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kully

kully

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I'm a code monkey. We all have a Walkman now - I have music to program by, what music do you have to photograph by?
 
Philip Glass. Koyyanisqatsi, Dance Pieces, Passages, Heroes Symphony, Powwaqatsi, some other film score, doesn't matter.

Either Philip Glass or Britney Spears.
 
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For me, it's drum and bass or electronica depending upon how knackered I am.

Perhaps you don't listen to anything, I know I don't when I'm photographing in an unfamiliar place in Europe where they drive on the wrong side of the road and I need to listen for cars and other hazards..

Ishmael, What type of music is Koyyanisqatsi and Powwaqatsi?
 
are you meaning music while i photograph or process?

none for while i photograph and depends on my mood for processing, but likely light jazz or blues.
 
kully said:
For me, it's drum and bass or electronica depending upon how knackered I am.

Perhaps you don't listen to anything, I know I don't when I'm photographing in an unfamiliar place in Europe where they drive on the wrong side of the road and I need to listen for cars and other hazards..

Ishmael, What type of music is Koyyanisqatsi and Powwaqatsi?
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I know what you mean. Sometimes you don't need audio distraction.

Koyyanisqatsi and Powwaqatsi are 2 of the many Philip Glass film scores. They're quite nice, in a hypnotic/trancelike way. (Both are feature length films with stunning photography, not a single spoken word, and a great musical score.) I like working with that sort of vibe when I'm doing a routine activity. One that I'm familiar with already. I find that it's far more pleasureable, and it can actually improve my efficiency. Darkroom work would fall in that category, more than shooting, because I rarely shoot in a studio, and so it's not as easy to supply the audio.

Btw, I'm sort of a code monkey myself (systems programmer).
 
Funny thread Kully! it depends on periods. These days I walk and photograph listening to B. Springsteen "Magic", Ryan Bingham "Mescaleros" and the italian band Baustelle and, while processing, I'm listening to Beach Boys (they're marvelous ... their music is much more complex than it appears, imho)...
 
Haven't tried it. If I did, it would be whatever struck me at the moment. I like oldies(50s, 60s, 70s), jazz, clasical, Indian sithar, Japanese and Korean classical. Modern hip-hop just turns me off. Somehow, it would seem to be a bit distracting though.
 
Can't do it. Either I pay attention either to the music or to the photography. If the photography's going well I can block whatever's playing. If it's not -- I don't need the distraction.

Cheers,

R.
 
I mostly photograph landscape and find listening to the sounds of the world around me much more interesting than ay form of music. When I'm at home at the computer then it has to be anything by English 20th century composers (Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Howells, et al) or folk music by Kate Rusby, Fairport, Karin Polwart, etc.
 
listening to your own music through ear- or headsets seems like the most detached thing you canb do when photographing. feel your environment. also, shooting manual focus/exposure takes all of my concentration, and I don't want to get distracted by music.
 
Classical instrumental music - Beethoven´s violin concertos do the trick while scanning, editing. But also Erik Satie and when strong feeling is needed; Lucinda Williams. Always Lucinda!

leif e
 
I listen to Billy Holiday in the darkroom.
When I'm out shooting I'm too busy talking to peole and listening to what's around me to listen to music.
 
I don't own a walkman or ipod but if I did I wouldn't use it when out photographing. I like to here the sounds around me. When I am home at RFF I listen to New Age type instrimental music. Kind of weird because I have always been a rocker. MOF I just bought a copy of Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs on vinyl. Picked up some Jethro Tull recenly too. Some days I mellow out on some good jazz or bluses. I'm flexible!
 
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