!s_fungus@crdgw1.ge.com (Slender Fungus) Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes: > Really-From: mbharrin%sdcc13@ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) > > > Say, what are some sounds to study by? Sometimes > I play some Tangerine Dream, and other times > I play some Bach. Anything with vocals probably won't > do because they are too distracting. And, it > can't be too dramatic, like Beethoven's No. 9, etc. > > Any suggestions? > > > -Matt H. Well, you could try some non-vocal Mike Oldfield stuff e.g. "Tubular bells" Philip Glass' stuff is pretty good, also... As for classical, there's Tschaikovsky, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Haydn... They're not overly dramatic...
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (10/16/90)
Really-From: NEWSMGR@kontu.utu.fi Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0 1/9/90 VAX/VMS V5.3; site kontu.utu.fi Path: kontu.utu.fi!polaris.utu.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!uupsi!rpi!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com! usc!apple!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!GAFFA.MIT.EDU!Love-Hounds-request Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Re: music to study by Message-ID: <gsuwq2w163w@kk4fs.UUCP> From: Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU Date: 12 Oct 90 04:10:39 GMT Reply-To: Love-Hounds@gaffa.MIT.EDU Sender: Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU References: <13105@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Organization: KK4FS - Free Speech Forum, +1 615 283 0864 for BBS Approved: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu Lines: 21 Really-From: kk4fs!s_fungus@crdgw1.ge.com (Slender Fungus) Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes: > Really-From: mbharrin%sdcc13@ucsd.edu (Matthew Harrington) > > > Say, what are some sounds to study by? Sometimes > I play some Tangerine Dream, and other times > I play some Bach. Anything with vocals probably won't > do because they are too distracting. And, it > can't be too dramatic, like Beethoven's No. 9, etc. > > Any suggestions? > > > -Matt H. Well, you could try some non-vocal Mike Oldfield stuff e.g. "Tubular bells" Philip Glass' stuff is pretty good, also... As for classical, there's Tschaikovsky, Prokofiev, Dvorak, Haydn... They're not overly dramatic...