Favorite Music While Playing

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.