I'm a writer, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any ambient, soothing background music to write by. Thanks in advance!:)

FINALLY I GET TO PLUG SOME AMBIENT MUSIC! :D
My good sir, hasten to listen to the melodicity of Constance Demby (www.constancedemby.com). Taking her place as the Beethoven and Strauss of her time, she dominates the field of new age classical ambience with much synthesized dexterity. ;)
I love her. She should be moz's new keyboardist; take a listen and see if you do not agree with me!!!

hmm. what about Sigur Ros?

FINALLY I GET TO PLUG SOME AMBIENT MUSIC! :D
My good sir, hasten to listen to the melodicity of Constance Demby (www.constancedemby.com). Taking her place as the Beethoven and Strauss of her time, she dominates the field of new age classical ambience with much synthesized dexterity. ;)
I love her. She should be moz's new keyboardist; take a listen and see if you do not agree with me!!!

LMAO :D Actually I'm female, but that's okay! Thank you! I'll definitely check her out online! LOL you don't ever get a chance to plug ambient music? I have lots of Bach and Brahms but Beethoven is a little too tempestrous for me. Can you imagine trying to write with Wagner in the background, ha! Thanks again! :D

hmm. what about Sigur Ros?

Hi! Actually I do have some Sigur Ros around here somewhere. I was also thinking of the Cocteau Twins. Thanks all the same :D

Hi! Actually I do have some Sigur Ros around here somewhere. I was also thinking of the Cocteau Twins. Thanks all the same :D

Cocteau Twins would be good too!

Pantha Du Prince is pretty good.
Pole is good, too.

What about Enya? Tho I usually associate it with getting a massage or a facial :p It's soothing, spiritual music.

FINALLY I GET TO PLUG SOME AMBIENT MUSIC! :D
My good sir, hasten to listen to the melodicity of Constance Demby (www.constancedemby.com). Taking her place as the Beethoven and Strauss of her time, she dominates the field of new age classical ambience with much synthesized dexterity. ;)
I love her. She should be moz's new keyboardist; take a listen and see if you do not agree with me!!!

WOW! What an impressive site! She's a healer, as well! I love her stuff! Now, let's see if Amazon has any of it! (probably nil) Cool! Thanks again!:D

I like Massive Attack. Enya and Clannad are nice, as well.

Pantha Du Prince is pretty good.
Pole is good, too.

Thanks for the recommendations! I'm gonna be broke after I purchase these! :D But that's okay; anything to help my writer's block. :(

What about Enya? Tho I usually associate it with getting a massage or a facial :p It's soothing, spiritual music.

DOH! Enya is perfect! Wah, I want a facial! :) Though I bought this Japanese peel off facial mask and it's BLACK. Does the job though.

The BEST ambient music is, by far:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FQAKEAB7L._AA240_.jpg

Enya? ENYA? I rather have a root canal.

Enya? ENYA? I rather have a root canal.

Maybe your dentist will play it during the procedure :p

Maybe your dentist will play it during the procedure :p

Corrissey, lol! I guess Enya isn't for everyone. Julee Cruise is good as well, (NOW I'm remembering what CD's I own!) Mazzy Star (don't hurl) would be ok too. I appreciate these ideas!

I'm a writer, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any ambient, soothing background music to write by. Thanks in advance!:)
well, it's not exactly ambient, but I highly reccoment Dead Can Dance, I find it very inspiring. It's hard to explain, quite medieval in feel, spiritual, transports me to an entirely different time.

Corrissey, lol! I guess Enya isn't for everyone. Julee Cruise is good as well, (NOW I'm remembering what CD's I own!) Mazzy Star (don't hurl) would be ok too. I appreciate these ideas!

Has Julee Cruise done much since the Twin Peaks days?

Has Julee Cruise done much since the Twin Peaks days?

Yes! I own her first CD, from the Twin Peaks soundtrack, and it's really good. I had JUST remembered her- I need to go through my CD's. She's perfect. I think she HAS done other things but I know she still works with David Lynch.

well, it's not exactly ambient, but I highly reccoment Dead Can Dance, I find it very inspiring. It's hard to explain, quite medieval in feel, spiritual, transports me to an entirely different time.

Thanks! Keep 'em coming. My list is getting progressively longer!

The BEST ambient music is, by far:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FQAKEAB7L._AA240_.jpg

DEVO??? I'm from the generation of, "Whip It" haha. Oingo Boingo's front man, Danny Elfman, has produced some music for films.

Corrissey, lol! I guess Enya isn't for everyone. Julee Cruise is good as well, (NOW I'm remembering what CD's I own!) Mazzy Star (don't hurl) would be ok too. I appreciate these ideas!

I don't own any Enya myself... but I do own The Sundays... speaking of Mazzy Star and Ambient music :)

Why is it that ambient music is inextricably linked with that most off-putting of monikers - "new age"? Personally, all I see when someone mentions that are dentists' waiting rooms, whales, incense sticks and women in headbands, sandals and weed-scented saris. The last time I heard Enya was in the elevator of the private hospital my nephew was in. I'm not normally a claustrophobic person, but all I could think was "when am I gonna get the fuck out of this lift!?" Had there not been other people present, I may well have prised the doors open with my bare hands and thrown myself down the 30-floor shaft.

Anyway, my advice is to forget Enya and her ilk - there are plenty of whale-watching tours available at your local maritime port which eradicate the need for excessive exposure to Roland synthesizers. A far better, and socially acceptable, alternative is sadcore. I refer you to this thread (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=58700), where our resident sadcore anorak Codreanu has uploaded a number of fine examples of the genre. Particularly recommended are Small Town Boredom, Tram and Red House Painters.


Coiff.

Thanks for the recommendations! I'm gonna be broke after I purchase these! :D But that's okay; anything to help my writer's block. :(

Whenever I have writer's block I watch movies. It seems odd, but movies always give me inspiration (I don't copy them or anything!). You might want to give it a try.

Good luck getting over your block. :) I'm afraid I don't know anything about this kind of music.

Whenever I have writer's block I watch movies. It seems odd, but movies always give me inspiration (I don't copy them or anything!). You might want to give it a try.

Good luck getting over your block. :) I'm afraid I don't know anything about this kind of music.

Cassius, that's actually a good idea there. What sort of movies do you watch, for inspiration's sake? I have IFC and should probably watch it more often. I have a poet friend who gets all of his inspiration from downloading pics - (no not THOSE kind) He tries to find still life shots; like a deserted wet street, or the face of a beautiful woman. It doesn't work for me, but he's bashed out reams of poems this way. Thanks for your vote of confidence! I have 8 of my favorite sketchbooks that I use as journals, and I need to get writing, damn it. Morrissey makes it look so damned easy. But of course, he's Special.:D

Why is it that ambient music is inextricably linked with that most off-putting of monikers - "new age"? Personally, all I see when someone mentions that are dentists' waiting rooms, whales, incense sticks and women in headbands, sandals and weed-scented saris. The last time I heard Enya was in the elevator of the private hospital my nephew was in. I'm not normally a claustrophobic person, but all I could think was "when am I gonna get the fuck out of this lift!?" Had there not been other people present, I may well have prised the doors open with my bare hands and thrown myself down the 30-floor shaft.

Anyway, my advice is to forget Enya and her ilk - there are plenty of whale-watching tours available at your local maritime port which eradicate the need for excessive exposure to Roland synthesizers. A far better, and socially acceptable, alternative is sadcore. I refer you to this thread (http://forums.morrissey-solo.com/showthread.php?t=58700), where our resident sadcore anorak Codreanu has uploaded a number of fine examples of the genre. Particularly recommended are Small Town Boredom, Tram and Red House Painters.


Coiff.

Thanks very much. I'll definitely check out the site. Sadcore, very interesting. Oh yes, I have heard of The Red House Painters, but I've never actually HEARD them. Will give the link a try. :D

Disintegration by The Cure is very great! ;)

Cassius, that's actually a good idea there. What sort of movies do you watch, for inspiration's sake? I have IFC and should probably watch it more often. I have a poet friend who gets all of his inspiration from downloading pics - (no not THOSE kind) He tries to find still life shots; like a deserted wet street, or the face of a beautiful woman. It doesn't work for me, but he's bashed out reams of poems this way. Thanks for your vote of confidence! I have 8 of my favorite sketchbooks that I use as journals, and I need to get writing, damn it. Morrissey makes it look so damned easy. But of course, he's Special.:D

It pretty much depends on what I feel like writing. I wouldn't say that there is a set genre. ;)

You are looking for a chap called Brian Eno.
Back in the seventies he was in a band called Roxy Music.

He then went on as a solo artist, and worked on "ambient"
music in particular. It was his speciality.

FINALLY I GET TO PLUG SOME AMBIENT MUSIC! :D
My good sir, hasten to listen to the melodicity of Constance Demby (www.constancedemby.com). Taking her place as the Beethoven and Strauss of her time, she dominates the field of new age classical ambience with much synthesized dexterity. ;)
I love her. She should be moz's new keyboardist; take a listen and see if you do not agree with me!!!

By the way, which CD of hers should I start out with? Thanks.

Disintegration by The Cure is very great! ;)

"Fascination Street" is my very favorite song off that album! :D

You are looking for a chap called Brian Eno.
Back in the seventies he was in a band called Roxy Music.

He then went on as a solo artist, and worked on "ambient"
music in particular. It was his speciality.

I am old enough to remember him. Thanks.

Thievery Corporation.

Or Redford (For Yia Yia & Pappou) by Sufjan Stevens, possibly the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard.

i can't believe no one has mentioned Tangerine Dream yet.

I am old enough to remember him. Thanks.

Tee hee. I wasn't being "ageist". It's okay....:eek:

I realize I asked this question a while back, and to my surprise, I actually own a Constance Denby CD! (which is excellent). I would love more suggestions - I need ambient music to write by. Thanks all. :)

I realize I asked this question a while back, and to my surprise, I actually own a Constance Denby CD! (which is excellent). I would love more suggestions - I need ambient music to write by. Thanks all. :)

why didnt you just bump your other thread?


oooh i spoke too soon. THREAD MERGE!! haha

why didnt you just bump your other thread?


oooh i spoke too soon. THREAD MERGE!! haha

Angling for a promotion, nugz?

Angling for a promotion, nugz?

no wai.

I'd get demoted in a day or two anyway. ;)

DEVO??? I'm from the generation of, "Whip It" haha. Oingo Boingo's front man, Danny Elfman, has produced some music for films.

But have you heard this specific album? It's Devo songs re-recorded to be played in elevators. Awesome.

http://www.last.fm/music/Amiina

Amiina: A Icelandic quartet that often play with Sigur Ros who are incredible beyond words.

come to think of it, theres so much ambient music from iceland, the album leaf is another...

Brian Eno "music for airports" has got to be the ultimate ambient music.

if you want Ambient that doesn't suck, try Nurse With Wound. while a good portion of his/their output is very grating (in a good way) or very silly (also in a good way) they also have some really trance-inducing ambient works.


who ever mentioned Disintegration, good call! it's my default nap taking CD, although i skip to Closedown because the snare drum in Pictures of You is very irritating. CLANK....CLANK...CLANK...CLANK

The Orb, Sabres Of Paradise and Lemon Jelly.

Try this, just stunning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sa9ocToMH4&feature=related

Here's some good CD's to chill to:

Air - Premiers Symptomes
Beth Gibbons (of Portishead) & Rustin Mann - Out Of Season
This Mortal Coil - any cd of theirs
Brian Ferry - Mamouna
Dead Can Dance - Toward The Within
Neva Dinova - You May Already Be Dreaming
Mazzy Star - So tonight That I Might See
Cocteau Twins - any, as Nugz would agree. I like the opening to Victorialand and Heaven Or Las Vegas is great.

Can anyone reccomend any trance or ambient music? Thanks.

Some I like to chill to:

Most of this stuff is more dub than trance but it totally gets me in the techno zone.

Luke Hess-Detroit
http://www.myspace.com/hesslabs

Marko Fürstenberg-Leipzig
http://www.myspace.com/markofuerstenberg

Deadbeat-Berlin
http://www.myspace.com/deadbeatcomputermusic

Hope you enjoy.

brendan murray is really, really good, though his stuff is hard to find. here's one album that has samples online:

http://www.studentsofdecay.com/SoD19.htm

Can anyone reccomend any trance or ambient music? Thanks.

System 7 was the best! Probably why I don't remember 1995...
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You are looking for a chap called Brian Eno.
Back in the seventies he was in a band called Roxy Music.

He then went on as a solo artist, and worked on "ambient"
music in particular. It was his speciality.

Yay! Even his "Another Day On Earth" is very good ambient with pop-like sensibilities.

Juno Reactor - Bible of Dreams

It's a kind of aggressive, post-trance/ambient thing - like a totally immersive, ethnological soundtrack.

The best driving music I can think of.

Got to go with Eno: Airports, On Land, Apollo etc.
Erik Satie Piano Music.
Gavin Bryars
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Harmonia
OR
Dub Reggae:
Keith Hudson
Dr Alimantado
Scientist
Any Black Ark/Studio One Production c1973-1980

Not Enya.