Are you listening to music when you map ?

Jao

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Do you listen to music when you're mapping ? If so, what kind of music do you listen to ? For my part, I can't do anything with heavy metal ! Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Soilwork, Despised Icon, Divine Heresy, Arch Enemy, Unearth, Beneath The Sky, The Agony Scene and so on !
 
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Alexforcefive

I've been listening to the new Streetlight Manifesto album, as well as a bunch of System Of A Down and Joanna Newsom
 

drp

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i think listening to music while mapping is pretty much mandatory, or else you would go insane with the silence
 

Intraman

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I tend not too. Since when testing the sounds interfer. Though as a composer, I always have music going on in my head so... I guess I do.
 

Dox

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Hard techno, anything with a fast paced beat and few words i find is great for mapping.
 
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Octopus

Hard techno, anything with a fast paced beat and few words i find is great for mapping.

Yes I agree, I either have hardcore techno, or I have Mars Volta and other rock. Sometimes though, I have nothing going, but I am really focused.
It is weird.

However Vocal trance is really sick, you should try it out.
 
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Armadillo of Doom

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For mapping, I tend to play melodic alternative, with heavy metal ballods thrown in for variety; RHCP, Foo Fighters, Evanescence, Megadeth, etc. Really puts me in the zen mood. Ingame however, straight up metal and classic rock; Van Halen, Children of Bodum, Dragon Force, Lynard Skynnard, and so on. Great thread btw :D
 

Snipergen

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mapping without music is boring! of course i listen to music :)

listen to everything actually mmostly rock, but atm oldschool songs, dire straits, led zeppelin, and well yellowcard :p

and i love coldplay
 

Pad See Ew

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Nizzem

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I'm always listening to music or I have a podcast running while I'm mapping. I like a lot of rock, but my personal library is pretty small. I tend to listen to same 2 vocal artists majority of the time because I find their music so phenomenal. These two musicians being Mike Patton and Maynard Keenan. I also listen to some trance, mainly Infected Mushroom.

I shall put some links below to my two favorite artists if your interested in a sample of what I listen to.

Artist: Maynard James Keenan
Band: Tool
Song: Sober
Song: Lateralus

Band: A Perfect Circle
Song: Passive

Band: Puscifer
Song: Momma Sed

Artist: Mike Patton
Band: Mr. Bungle
Song: Air Conditioned Nightmare(Live)

Band: Faith No More
Song: Falling to Pieces

Band: Tomahawk
Song: God Hates a Coward (Live)
Song: Rape This Day
 

MacNetron

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I appear to have a slightly different taste. A bit older... :)
Like to listen to the complete range of 60's to 90's.

An internet radio station with classic rock is 3wk.com. Fun thing is that they also play music I've never heard before. "New" music (although old) may trigger
creativiness.
Or some dance/trance mixes on di.fm :)

But mostly now I listen to 'Gare Du Nord' and 'Roisin Murphy'.

Roisin Murphy - Overpowered (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlFjf1pWk2c)
Roisin Murphy - Sow into you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpINtHXjLek)

Gare Du Nord - Marvin & Miles (http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BL4G0FqrfY4)
 
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Squirrelly

yea i don't think i would have ever a decent map if i didn't have music.

they go together so well like peanut butter & jeally
 
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Thristhart

me, i listen to anything by Lemon Demon or Weird Al.

I think funny music helps you make lighthearted, spirited maps. So Weird Al is a must :D
 

DJive

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I go to youtube and search of all the early 90's and 80's stuff =) I listen to hip-hop to roxette while i map =p
 
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Mindcrime

Rush, Yes, Dream Theater, Queen, Styx, Queensryche, Symphony X...

Any long, intricate, cerebral music usually does the trick for me :)
 

timberghost_paintball

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Sometimes I listen to music but most of the time I listen to podcasts like the control point, ign games, game theory, Bungie, insomniac, Games for Window, Pc Gamer, EGM live, and others podcasts. People talking about gaming inspires me while making games.