There was an option missing from your poll: ambient. I'm a very definite fan of ambient music for writing, coding, or anything else that involves a light trance state.
Also, I've not a huge interest in classical in general any more; most of it sounds rather dull after a while. My interests within it are baroque, early music (inasmuch as that's classical, which is to say that it's not, really, but that's where it often lands) and modern classical-style composition, like the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. Much of that lands in the same headspace as ambient, for me.
I'm really looking at about five categories of music, which aren't so much genre as effect. "Sound-but-not-listen" (ambient, etc, as above), "Listen-to-the-lyrics" (Most other music I listen to), "I-can't-hear-that" (Sarah McLachlan), "Turn-that-off!" (mainstream pop and most rap, except Eminem, who's in Lyrics), and "Mosh" (pretty obvious, often crosses with Lyrics).
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Date: 2004-11-25 04:56 am (UTC)Also, I've not a huge interest in classical in general any more; most of it sounds rather dull after a while. My interests within it are baroque, early music (inasmuch as that's classical, which is to say that it's not, really, but that's where it often lands) and modern classical-style composition, like the Lord of the Rings soundtracks. Much of that lands in the same headspace as ambient, for me.
I'm really looking at about five categories of music, which aren't so much genre as effect. "Sound-but-not-listen" (ambient, etc, as above), "Listen-to-the-lyrics" (Most other music I listen to), "I-can't-hear-that" (Sarah McLachlan), "Turn-that-off!" (mainstream pop and most rap, except Eminem, who's in Lyrics), and "Mosh" (pretty obvious, often crosses with Lyrics).