Poll #10: The Noise Level

[Andy]

Oh, look, a poll!

[Rafael Domination]

Soft music all the way....

[GeorgeMichael]

the sound of llamas of course!!! just kidding :P I like to have the TV on, maybe a movie or something. But silence doesn't work for me.

[Nyx]

Soft music, I do everything with loud music except for creative writing :) But of course if they were some llamas available then definately the sound of llamas :llama:

[Rafael Domination]

Sometimes, I have to listen to a really loud and wild song to picture a fight-scene. But since I gave up rock - at least, I'm getting there; I'll admit. I slip from time to time - I've had to look for really wild classical music. Strangely enough, I've found a few: There's Door of Destiny, the Kraken theme from POTC, Here comes the King, etc...

But yeah...that's just me...

(If there was a way to show you the fight scenes going on in my head along with the music, I'd so go for it! You guys have no idea how crazy they are! :D)

Erm...I can't stand total silence.

[Nyx]

How come you gave up rock?

[Rafael Domination]

Turned Christian...I'm still FAR from what I want to be...still a beginner at it...but yeah, I'm trying to shift my sight on classical music...something with a good melody and not much screaming.

but, anyway...back to the topic...:D

It sucks for me a bit, cuz' my computer isn't in my room, and I really can't write much without someone laughing loudly, watching the TV, or looking over my shoulder while talking on the phone. It's a pity they're my family and friends - I can't jam tissue paper down their throats and shut them up :rolleyes:

(Yeah...I'm still violent)

[Andy]

I'm trying to shift my sight on classical music...something with a good melody and not much screaming.
I wish I'd hear more people say stuff like that. Some of my floor mates played this song in the lounge while I was brainstorming, and it wasn't very loud, but the lyrics started giving me a headache and I went back to my room. I honestly tried to bear it, but it just sickened me. :glare:

[GeorgeMichael]

lol, what type of song was it Andy?

I agree there are some things that I can't stand, this isn't even limited to when I'm writing but I just can't stand most of that rap crap (well, there it is huh?) that some people listen to. I guess it's really just a preference but I just hear people talking at different speeds with a beat, that's all and some of it is ok but I just can't stand it or the most part.

[Rafael Domination]

I wish I'd hear more people say stuff like that. Some of my floor mates played this song in the lounge while I was brainstorming, and it wasn't very loud, but the lyrics started giving me a headache and I went back to my room. I honestly tried to bear it, but it just sickened me. :glare:


Ahahah! Thanks Andy :D

My sister's into hip hop. I mean, seriously, do you now how hard it is to write a quiet scene with Souja Boy howling off in the background?

Don't even get me started on Beyonce...

[Eve]

I prefer the sounds and smells of llamas. It is very inviting and pleasing. Helps move my brains.

Actually, I go for both soft and hard classical music. There's no difference.

[Carraka]

I write best in silence, but normally someone has the TV on downstairs (like right now,) and there's nothing I can do about that.

I can edit with music, though. And do homework with music. Yes.

But soft music, you know? Classical? Instrumental? All singing is foreign?

[Eve]

La Mer? It's foreign too. :P Though very horribly opera-ish

[Carraka]

Actually, I only have the English version. And since it's English, I can't listen to it.

[Nyx]

Ahahah! Thanks Andy :D

My sister's into hip hop. I mean, seriously, do you now how hard it is to write a quiet scene with Souja Boy howling off in the background?

Don't even get me started on Beyonce...


I usually listen to rock/alternative music but Soulja Boy stilll rocks my world:P And I wrote an indepth essay about modern music while Soulja Boy was in the background and I got an A so there goes your theory:P

[Andy]

I usually listen to rock/alternative music but Soulja Boy stilll rocks my world:P And I wrote an indepth essay about modern music while Soulja Boy was in the background and I got an A so there goes your theory:P
That's one of the songs that gives me a headache. All those yoooooouuuuus are so annoying. Why can't people play some of the other 4,000 songs on their iTunes more often? :rolleyes:

[Nyx]

I'm so overly obsessed with Soulja Boy...I even know the dance. :P

[Rafael Domination]

That's the point :D

It's just forces your feet to dance. How am I supposed to stay by the keyboard? That rhyhtm conflicts with my natural heartbeat as well, so, yeah...I prefer to avoid it :rolleyes:

[Nyx]

That's the point :D

It's just forces your feet to dance. How am I supposed to stay by the keyboard? That rhyhtm conflicts with my natural heartbeat as well, so, yeah...I prefer to avoid it :rolleyes:

Dancing gets my brain working...ok so I'm odd:D

By the way Raffy, I still don't see what turning Christian has to do with giving up rock...

[jordanisonfire]

Music is good for inspiration, not for writing. So, silence for me.

[Shaun]

In all honesty I can do with complete silence or really loud background, but nothing in the middle. Well, let me rephrase: if I can make out actual words and sentences in what is happening around me, I can't write or read, but if it's 20 people babbling at the same time and I can't make out what any of them are saying individually, then it just because noise and I can write and read :P.

[Nyx]

In all honesty I can do with complete silence or really loud background, but nothing in the middle. Well, let me rephrase: if I can make out actual words and sentences in what is happening around me, I can't write or read, but if it's 20 people babbling at the same time and I can't make out what any of them are saying individually, then it just because noise and I can write and read :P.

Hehee, when I can makeout what other people are saying i just tune them out:D

[Shaun]

I try to do that, but it gets really hard. I get distracted easily :(.

[Eve]

I try to do that, but it gets really hard. I get distracted easily :(.

Me too. :D Really annoying and it gives the writers block an extra nudge.

[Nyx]

I can tune people out easily...it's tuning them back in that's the hard part:P

[Eve]

I can tune people out easily...it's tuning them back in that's the hard part:P

Yea, how do you tune others out? I'm having much difficulty in that. :(

[Nyx]

Yea, how do you tune others out? I'm having much difficulty in that. :(

Well, it takes time to master, but you have to be so absored in what you're doing that you forget about other people:D That's the eaiset trick.

[Eve]

Well, it takes time to master, but you have to be so absored in what you're doing that you forget about other people:D That's the eaiset trick.

O_o That's really difficult. I'm never good at concentrating.

[Nyx]

O_o That's really difficult. I'm never good at concentrating.

You don't have to concentrate, just think the other people aren't there.

[Eve]

You don't have to concentrate, just think the other people aren't there.

Haha, not there when they're screaming their heads off? :D

[Nyx]

Haha, not there when they're screaming their heads off? :D

alll the better, if you pretend what they're doing is lame , it makes tuning out faster. It's all a matter of practice really;)

[Eve]

alll the better, if you pretend what they're doing is lame , it makes tuning out faster. It's all a matter of practice really;)

I'll take the word from the master! :laugh:

[Nyx]

I'll take the word from the master! :laugh:

:D It's in your best judgement to do so! :laugh:

[Eve]

:D It's in your best judgement to do so! :laugh:

Haha, right then, ma'am. I'll do as you say.

[starrie]

A little bit of background noise is good for me
Especially when my favourite song is played!

[Eve]

Yeah, I can't work when there's a deafening silence.

[Nyx]

Hey Starrie, I haven't seen you around before *waves*:)

Anywas, I can't really work with my favorite songs because I tend to start singing at the top of my voice and doing really odd dance moves here and there:P

[Eve]

:) *Psst.... don't tell anyone...... I tend to do the same thing too.......

[Rafael Domination]

I've heard that 'One Day' song frm the POTC movie sountrack, and fell in love with it. Now I use it all the times when writing about grand or beautiful scenes (like my character looking from a mountainside, etc)...

[Nyx]

we definately have different music tastes:P

[Quietus]

It doesn't really matter what I listen to, as long as I have music I like and a good idea.

[Eve]

It doesn't really matter what I listen to, as long as I have music I like and a good idea.

Wise words!

[Lykaios]

I like soft music or something I'm into at that moment. Or the TV or something.

[DreamChaser]

Since I write at night it creeps me out when there is no noise at all... but I cant concentrate when there is too much noise. So normally I have my tv turned way down in the bg or I have some quiet music playing on my computer

[Simmi]

I listen to MTV... and since I write at night I like listening to music and it's WAY errie in my room... cause like it makes weird creaking sounds >.<

[random_writer]

I can't do the silence thing. I'm a pro at tuning things out... It has gotten to the point where I have to be tuning out something, or I'll fall asleep, so I usually have music or the television turned on, medium-loud, if no one's home. If they are, I have to be where I can hear them. It's weird.

[ElephntFalingOffClif]

Most often I like silence if it's something I need to concentrate but some times I like soft music. Depends on my mood I guess.

[sXe_Jinxeh]

Definitely need music. I like it loud, because it drowns out the rest of my family.

But music is so important to a lot of my characters, particularly DJ. If I don't have the right music playing, I can't get into the mood for her. Like one time I had my iTunes on random and was scribbling down random intense DJ scene--who is a crazy, angsty, angry rocker with an obsession with Queen--and a Hilary Duff song came on. Totally killed the mood, >.<

[BittenxApple]

I listen to the music from various soundtracks. Quietly, but all the same.

[Rose]

Well mostly I like complete silence so that I can enjoy my time while writing and listening to music...

[Rowenny]

Before I couldn't imagine my writing without soft music in the background, especially one that fits the story. Now, sometimes, I find myself writing in total silence, because I can feel that it is easier to concentrate like that.