energetic is best, but really it should be something i haven't heard enough or somehing good that I haven't heard for a long time.

music 'sharpens' my mind. music seems to make the mind concnetrate.

Mogwai.

this music where these people talk over loud music...i think its called rapping. They come from the south, and i think they are black....They drag cassettes and chop sounds and its only emerged in the past couple years from the south.

house music from Detroit or Chi-town.

Radiohead

Tosca, Björk, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Titan, DIGI + GABO, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Sonic Youth, Kid Koala, Wagner, Carmina Burana, David Helfgott, Radiohead, etc...depending of the mood, depending the project, is not always the same

for model bulding - industrial
for reading and working on conceptual ideas - john cage, stockhausen and the like

norma freakin jean

'lil john' and the ying yang twins.

tool for concept developing if it's something serious (crematory, cemetery, hospital)

the bronxxx if it's something non-serious (anything else really)

dillinger escape plan for when i draw the plans

free frm jazz for the sections

bill hicks for the rationale.

Nothing beats early mornings with some loud scandinavian deathmetal.

eric satie's "best of..."and brian eno's "the pearl" hits the spot for me.

Hot Water Music... music has depth and energy

nitrada

mitchell akiyama

album leaf

pluramon

family tree, medulla (bjork)

and of course- radiohead (couldnt help it)

so....do a search for some tracks from the above mentioned group- ya wont be disappointed

and heres a tip for finding really good non-commercialized thinking design music:

indie movies, underground movies that you may like- find out their soundtracks and look up the particular artists' albums, songs- usually spurns good results

iTunes - Radio - Electronic - Groove Salad or Jazzmusique

in that order

anything drum n bass

i would have to disagree J3 some drum n bass may be too fast to concentrate , but i agree certain drum n base tracks are very hypnotising and can help u focus good..

AIR. Radihead. Drums and Tuba.

chris clark

check dis:

www.epitonic.com

an online streaming radio with "you pick the genre"
so basically you can click on radio and then pick your genre(s) and select how many songs you want to hear and then click listen with player

its usually something new and that helps i like the

ambient/instrumental/jazz

for chill drawing type stuff with conceptualizing and some mild reading

guster seems to lift the spirits and send the creative juices a swirling.
either that or some early B.I.G.
or on the few ocasions i need some extra pick-me-up i put on old tapes of allen aldmon and pillow talk...for those of you who know..it is priceless...

Close to the Edge, Tales, and Relayer!

John Tesh at Red Rock gets me humpin.

i make some of my own beats

matthew dear

infected mushroom