Day -02 Music, the Soundtrack of your life....

So, when I write I tend to zen out. That is, I focus on the work I'm doing and attempt to not acknowledge the world at large.

I love radio in general and podcasts (or netcasts) specifically. I love all things talk in recorded media... news, discussions programs, review shows, etc. ... and I love to keep myself semi-in-the-know about the world... or at least my corner of it.

But I found last year that I couldn't write and listen to the normal array of podcasts (Morning Steam, Red Centre, Roderick On the Line, Back to Work, Tech News Today,  and TWiT... to name but a few). I either just listen to the podcast, or an hour later I can't remember a thing about what I just heard.

So, I have subscribed to several podcasts that feature either DJ movements or music for programmers. I find the programing podcasts really interesting and fairly good. So, try subscribing to Music For Programers or Headphone Commute, those podcasts have over an hour each of good solid blocks of... music? Sometimes it is just a droning or clips and such, but it is really cool and very stimulating for work.

Also, being a big anime fan, I also like foreign language soundtracks. My two favorites are Yoko Kanno and Susumu Hirasawa... A few of the albums are Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex (any of them really) Cowboy BeBop (Tank! being the most famous cut) and soundtrack for Paranoia Agent and Paprika.

I'm looking for recommendations for interesting soundtracks and podcasts as well. If you know of any, please comment below.

For the rest of today, I think I'll working on my final, final, final... my GWODS this is the last, draft for Molly... and finishing up my cover, logo, and getting it off to Amazon.

Then, we start the process all over again!