Did anyone mention Led Zepplin? They are soooo awesome to listen to while being creative... and the occasional Tolkien reference comes up too boot
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I kind of over did it with Zeppelin in my High School years but I still listen to them now & then. Two other albums I do like listening to when being creative (writing or mapping) are Atom Heart Mother & Meddle (especially the song Echoes) both by Pink Floyd.
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Tim
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"Do infants have as much fun in infancy as adults do in adultery?" - Groucho Marx
I tend to plug my ipod into my stereo and set it on shuffle, giving me anything from the Blood Brothers to Andrew Bird to Bryan Scary to Return to Forever!
I listen to a lot of jazz, older stuff from the 50s and 60s, Astrud Gilberto, Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, etc, etc.
And then I mix it up with Blue Oyster Cult, Sisters of Mercy, and Clannad.
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"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
Currently I have been mapping to Danman's amazing stuff.
On that note here's an awesome piece that fits this place perfectly (with danman's music in the background to boot).
Building a Village
Last edited by Nomadic; 08-13-2009 at 04:03 AM.
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While working on my fantasy maps I listen to several moviesoundtracks. My current playlist contains the following tracks:
- Gently as She goes - from Beowulf Soundtrack - by Alan Silvestri
- A Hero Comes Home - from Beowulf Soundtrack - by Alan Silvestri
- Beowulf Slays the Beast - from Beowulf Soundtrack - by Alan Silvestri
- What we Need is a Hero - from Beowulf Soundtrack - by Alan Silvestri (Boy this is giving me goose bumps)
- Prologue: Anvil of Crom - Conan the Barbarian Soundtrack - by Basil Poledouris (classic)
- Hymn to Red October - Hunt for Red October Soundtrack - by Basil Poledouris
- Woad to Ruin - King Arthur Soundtrack - by Hans Zimmer
- One Day - Pirates of the Carribean III Soundtrack - by Hans Zimmer (sounds quite like "Woad to Ruin" and like another Track by H.Z. from Gladiator OST)
- Promentory - The Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack - by Randy Edelman
- Roll Tide: End Titles - Crimson Tide Soundtrack - by Hans Zimmer
- Main Title - The Incredible Hulk Soundtrack - by Craig Armstrong
- Opening - Elizabeth: The Golden Age Soundtrack - by Craig Armstrong
- Septimus - from Stardust Soundtrack - by Ilan Eshkeri (awsome one)
- Lamina's Lair - from Stardust Soundtrack - by Ilan Eshkeri
- France 1186 - Kingdom of Heaven Soundtrack (Complete Recording Sessions) - by Harry Gregson-Williams (also quite awsome)
... and so on
In all honesty the background 'noise' I have when mapping is either my newborn daughter snoring and my wife knitting when I'm at the PC at night or general office noise when I whip out the laptop to do some work over lunch.
The chance to play music while doing anything never mind mapping would be a fine thing.
Wow! Didn't think their were many BOC fans out there anymore... *thumbs up*
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We're out here.
*shows off his collection of every BOC album ever made*
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"...sometimes the most efficient way to make something look drawn by hand is to simply draw it by hand..."
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