A Good Thriller discussion

As music is one other passions, with two I Pods full of various music, a collection of 28,000 songs.

I do listen to music when I am reading, then no distractions from people trying to talk to you.

Here is some of my chill our music I usually have when I am reading.
Some chill out music like..

Clannad
Bonobo
Chicane
Goldfrapp
Deep Forest
Sacred Spirit
Anima Sound System
Achillea
Angus and Julia Stone (Australian)
B-Tribe
Lemonjelly
Lemongrass (really relaxing)
De Phazz
Orianthi
Schiller
Secret Garden
Special EFX
Spyro Gyro
Vangelis
Zero 7
Deuter
Acoustic Alchemy
Enigma
Fourplay


Always have music going when I am out walking as well, but more up beat.

Anthing from Pink Floyd, to Rumer, Drifters to Bon Jovi, Nerina Pallot to Coldplay, Peter White to Mark Knopfler, so many more.

I love to listen to music while i m walking, working out, driving, working. But when i read i feel that i go inside the story, and i think that music would pull me back to reality.

No music for me when reading or writing, but plenty any other time.

No music or noise while I am reading, but I use to work out with and use it when I am writing, find its real motivating when I am writing

not music but sometimes read one book and listen an audio version of another

Arnis wrote: "not music but sometimes read one book and listen an audio version of another"

At the same time? :~/

Arnis, do you have any other superpower beside reading and listening to audiobooks at the same time. Wow!

doesn't everyone do that? :D

I love music, especially classic rock. I love to sing and dance. That's why I can't listen to music when I read. I'd hear a song, start jiggling my foot, and then lose my place in the book.

Please do list some favourites.

I can give you lists in lots of different genre's

I often listen to music to inspire a certain mood before writing. George Ezra and Sam Smith are favourites for that at the moment.

I always play music when drawing or painting; the louder and heavier the better.

Depends on my mood, but if I am listening to music while I am reading it will be Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Lilly Allen, Blues Brothers, Pokey LaFarge. 8:D

I'd find myself singing along to all of your picks, Sandra.

hahaha...you obviously sing better than I do David! I can empty the bar with my voice....8:D

Woah, steady on. I didn't say I sing them well :~)

No Music - News TV. I know - I'm weird.

I listen to music but not when I'm reading. I'll turn the TV on a cable station and turn the volume down so it can hardly be heard while I'm reading.

Well as mentioned I LOVE my music.

Here is a list of some favourites in different genre.

Ladies
As I am listening to a lovely lady now

called Rhye (a new artists do listen to a song called 3 Days)

Rhye
Amy Macdonald
Basia(jazz)
Beth Orton
Beverly Craven
Tracey Thorn
Birdy
Duffy
Caro Emerald(Jazz-Blues)(That Man)
Cher
Dido
Dionne Warwick
Dusty Springfield
Enya(chill)
Celine Dion
Duffy
Shania Twain
Ella Henderson
Colbie Caillat
Corinne Bailey Rae
Kimbra
Jessie J
LeAnne Rimes
Taylor Swift
Sarah Mclaghlan
Tanita Tikaram
Renee Olstead(actress and Jazz singer)
Rihanna
Jane Monheit(Jazz-Blues)
Gabrielle Aplin
Tracey Thorn(was lead singer of Everything But The Girl)
Tina Arena
Goldfrapp(chill-alternative)
Morgan James(new singer)
Madeleine Peyroux(amazing bluessinger)
Lissie
Rebecca Fergusson
Idina Menzel
Gloria Estefan
Rumer (beautiful voice)
Lily Allen(lively and cheerful and good beats)
Lucie Silvas
Melody Gardot(Jazz-Blues)
Ellie Goulding
Pixie Lott
Emelia Sande
Nora Jones
Katie Melua
K T Tunstall
Lia Ices
Jhene Aiko
Laura Mvula(Green Garden)
Paloma Faith
Nerina Pallot
Lorde
Kate Perry
K D Land(talented writer/country/pop/ballad)
Donna Summer

Male Singers
Jack Johnson
Michael Buble
Chris Rea
Neil Diamond
Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Phil Collins
Ben Howard
Ed Sheeran
Bruno Mars
Buddy Holly
Frankie Valli
Dean Martin
Frank Sintara
Elvis Presly
Olly Murs
Nat King Cole
Lou Armstrong
Seal
Lou Bega
Robbie Williams
David Gray
James Blunt
James Morrison
John Legend
George Ezra
Sam Smith
Newton Faulkner
Mark Knopfler

Jazz-Country-Guitar-

Chet Atkins
Paul White
Paul Brown
Robert Cray
Earl Klugh
Chuck Loeb
Emily Remler(died in her late 20's)
Dave Gilmour
Chieli Minucci
Marc Antione
Jesse Cook(Canadian guitarist)
Larry Carlton
George Benson
Jonathan Butler
Willie Nelson
Glen Campbell
The Carpenters
Jose Gonzales
Joyce Cooling
Ronny Jordon
Santana
Ken Navarro
Norman Brown
Zachary Breaux(died young saving a childs life on Florida beach)
Kenny G
David Koz
Euge Groove
Dani Wilde
Govi
Craig Chacquico
Dvid Lanz
Chris Botti
Lady Antebellum
Lee Ritenour
Keiko Matsui(many jazz piano cds)

Groups
Bon Jovi
Camel
Focus
David Arkensone
Clannad
Bonobo
B-Tribe
Enigma
De Phazz
Johannes Linstead
Vangelis
Boyz 11 Men
Drifters
The Stylistics
Portishead
Yes
Pink Floyd
The Coral
Coldplay
Travis
Elbow
Mumford and Sons
Fleetwood Mac
The Eagles
ELO
OMD
Supertramp
Dr Hook
Beautiful South
Everything But The Girl
The Lighthouse Family
Take That
Queen
Simply Red
Keane
Kelis
Slade
Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
The Beatles
Dire Straits
London Grammar
The Rippingtons

Maybe more but listed most, enjoy and if you get a chance do have a listen.

I like it quiet when I read. I like to feel what I am reading and noise distracts me.
Music is another of my passions and when I am truly listening to music that is all that I do. I listen with headphones and close my eyes. Just as I like to research new authors and books on the internet, I do the same with musical artists.

Can't listen to music while reading cus I end up singing lol. I do like watching TV and trading

Sean wrote: "Well as mentioned I LOVE my music.

Here is a list of some favourites in different genre.

Ladies
As I am listening to a lovely lady now

called Rhye (a new artists do listen to a song called 3 Day..."

You have a lot of good artists on these lists. There are a lot I have never heard of and will have to look them up.

Today I listened to some pan flute while I was reading.

Daisy, please do and let me know.

I spend hours going through my music, and let me know.

Sean wrote: "Daisy, please do and let me know.

I spend hours going through my music, and let me know."

I will definitely let you know, Sean. I'm looking forward to finding fresh new music!

I love music and have a good sized digital collection. Have a thing for collection film scores.

As for reading and music and TV...doesn't really mix for me. I love them all enjoyed on their own. For reading I usually listen to rainymood.com

I'm going to tell a short story about this particular subject, so if you feel you have to roll your eyes at me, skip this. Just call me an enthusiastic participator. :D

I'm deaf, but I haven't always been deaf. I still 'listen' to music because I feel the beat (the bass thumps the floor) and I read other peoples lips while the music is playing. With this in mind, I am unable to listen to music while I'm reading a really good suspenseful mystery novel, or more so a thriller. Believe me, I've tried.

As I sit in my chair, can you imagine me reading one of Stephen King's novels and the 'thump' comes at a time I am the most terrified in the story? The first time I tried it, I nearly ran myself into a closet because I swore it was "Johnny"!! I'm a jumper, what can I say?

I fear what I can't clearly and accurately hear coming. If you heard a thump, it would sound like something you're probably familiar with. The heater kicking in, the dogs nails sliding across the floor. Your brain would be able to distinguish the sound. All I 'feel' is a thump, bump, boom type vibration that can not tell my brain what it is. I even sleep with a night light because should I ever feel a 'thump' while I'm sleeping, I have to SEE what it is in order to tell my brain and my fast beating heart, it's okay, or not okay (after I get up and investigate the sound). I really have no choice but to get up each time because the one time I 'think' it's the dog jumping from the couch, it could actually be something much more dangerous, the doors been kicked in. Hearing people wouldn't have to get up necessarily because they'd be able to figure it out just by way it sounds. LUCKY YOU!! haha.

So all in all, I really like the silence better while I read. If I feel like music, I'll put my book away and put in a CD. At that point, I know what's coming. :)

I have my ipod in when I am on the train but if I am reading I can't say that I would remember what was playing as I tune it out.

I do like quiet when I'm reading.

I read and watch TV a lot but sometimes when I am proper into the book. I've missed half the program lol

I also have the television on when I read and maybe the two are distracting.

Very often read and write with music playing smd it can be literally anything. Sean, I see you listed Camel. What a guitarist Andrew Latimer is!

In the past, I needed silence in order to read and music whenever I wrote: now the television is on while I read, and I still listen to music when I write; music sometimes is my writing inspiration; it reflects who I am at that moment in time.

At any one time on my Ipod can be found: Camel,Caravan,The Beatles,Sarah Vaughan,Carole King,Frank Zappa,Lemonjelly,Massive Attack,Goldfrapp,Frank Sinatra,Led Zeppelin,Nirvana,Ella Fitzgerald,Jill Scott,Gogol Bordello,Miles Davis,John Coltrane,Porcupine Tree,Marillion,Flaming Lips,Nina Simone,Rammstein etc etc.

Camel

good to see, great classic band of the 70's.

And the great Goldfrapp, and the smooth and relaxing Lemonjelly.

Good varied selection

Some of their later albums were superb (last one in 2003)and Andrew Latimer's guitar work just got better and better,few can touch him.

David for guitars

do you like Mark Knopfler, he solo music is great and do try Peter White, Earl Klugh, Ken Navarro, Paul Brown.

Good musical pieces; I also like jazz, blues, and Brazilian sounds.

Yes all the above Skye

I also was raised on classical, Baroque and opera; and I love all kinds of music.

Sean wrote: "David for guitars

do you like Mark Knopfler, he solo music is great and do try Peter White, Earl Klugh, Ken Navarro, Paul Brown."

thanks Sean

Can name more..

Joyce Cooling is great too

Freda wrote: "I'm going to tell a short story about this particular subject, so if you feel you have to roll your eyes at me, skip this. Just call me an enthusiastic participator. :D

I'm deaf, but I haven't al..."

Freda; my mother became deaf after an illness.

David wrote: "At any one time on my Ipod can be found: Camel,Caravan,The Beatles,Sarah Vaughan,Carole King,Frank Zappa,Lemonjelly,Massive Attack,Goldfrapp,Frank Sinatra,Led Zeppelin,Nirvana,Ella Fitzgerald,Jill ..."

Great artists.

Paul Hardcastle: Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks, Loreena McKennett, and, sigh, Jim Morrison

I usually need absolute peace and quiet when reading but obviously there are times when you can't have that. I have been looking into things I could listen too whilst reading to block out the outside. I love Heavy metal so that won't work haha. I love Classical too which seems to work but eventually my concentration drifts to the piece I'm hearing, I can't win :)

I know, Craig; I have the same problem; I'm easily distracted and I do like classical.

Skye, have you tried white noise or something similar to relaxation sounds? Didn't work for me unfortunately :(

White noise??? Meditation music?

Yes haha. I was looking into it and apparently it works for some people!

Craig,

Trust me I have lots of music, two I pods full.

Have lots of chill out music, that' s nice in the back ground.

Check early in the music threads.

But can add another group to my chill out selection.

Morcheeba.