Do you like to listen to music while reading? I've been

I listen to rainymood sometimes. Anything with lyrics takes me out of it.

Not music, but I like audiobooks, but I don't like to hear other people's voices, I like to hear my own voice, so before I read a book, I record myself reading it (takes about a week), then I put on the recording of me reading it, and I read it in my head while following along with the recording.

>>8862255
This book is garbage.

>>8862547
I'm actually reading The Iliad but I wanted people to post in my thread so I used a meme instead.

>>8862255
I listened to Temples while reading earlier today and it wasn't distracting at all. Usually I listen to classical music radio at very low volume, just so I don't get distracted by the hard-to-describe rushing sound that I 'hear' while sitting in silence

>>8862551
Homer is meme.

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>>8862691

>>8862551
Nice appeal to the zeitgeist anon

>>8862551
I'm reading The Odyssey ;)
Which translation ya got?

No. If I don't have complete silence I can't enjoy what I'm reading.

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>>8862530
This is insane

>>8862255
never music ever.

>>8863788
Same here. I get distracted by music way too easily.

>>8863771
Fagles

No bully pls

>>8862255
One of my best reading experiences was when I read Infinite Jest on the subway, while being stoned and listening to techno.

Who here /tinnitus/? Normally put some classical on so I don't go insane.

>>8862255
No.
And I only listen to music alone, in dark and otherwise quiet environments.

I listen to instrumental music or electronic music like Autechre

>>8864385

only when someone reminds me I have it like just now

>>8864459
>>8864385
What if you had the power to transfer your tinnitus to other people, except it'd be a lot worse and you could only use it on people who you loved, would you use it?

>>8864467
I've had it all my life so I've known no different. I expect someone who could experience silence would go mad if I gave it to them. So no.

>>8864484
That's very just of you anon, Plato would be proud.

>>8864459
>>8864385
does it mask sounds for you when sitting in silence? I have it too but I still manage to stay alert and note small sounds, the thought of being unable to hear footsteps or breathing is terrifying to be

>>8864904
Doesn't mask them, but it's beginning to be almost on par with smaller sounds

>>8864467
holy... i want more...

>>8862255
rap isn't music

>>8862530
what the fuck?

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>>8862255
I listened to Wildflower the last time I read CoL49.
Top fucking kino.

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Been listening this album countless times through my Dostoyevsky reads.

>>8865179
That one works for BK, but I think F#A# is better for Notes

debussy is my goto for reading music

>>8864360
mmmm, maybe try out Fitzgerald if you wanna do the Aeneid or Odyssey next.

>>8864438
I do this sometimes too. Aphex Twin is, really, my only go-to as far as IDM is concerned. Would you recommend other IDM artists who are good background music? as well as good in general ofc.

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op here, what's the /lit/ equivalent of this album

>>8862255
Yes. I put off reading a new book until I find an album or make a playlist that fits the book's mood. It has to be something new but good that I won't get tired of listening to while on repeat for hours on end. If I can't find music that fits the bill I just watch chinese cartoons instead.

>>8864944
"rap" isnt a genre