tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859815716035905460.post82298080733404947..comments2023-10-11T07:03:07.028-07:00Comments on Wyatt at Pan Historia: The Soundtrack of ArtPan Historiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01784598437235690294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859815716035905460.post-71043984886174577562008-12-21T17:32:00.000-08:002008-12-21T17:32:00.000-08:00Last xmas I was given a basic model iPod by a frie...Last xmas I was given a basic model iPod by a friend who knew I liked talking long walks by myself. It's still in its box, unused. Because like you Wyatt, I want to hear the sounds around me when I walk in the countryside - the birdsong, rustle of leaves, whinnying of a horse greeting me, farmers' dogs barking at my intrusion into their territory, encroaching tractors on narrow lanes. And like both of you I find music a distraction if I am trying to read or write - I find myself listening to the song, it pushes everything else out of my head. I might listen to music to get myself into the mood for a specific character, but I must write in silence (or the closest one can realistically get to it!)Viridian Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041466964085728629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859815716035905460.post-46264209154356881082008-12-21T07:10:00.000-08:002008-12-21T07:10:00.000-08:00Actually I have that issue too, and I could easily...Actually I have that issue too, and I could easily make a case for classical music being ok for writing or even for painting, except that I still have a deep emotional connection to the music and I don't want that to color my work.Pan Historiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784598437235690294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6859815716035905460.post-66272882522249820742008-12-20T15:57:00.000-08:002008-12-20T15:57:00.000-08:00I also have an issue with listening to music while...I also have an issue with listening to music while I read, write or study, albeit a slightly different one to yours. <BR/><BR/>I find music with vocals highly distracting. I end up trying to follow the story of the voice rather than the one on the page.<BR/><BR/>Luckily I like classical music, you know, the stuff you have to go to a soundproof room in the basement to buy (Could that place be more like a torturer's dungeon? Why not just bolt some chains to the wall while they're at it?)<BR/><BR/>Opera falls into a sort of middle area. I am a monoglot so most operatic performances are vocally shrouded in mystery to me. Even so, Carmen on full bore is a bit too intrusive while trying to do something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com