Comments on: Music To Feed Your Soul During Crucial Design Moments

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:38:27 +0000

Excellent song choices! Particularly “Yawny At the Apocalypse.” I’ve personally been inspired to write just by listening to this song on repeat on iTunes. Coldplay is another terrific band. Great article!

By: Bruno

Bruno — Mon, 09 May 2011 23:23:11 +0000

I’d recommend a personal favorite of mine as well:
Death of an Interior Decorator by Death Cab for Cutie.
It’s a pretty relaxing track, usually helps me with calming down when I have too many ideas in my head going off at once.

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[...] Pop on the headphones and turn on some good tunes. Not only does music help put you in a good mood, it helps drown out the chatter around you (not to mention the chatter in your head, “I have how many hours to design this?!”) For further reading on this topic, check out Adelle Charles’ blog’s post, “Music to Feed Your Soul During Crucial Design Moments.” [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:29:53 +0000

There’s alot more, those are just off the top of my head.
I’ll add more when I get home later tonight.

By: Tyler Hayes

Tyler Hayes — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:22:02 +0000

Damn Dave, those are some good tunes. I’ve already added a bunch of them to my Design playlist on Playlist.com!

Speaking of which, if someone really had a lot of initiative, they could put all the songs mentioned in the post/comments into a group playlist on Playlist.com… ;)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:21:00 +0000

I am too a designer/photographer,
who gets creative blocks and stress at times whilst doing work.
I strongly agree with what Justin said about Explosions In the Sky.
If you want a few songs for an awesome playlist here’s a couple of my most favourite songs.

My list of inspiration music:
The Daydream – Tycho
Nobody’s Home – Ulrich Schnauss
Your Hand in Mine – Explosions In the Sky
Light Through the Veins – Jon Hopkins
In All The Wrong Places – Ulrich Schnauss
The Disconnect – Tycho
Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way – Ulrich Schnauss
From West Texas – Explosions In the Sky
Cerulean – Jon Hopkins
Between Us and Them – Ulrich Schnauss
Systems – Tycho

Definately anything by Tycho,
Jon Hopkins, Boards of Canada,
Casino VS Japan, and Explosions in the Sky.

Check any of them out I highly recommend all these songs for inspiration. Sit back and relax, although you might get so relaxed you fall asleep. :) Happy listening.

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:00:15 +0000

Check out Bonobo’s album Days to Come.
Awesome

By: Tyler Hayes

Tyler Hayes — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:43:32 +0000

Mack, you’re a man after my musical heart. I’ve been on a huge Muse kick this year, and was lucky enough to finally see the Volta live last year in Minneapolis. Interpol is just all-around a good call.

Debug Design, I actually haven’t heard of any of those groups and just went and tried out a whole bunch of their music, and I absolutely love it! Thanks for the suggestions.

Glad you all liked my article! Thanks for your thoughts :)

By: Mack

Mack — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:33:17 +0000

has anyone here given interpol a listen? they are good when it comes to calming me. in addition to my previous list i would also add the strokes, Muse and the Mars Volta

By: Debug Design

Debug Design — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:04:44 +0000

You hit the nail on the head with many of those…

Music is extremely important to me when designing as it helps inspire, keeps me creative and helps me stay in the zone. Personally I find more ambient music more effective as catchy tunes can often find you singing along or breaking into a guitar riff mid design.

Good design music can also be project dependent as it can set the scene or create a mood and you might need an upbeat set of tunes for one and a more obscure set of tunes for something more abstract.

As well as: Sigur Rós, and M83 I would add…
- Kid Loco
- Herbaliser
- The Avalanches
- St Germain
- Beta Band
- Kruder & Dorfmeister
- John Williams / Hans Zimmer music Scores

not sure about coldplay though… ;)

So whether i’m designing or coding a website, struggling with that initial logo concept or just trying to get my head outside of that box music is an essential part of designing

By: Quick and Cheap!

Quick and Cheap! — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:47:18 +0000

By: Kendol Mason

Kendol Mason — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:50:55 +0000

iTunes Radio is a big help in this department.

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By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:16:55 +0000

Check out: Explosions in the Sky.

All instrumental, beautiful music and perfect for office workdays.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:41:57 +0000

I’m sorry, all of this stuff was at a painfully slow tempo, and all of the singers seem to be humming the highest note they can reach throughout.