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Work and Music

by   |  August 5th, 2010
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So it’s no secret to me that when I am going to spend hours staring into the semi glossy world of micro sized LED’s for say, 360 minutes at a time, in order that I can lay out some web design and coding chops, as part of a fairly small solo web design shop, making super big sites with even bigger impact and hopeful insights….. that well, I need a little back up for this crazy run on adventure.


Meet my back up:

Pro athletes, epically in the Olympics, listen to music to get ready for that big race, throw, lift, game… ect. And I figure if it works for paid athletes then it should work for me. I have three key types of ‘musical moods’ that help me out when I am feeling the lag ‘slash’ I don’t want to work feeling.


The Zone Out »

These are tunes I listen to when I want to listen to music but really I need noise to help me fade away in to brain land. It keeps me from snapping back into the real world. I listen to ambient tunes and music without much in the way of lyrics. M83, Imogen Heap, the garden state sound track group, explosions in the sky.


The Motivators »
Indie Rock, Rock Rock, Hip-hop and Ratatat (rock and hip-hop are broad genres well Ratatat is a group just to be clear).Honestly listen to drugs by Ratata it’s amazing. Motivators are songs I listen to often late at night when I need to keep going and I can blast away without anyone calling me… because you are all asleep :)


Vinyle Anything »

Sometimes feeling cool, keeps me cool. If I come in to work early and my eyes are half open coffee kicks my brain… but vinyl. Vinyl kicks my soul. I can throw on something new in the old formate like Fleet Foxes, or Death Cab for Cutie or Ben Harper maybe and things just start to seem… warmer up.


My advance know your musical moods, and use them wisely :)

Ron Sparks

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Ron, thanks for the ideas! Your music (when it seeps out into the common space) is always good. When you added a turntable to your workspace I knew you were serious about it.

I listen to iTunes Radio for the variety. In the Ambient channel, Blue Zone Bolz works for me. It’s not all put-you-to-sleep music even tho it’s under “Ambient.” And for songs with lyrics, they’re in Francais, so I don’t have to be distracted by words. When it’s time to increase my heartbeat, the Urban hip-hop and Soul stations work for me. (Please do not picture me dancing while sitting down. Thank you.)


Lainie | August 10, 2010
 


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