tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post2427957153314834973..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Music While PaintingJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30881385722423349512010-12-17T05:29:41.586-05:002010-12-17T05:29:41.586-05:00Thank you for posting such a useful, impressive an...Thank you for posting such a useful, impressive and a wicked article./Wow.. looking good<br /><a href="http://www.gfmpainting.co.uk" rel="nofollow">oil painting on canvas</a>Thiruppathy Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628133449123139122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-5263506289508463452010-01-19T03:11:30.948-05:002010-01-19T03:11:30.948-05:00I generally go for almost invisible music from sou...I generally go for almost invisible music from soundtracks like <br /><br />-The Fountain <br /><br />-Moon<br /><br />by Clint Mansell and <br /><br />-Equilibrium<br /><br />by Klaus Badelt. No words, just mood setting stuff. You can listen to them on www.last.fm by navigating to their profiles for a sample. The <br /><br />-Myst game Soundtracks <br /><br />are fantastic too. The first two are a little too heavily electronic and primitive, but Myst III, IV, V and Uru are all great to escape into when you're trying to invent a scene or subject. Theyre explorative games so they're devoid of abrasive battle music and generally just sound intrigueing. I generally go for soundtracks rather than albums as theyre there to set a mood and not to get a message across. I steer clear of soundtracks for movies I watch all the time as well, or they end up influencing what I make :/ <br /><br />Philip Glass can be great. Post Minimalist music kind of cancels out the background noise without influencing your mood very much. Try<br /> <br />- Solo Piano (Philip Glass)<br /><br />if you're interested. The tracks are incredibly similar, bar some key changes and little trills. It means you can listen to what is essentially a song with a coherent theme for a little under an hour without growing bored of it. Grows on you like moss. <br /><br />-Elgar's Enigma Variations <br /><br />and <br /><br />-Holst's The Planets <br /><br />are both stupidly beautiful as well, and apart from a couple of Holst's, work well in the background without too many sudden climaxes that shock you out of whatever you were doing.<br /><br />I'm making up some compilation-type playlists at the moment so I can have soundtracks that match the emotion of what I'm making. Not sure whether thats the right way of going about it. I know Robin Hobb sits in complete silence when she writes. I imagine you could get some interference while working, thinking that what you're making is giving you the right response, rather than it really being the music. <br /><br />I've listened to audiobooks most of the time while im painting in the past, but have decided to stop completely. It feels like I'm multitasking, but in fact I think I'm unknowingly relinquishing my ability to properly consider the painting as I work on it, as I'm too busy comprehending the book to think about whether the perspective makes the guy in the foreground look too big, or the shadow behind that small building is dragging all the focus away from where I want it. I end up with an almost finished render and realise that there are one or two fundamental flaws with the image that I have to go back and rework, which makes everything take twice as long. I look back at the painting when its done and each little section reminds me of a scene from the book and I think "well it took way longer than it should have but at least I got through half the bloody Foundation series"... Yes.groperofeuropahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234690663336830890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-24108406466834875412009-12-18T17:17:04.995-05:002009-12-18T17:17:04.995-05:00I've ripped my CDs and prepared a selection of...I've ripped my CDs and prepared a selection of 80's pop & rock. Some soul and blues. Soundtracks. That's for cartooning. For some serious work, I have a selection of sacred music of the 16th century, mainly Tomas Luis de Victoria requiems.josembielzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361369582704026453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-41849057424789627722009-12-18T13:56:56.186-05:002009-12-18T13:56:56.186-05:00I'm an avid listener/painter and I'm wonde...I'm an avid listener/painter and I'm wondering if anyone else experiences this as well:<br /><br />you're listening to your favorite music or audio book while painting, then a day or two passes between painting sessions. When you return to the easel, the memory of whatever you were listening to in the first session comes into your mind as though it were playing again. <br /><br />Is anyone else experiencing this?<br /><br />And thanks for the great recommendations and links!zeladoniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433509089576789871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43106204275798399742008-08-05T15:18:00.000-04:002008-08-05T15:18:00.000-04:00I enjoy anything high-energy and powerful, even if...I enjoy anything high-energy and powerful, even if it isn't typically considered "good" music, it really keeps me positive and on the right track. Sometimes it's techno, sometimes it's punk, sometimes it's hip-hop. There are the occasional times I love listening to just ambient music mixes, kind of like harmonious white noise.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118490683561367420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-39598803712195343812008-08-04T06:16:00.000-04:002008-08-04T06:16:00.000-04:00This topic just gave me a great idea: Next time I'...This topic just gave me a great idea: Next time I'm going to paint, I will spend just as much time preparing the palette as I do selecting the appropriate music. That's another way to say that I need to really think about my palette ...<BR/><BR/>When I was younger, I always heard music all the time, when I was doing something. Nowadays, I tend to prefer silence, if I really need to concentrate on something specific, but I like music, if I am doing something where my thoughts can wander a bit more. Currently, I am doing some Charles Bargue-exercises - I can't listen to music when I begin, but after a while, I sort of get into the "Bargue mood", and then I put something on.<BR/><BR/>I listen to a lot of folk music, in particular klezmer and Greek "dimotika" or "rembetika". Other favourites include The Doors, David Bowie, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.<BR/><BR/>@Erik Bongers: Thank you for reminding me about "Tous les matins du monde"! I saw it many years ago. It is such a beautiful film, with wonderful, otherworldly music.<BR/><BR/>I'm on the Scandinavian bandwagon as well. Not surprising, as I am Danish myself. Favourites include Hedningarna, Garmarna and Gåte. Also a band called Mushi, little known even here.<BR/><BR/>@René Pleinair: Funny to see that Under Byen seem to be pretty well known outside Denmark - way more than many bands who sing in English and try to sound "international", hoping to make it worldwide. Sort of ironic, or maybe rather proof that one should be honest to oneself rather than try to predict what will be succesful. By the way, there is no "umlaut" (¨) in the name Under Byen - we don't have umlauts in Danish ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-75460296248302377632008-08-03T18:21:00.000-04:002008-08-03T18:21:00.000-04:00I like folk and classical because they don't distr...I like folk and classical because they don't distract me too much, but Inspector Rex on the tv in the background works too, but <I>not</I> British comedy because I have to keep getting up to go out and see what's happening. I know some people who listen to the commentary tracks & other extras on DVDs when they're painting - if I owned more I might do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-28092700437945499682008-08-03T09:19:00.000-04:002008-08-03T09:19:00.000-04:00I like to listen to the podcast Writing Excuses by...I like to listen to the podcast Writing Excuses by Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells and Howard Tayler. <BR/><BR/>It's a great weekly 15-minute podcast about all things involved in creating stories and other writerly things. It's brilliant for when I'm up late at night doing some monotonous colouring and I want to keep my mind active and inspired.<BR/><BR/>http://www.writingexcuses.com/<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-75087062824488709522008-08-02T23:55:00.000-04:002008-08-02T23:55:00.000-04:00So many interesting responses!I work better with *...So many interesting responses!<BR/><BR/>I work better with *something* coming into my ears (I think it keeps my left brain busy so that my right brain can do its thing).<BR/><BR/>I listen to music (lots of soundtracks, musicals and folk/Celtic/classic rock) in the early drawing/designing stage. After that, especially when there are many hours of painting to follow, I do best with audiobooks or TV series from Netflicks (it's British murder mysteries right now) so that I can be tricked into very lengthy studio stints.tlchanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259427561396960607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-4619000526216316882008-08-02T21:21:00.000-04:002008-08-02T21:21:00.000-04:00This is a great topic. I came to it a bit late tho...This is a great topic. I came to it a bit late though. When I'm painting outside I don't use headphones. I like to hear whatever is going on in the environment. When I'm in my studio I like the "This American Life" podcast or the "Radio Lab" podcast. <BR/><BR/>For music lately I've been listening to the National and Tom Waits. I find listening doesn't hurt my concentration but talking sure does. Sometimes if I'm not listening to anything and my wife or son starts to talk to me the first few words sound like absolute gibberish until my left brain kicks in and starts translating for me. I end up saying what? even though I could hear perfectly well. I just didn't understand. It understandably drives my family nuts.<BR/><BR/>For some reason if I start out listening to a podcast I have no trouble understanding it and still painting.craigstephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061315500937089274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-82951947318648594502008-08-02T14:16:00.000-04:002008-08-02T14:16:00.000-04:00My professors are really against music b/c they sa...My professors are really against music b/c they say its distracting. But few students follow through on that rule.<BR/><BR/>Ive come to learn that in the beginning stages of a project like planning perspective and structure i have to concentrate the most and can only listen to music with no words- i prefer movie soundtracks that fit the theme of my current project (adventure, horror, majesty, ect ect)<BR/><BR/>Once i get to a painting or the tonal stage, adding in details, all the fun stuff, i can listen to whatever i want and audio books arent much of a distraction, but i often have to relisten to chapters b/c im so into my art. <BR/><BR/>But i need music, it keeps me in my chair, otherwise i constantly get up and walk away as if more distracted by the silence.Christy Morgan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989890013723936489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30938481878830150902008-08-02T01:40:00.000-04:002008-08-02T01:40:00.000-04:00I am sometimes distracted by music that I really l...I am sometimes distracted by music that I really like. If I listen to early Joe Jackson or the Boomtown Rats(personal favorites from my formative years)I find myself "air-drumming" when I should be drawing. On the other hand, I try to avoid songs that affect me emotionally (Rachel Delevoryas by Randy Stonehill comes to mind) because I lose my concentration. <BR/>I have tried using music that reflects the mood of the piece I'm working on. Primus and David Bowie for crazy scifi action. More mellow stuff for calmer pictures. I'm not sure how much it actually affects the work.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700829684763116620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-50140113700854053442008-08-01T22:26:00.000-04:002008-08-01T22:26:00.000-04:00Wow. I am amazed at the vast responses on this pa...Wow. I am amazed at the vast responses on this particular topic!<BR/><BR/>Music is very much a part of the creative process for me. I have to have some sort of music playing while thinking about a project and actually working on it. Music helps me relax into the creative mood and stay there far longer than I normally would. I tend to not listen to the radio at all but put in some CD's or my MP3 player. As for what I like, it's mostly soundtracks, folk, or medieval rock. I do like some techno and trance too, depending on what I'm working on.<BR/><BR/>Some good music: <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrtA69G15zk" REL="nofollow">The Riddle</A>, by Gigi D'agostino<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgjHDL3t8uQ" REL="nofollow">Shadow of the Moon</A>, by Blackmore's Night<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-f7ds2XhWc" REL="nofollow">Rhiannon</A>, by Faun<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd3a189vcVc" REL="nofollow">Nocturne</A>, by Secret Garden<BR/><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPyso87fZU" REL="nofollow">A&E</A> by Goldfrapp (by the way, this one has an awesome video that you may want to watch the whole way through).<BR/>And, on occasion, something totally silly like <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btEpF334Rtc" REL="nofollow">Combine Harvester</A> by the Wurzels.<BR/><BR/>I also love Enya, Moya Brennan, Nicholas Gunn, Apoptygma Berzerk, Epica, Within Temptation, and Nightwish. Sometimes, I'll just throw all of these artists on my MP3 playlist and hit random.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks to Erik Bongers for suggesting the Viola da Gamba music! It is an extremely beautiful instrument. I used to play the cello because I love that deep, vibrating, mournful sound.The New Gray Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847371398508387832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-31394796734972998482008-08-01T22:07:00.000-04:002008-08-01T22:07:00.000-04:00http://youlooknicetoday.com/all kinds of funny and...http://youlooknicetoday.com/<BR/><BR/>all kinds of funny and all round good listening.Ben Zweifelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317352445430521626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27978487764565332592008-08-01T21:52:00.000-04:002008-08-01T21:52:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.The New Gray Marehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847371398508387832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-49264619463575764292008-08-01T20:38:00.000-04:002008-08-01T20:38:00.000-04:00The only thing I can't listen to is Beethoven. The...The only thing I can't listen to is Beethoven. There are to many distracting notes. He constantly demands your attention. I love Beethoven though. Mozart's music is much more polite, it settles into pleasant background noise but not in a muzak way. I LOVE Part Erik! Folk music too, I've really been enjoying folkalley.com.It has hosts and radio without hosts creeps me out. It's like robot radio. Brrr.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375615378259386972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-44896317037058958792008-08-01T20:00:00.000-04:002008-08-01T20:00:00.000-04:00Sometimes when I'm working, I need to be quiet, ot...Sometimes when I'm working, I need to be quiet, other times I listen to Chopin, Bach (especially a la Yo Yo Ma), Mozart, Beethovan, Vivaldi or Haydn. Nothing funny about that except the dog sometimes howls when a high pitched violin solo comes on.Dianne Mizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290943648650327077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-77136404250821384992008-08-01T19:36:00.000-04:002008-08-01T19:36:00.000-04:00Classic oldies seems to fit the tone of what I do ...Classic oldies seems to fit the tone of what I do now. I also sometimes listen to the tv news as I work. When I was doing more "serious" work, I preferred Baroque.<BR/><BR/>Here's another way music relates to my work. Every time I post an entry on my blog, I pick a classic rock song that "matches" it. On my blog, I have a playlist that begins playing whatever song I choose. I call it Andar Radio.<BR/><BR/>For my University comic, I chose "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis ("I'm caught in a trap, I can't walk out")<BR/><BR/>For my Sandstorm comic, I chose "Another One Bites the dust".<BR/><BR/>This may not amuse anyone else, but it cracks me up to no end. Sometimes, they are just okay, other times, the song fits perfect!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423051076809524563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-84749508657800768832008-08-01T17:38:00.000-04:002008-08-01T17:38:00.000-04:00Great topic! Music is a large part of my process....Great topic! Music is a large part of my process. I tend to listen to old electric blues (muddy, Albert King lately)and early classic rock (mainly Hendrix and Lennon's Plastic Ono Band recently). What I listen to depends solely on my mood though. Fast, slow, instrumentals whatever...If my mood does not match up with what I'm working on it throws me off course. I've found a great website that has soundboard quality music of rare concert recordings. I've been placing a few embedded files of my current favorites on my blog. I think it's a cool feature. Check it out. <BR/>http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/Rich Pellegrinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340617246551584296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-13498359600734776912008-08-01T16:52:00.000-04:002008-08-01T16:52:00.000-04:00did anyone else notice that the voting percentages...did anyone else notice that the voting percentages total is at 316% right now, haha!?!???Super Villainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464419328369980879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-30341200097837661142008-08-01T15:56:00.000-04:002008-08-01T15:56:00.000-04:00I get so distracted when music or the tv is on whi...I get so distracted when music or the tv is on while painting. But I do here the street below me, muffled snipits of conversation, cars and trucks. that's fine. <BR/> I like the idea that music may increase my creativity. Perhaps some classical or non verbal stuff.Chelseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03747063580656267673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-29568848576285250642008-08-01T14:17:00.000-04:002008-08-01T14:17:00.000-04:00I listen to whatever makes it onto my iPod, or I t...I listen to whatever makes it onto my iPod, or I turn on the TV (which can be annoying since nothing good ever seems to be on). I usually go for music that invokes my imagination, like the soundtrack for Spirited Away, Cirque du Soleil, or music in different languages so that I don't get too distracted by someone talking. I'm pretty good at multi-tasking and concentrating on stuff to the exclusion of most other things. I think this is why I have sleep-onset insomnia, because I just can't stop thinking about stuff...<BR/><BR/>- TidahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-22312720630906082042008-08-01T13:49:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:49:00.000-04:00While I love to listen to music while sketching or...While I love to listen to music while sketching or painting, what I like best is to listen to people talking (or to talk with them), which is something I probably learned from formal art classes... where you become accustomed to people wandering from easel to easel, commenting on one another's work. The background noise of other artist's talking, or the familiarity of talking with another artist while working, has always felt the most comfortable for me. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, after leaving such art classes behind I discovered that having other artists to talk to while working is a rare luxury. I often feel very isolated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-12853441992977886562008-08-01T13:25:00.000-04:002008-08-01T13:25:00.000-04:00Spamming a tune again, but I can't help myself.Jus...Spamming a tune again, but I can't help myself.<BR/>Just found out that my favorite Viola da Gamba piece is on youtube.<BR/><BR/>You can see Mr. De Sainte Colombe playing his own composition while remembering his dead wife.<BR/>The piece is called <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnriefsHKsQ&feature=related" REL="nofollow">Les Pleurs</A> (The Tears)<BR/><BR/>Now you understand why the Viola da Gamba is my favorite instrument.Erik Bongershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409523352634066030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-16908496570779552132008-08-01T12:46:00.000-04:002008-08-01T12:46:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.broker12https://www.blogger.com/profile/06847087732827334328noreply@blogger.com