Music for Working Creatively – I need your help!

Here are some very laid back, heart-breakingly beautiful tracks:

Bonnie Prince Billy - Break of Day
Celeste - I Can See the Change
Nick Drake - From the Morning
Jacob Banks - By Design
Nina Simone - July Tree
The Be Good Tanyas - Back Against the Wall
Katy Kirby - Cubic Zirconia

and the grooviest of all:
Van Morrison - Caledonia Soul Music 

Any Steely Dan. 

The Pretenders "Learning to Crawl"

I believe I remember Art Dudley writing that he liked listening to that lp every morning. Also, Chrissie is such a bad $ss.

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I like Yo Yo Ma but got to the point where I feel I can hear him more than the music.

Try Brandenburg Concertos as well as anything related to ancient music.

Miles Davis - In a Silent Way

Grant Green - Idle Moments

Joe Henderson - Live at the Village Vanguard 1 & 2

How do you listen?  Are you streaming?  Suggest setting up a playlist with all the favorites you mentioned.  That’s what I’ve done.  Start with all the Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler albums.  That’s several hours right there.  

Riverside 20 - Volume 1, The Shorts.  The band is Riverside, but what I listed is the tital on Qobuz.

Carolin No - Carolin No. 

Great suggestions @grislybutter and @baylinor 

music that’s not too distracting but still involving and inspiring - Van Morrison.

music that’s -a + b + c... - Van Morrison

music that’s +a + b +c + d... - Van Morrison

you get the picture :)

@dynamic_driven 

More in the prog alt rock mold, not too hard, elaborate and upbeat:

- Puscifer / Condition of my parole

- Beck / Midnight

- OSI / Blood

- Pineapple Thief / Dissolution

- Lunatic Soul / Fractured

On the electronic front and not to miss:

- Anything by Yello, start with Point / Motion Picture or Zebra

- Air / 10,000 Hz legend or Pocket Symphony

That ought keep you busy for awhile. Enjoy!

Thanks everyone.

I do sometimes listen to classical, however more when I paint.

Any hidden gem rock / alternative albums out there?

Yo Yo Ma, Bach Cello Suites. Try it, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Spirit, by Willie, works wonders.

lots of research suggests Baroque music pace and meter coincides with brain waves, and is great for creative process...moves us forward without drawing attention to itself...Vivaldi has worked particularly good for me...