Favorite Music While Playing

I usually listen to music while I play online. Strangely, some music that I otherwise like annoys me while I'm playing. The Police is a good example. Maybe their sound is a little too complicated or something.

Anyway, how about posting some of your favorite online poker music? I'm partial to Johnny Cash, Weezer, John Denver, and The Who.

Johnny Cash, The Who, Queen, Owen, Snoop Dogg

[Cumulonimbus]

Bone Thugs, Jack Johnson, Postal Service, Leonard Cohen, Gondwana, Nirvana.

Leonard Cohen is a must, and Gondwana is good for when you want to stay relaxed but alert. Bone Thugs will help you lag it up a little. JJ and PS will put you slightly on the passive side, but your decisions are usually easier.

[Roy Munson]

I enjoy jazz from the 40's-60's while I am playing. Currently in the rotation are several Miles Davis CD's, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Max Roach.

For reasons unbeknownst to me I am able to focus and relax more listening to jazz as opposed to other styles of music that I find enjoyable. The one exception is that my favorite Art Tatum CD's "20th Century Piano Genius" is far too distracting to listen to while playing poker. The guy performs some inhuman things on the piano that demand the listeners full attention.

[WillMagic]

All chill stuff. Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Death Cab, Sigur Ros, etc.

If I'm feeling tired then maybe Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, New Pornographers, Bloc Party, or Spoon.

Will

[Solami17]

I find that listening to classical, nature sounds, or other such harmonic tunes helps me to relax and play better

[jb9]

Chopin, Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Metallica.

Not necessarily in that order.

[MycroftX]

The Dead, Dylan, Johnny Cash, Van Morrison, The Band, Phish, Ben Harper, Moe, Taj Mahal, Blues Traveler, The Allman Brothers, Parliment Funkadelic, Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bordeaux, Burgogne, Crown Royal, Molson Export, Guiness, Bass Ale, and stuff...

In my shuffle:
Leonard cohen, johnny cash, Kasey chambers, louie prima, sinatra, los super seven, keb' mo', lucinda williams, joss stone, john hiatt, zero7, supreme beings of leisure, hank williams(sr and jr), gillian welch, gilberto gil, caetano veloso, son volt,......

[TheGame1020]

Tupac cures tilt.

[vexvelour]

Primus, Pink Floyd, Cake

Instrumentals and 9 minute long prog songs

[Xhad]

For energy: Juno Reactor and The Prodigy
To relax: Orbital and various classical stuff

Anything by Mike Patton is good if you want to go on instant tilt and lose your bankroll

the mr bungle - california cd is key.

[xtingshun]

I have this strange mix on my iPod as we speak that includes Hawthorne Heights, 3 Doors Down, Eminem and Common

[4_2_it]

Lately it's Beck, Dinosaur Jr and Primus.

[cognito20]

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I enjoy jazz from the 40's-60's while I am playing. Currently in the rotation are several Miles Davis CD's, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Max Roach.

For reasons unbeknownst to me I am able to focus and relax more listening to jazz as opposed to other styles of music that I find enjoyable. The one exception is that my favorite Art Tatum CD's "20th Century Piano Genius" is far too distracting to listen to while playing poker. The guy performs some inhuman things on the piano that demand the listeners full attention.

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If you think that Tatum album is distracting, try "Piano Starts Here". I actually quit playing piano for a year after I first heard that album as a teenager. I figured, "Why bother?"

I like to listen to early-to-mid-period Trane when I play, but the late period stuff doesn't work well for me while playing poker. Pharaoh Sanders on saxophone and tracking folded cards in stud hi-low are not a good mix, I've found. For similar reasons, although I idolize Ornette Coleman, I rarely if ever listen to him while playing poker. Hip hop I also can't really listen to while playing, since the music is so much more lyric-intensive than other genres.

Crowded House, Split Enz, Finn Brothers, etc. (i.e., anything with Neil Finn) seems to work well for me. So, for some reason, does Slayer. Turned up very, very loud. I think it might be because albums like "Reign in Blood" and "God Hates Us All" are SO intense that they tend to blot out all other distractions and allow me to concentrate better on the game. NYC hardcore bands like Agnostic Front, Sick of It All, Warzone, H20, Snapcase (yes, I know, they're from Buffalo) and Murphy's Law tend to have that same effect, so I listen to them a lot too.

--Scott

I like listening to Jazz and Nature sounds while playing poker, really relaxes me. Common is good too.

I would never listen to that outside of poker, though, its pretty funny. Tupac and Nas dont help my poker play that much.

[Howard Burroughs]

Blind Willie Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Miles Davis, Jeff Beck, Red Sovine, Buddy Guy, Joe Pass, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Van Halen, Charles Mingus, early Peter Green & Johnny Winter of late.

YMMV.

[SNOWBALL138]

I listened to Beck's new album Guero exclusively when it first came out. I must have logged 15k hands listening to Guero.

[SNOWBALL138]

When I played SNGs I liked listening to NIN a lot. Somehow pushing 92o from the SB and the album downward spiral were made for eachother.

[jzpiano14]

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I enjoy jazz from the 40's-60's while I am playing. Currently in the rotation are several Miles Davis CD's, Art Blakey, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Max Roach.

For reasons unbeknownst to me I am able to focus and relax more listening to jazz as opposed to other styles of music that I find enjoyable. The one exception is that my favorite Art Tatum CD's "20th Century Piano Genius" is far too distracting to listen to while playing poker. The guy performs some inhuman things on the piano that demand the listeners full attention.

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If you think that Tatum album is distracting, try "Piano Starts Here". I actually quit playing piano for a year after I first heard that album as a teenager. I figured, "Why bother?"

I like to listen to early-to-mid-period Trane when I play, but the late period stuff doesn't work well for me while playing poker. Pharaoh Sanders on saxophone and tracking folded cards in stud hi-low are not a good mix, I've found. For similar reasons, although I idolize Ornette Coleman, I rarely if ever listen to him while playing poker. Hip hop I also can't really listen to while playing, since the music is so much more lyric-intensive than other genres.

Crowded House, Split Enz, Finn Brothers, etc. (i.e., anything with Neil Finn) seems to work well for me. So, for some reason, does Slayer. Turned up very, very loud. I think it might be because albums like "Reign in Blood" and "God Hates Us All" are SO intense that they tend to blot out all other distractions and allow me to concentrate better on the game. NYC hardcore bands like Agnostic Front, Sick of It All, Warzone, H20, Snapcase (yes, I know, they're from Buffalo) and Murphy's Law tend to have that same effect, so I listen to them a lot too.

--Scott

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Love Art Tatum, Evens, Tyner, Barron, all the piano great, but really any type of jazz, relaxes me and every once in a while I get into this zone when I'm listening and playing. Then it is just DOMINATION!

My secret weapon : Candy Dulfer, Sax-A-GoGo

SRV, Taj Mahal, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Vivaldi, Prince, anything funky

Chamilitary mang.

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Bloc Party

Will

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[FieryJustice]

slipknot and sngs go well together.

When I play MTTs, I like to listen to albums that I might listen to an a lazy Sunday morning while cooking pancakes and bacon. The Beatles, Pearl Jam, U2, Jack Johnson, REM, Springsteen, et. al.

guns n roses -- "patience"

any sublime, but especially santeria

bob marley

-grant

OAR - Crazy Game of Poker when im waiting for that big push in a Tournament im slowly blinding out in

All other times Calmer stuff - RJD2, Sublime, etc

The Steeler Polka

[Songwind]

I like to listen to music that doesn't change too much over the course of my playlist, and preferrably that I know well enough to ignore and still enjoy.

My recent faves have been:
Johnny Cash
Disturbed
Dream Theater
Loreena McKennit
John Williams' soundtracks
The soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?

I find that Irish pub music is way too high-energy and makes me fidget. -EV

[Roy Munson]

Although they are not hardcore I also enjoy listening to X while playing for similar reasons.

[MyTurn2Raise]

Rage against the Machine & Jack Johnson

[The Don]

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Chopin, Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Metallica.

Not necessarily in that order.

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I'm with that. Classical and classically influenced metal (the old stuff at least).

[angst]

Angry rap music about making millions.

Nobody likes dance/techno?

I have a whole series of hour long Paul Oakenfold mix sets which are great, and have listened to every Chemical Brothers CD many times over. I've also been listening to a lot of David Bowie recently (although that doesn't really fall into the dance/techno category)

[Songwind]

Dance music would be too high-energy for me. It'd interfere with concentration/discipline.

I play in silence, music is a distraction

[Sciolist]

Anything that you can play in the background is good. I don't mean lounge music, I just mean music that you can tune out if need be. Anything that has you thinking about the music is too intrusive - the aim is to play cards afterall.

[vanHelsing]

I only have one favourite song:

You don't own me - the first wives club - (bette midler, goldie hawn, & diane keaton) /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Xhad]

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Nobody likes dance/techno?

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Please tell me you skimmed over my post (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=4046280) and that you are not claiming to be a dance/techno fan that does not know who Orbital and Juno Reactor are.

Anything relaxed and without words. Words and a lot of noise distract.

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Cake

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You moved from guy/girl who's avatar I think I may recognize from OOT to my favorite poster on the forum in one word.

"Satan is my Motor" = not a very good song, but great for poker because of the line "I've got brakes, I'm wide awake. I can stop this car at any time."

"Guitar" = best song I've ever heard by far.

Listen to Cake,
Noah

[danzasmack]

Beach Boys
Rage Against the Machine
Lyle Lovett

That's it.

The Kovenant, Ram-zet, or any one of a number of other various metal albums. As long as I know every sound on the album, it doesn't matter. I definitely can't listen to something new while playing otherwise I get distracted.

[AlexTrue]

French Classic Songs: Edith Piaf, Mirrielle Mathieu and Patricia Kaas. The voices are true and strong as well as relax after "bad opponent hit".

[Exsubmariner]

I like to listen to the chillout channels in internet radio. Chillout is a form of techno, typically low key, but can include other genres.

[callydrias]

I was going to say the same thing, until I read down to your post. Digitally Imported has a really good chillout station as well as other electronica-type music. (http://di.fm)

Listening to metal while playing helps me play aggressively.

Jay-Z and Nas.

[uncleshady]

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Anything by Mike Patton is good if you want to go on instant tilt and lose your bankroll

the mr bungle - california cd is key.

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Haha this is totally awesome. Try Tomahawk Mit Gas too!