danielmclark Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I read an article recently that said that listening to music while working can help concentration, but that most people only saw a significant benefit if there were no lyrics. I've given it a try, and it works for me, so now I'm on the hunt for more instrumentals. I've a Spotify user, so this is the playlist I'm working with: http://open.spotify.com/user/danielmclark/...LSTOmWNUjRVp12X Joe Satriani: Black Swans and Wormholes Surfing with the Alien Super Colossal Strange Beautiful Music Is There Love In Space? Crystal Planet Joe Satriani Flying in a Blue Dream Not of this Earth Steve Vai: Flex-able Flex-able Leftovers Elusive Light and Sound Ultra Zone Alien Love Secrets Fire Garden Passion and Warfare Eric Johnson: Tones Marty Friedman: Music For Speeding Scenes I've also added a few random tracks: Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover Rush - well, all of theirs. You know 'em. What else should I add to the playlist? Obviously I'm looking for more stuff like this, not instrumental country or polkas or something. Shoot me whole albums or individual tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Planet X - Quantum Dixie Dregs - What If Dixie Dregs - Free Fall Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior Weather Report - Heavy Weather Liquid Tension Experiment - Self Titled Frank Zappa - Hot Rats They're mostly jazz fusion, but all of these album are great (imo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Mahavishnu orchestra, anything by them, or miles Davis, and ommadawn by oldfield along with others, and a lot of zeuhl is cool. Second satriani albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akron162 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Anything of Yanni would do (no joke, i really like Yanni) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Anglagard epilog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 (edited) Honestly, if you want something without lyrics, go for the post-rock genre. It's delved from the progressive rock genre and has many similarities. I would go for bands like Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor. You can also go with something more chill out like Olafur Arnalds, a European pianist/composer who has a beautiful discography. Best part about all of these, with the exception of some Sigur Ros songs, are that they are all instrumental and are musicians playing just to play and see what happens. Edited September 25, 2011 by Oracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Ozric Tentacles is an amazingly good instrumental band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullysue Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Also, the first Tetrafusion CD, Absolute Zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0N Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Paul Gilbert's instrumental albums are ace - Get Out Of My Yard, Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar and Fuzz Universe. Shawn Lane -Powers Of Ten Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes Latitudes - Agonist Mogwai and God Is an Astronaut are worth checking out too Pretty much everything by Ronny Jordan, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=60707 http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=55790 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 AWESOME. Thanks you guys, there's enough stuff here to keep me going for a long time. And thanks 'goober for the links to the other two threads, lots of really helpful directions there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tick Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Steve Morse - High Tension Wires. I love this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Andy Timmons - Resolution That Was Then, This Is Now and on Oct. 24th - The Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Utility Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Camel's The Snow Goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 QUOTE (Can-Utility @ Sep 25 2011, 12:47 PM) Camel's The Snow Goose One of the best albums ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Buckethead ...of course... plus here's a few more to be going on with... Allan Holdsworth Wayne Krantz Alex Machacek Brett Garsed (solo and with Uncle Moe's) Oz Noy Andy Timmons Cosmosquad Bumblefoot CAB Guthrie Govan (solo and with the Aristocrats) Pat Metheny Jimmy Herring Joel Hoekstra Shawn Lane Jonas Hellborg (w/Shawn Lane) Karizma Nguyen Le Paul Gilbert Scott Henderson Larry Carlton Lee Ritenour Steve Morse (solo and w/Dixie Dregs) Marcus Miller Steve Lukather (El Grupo/Los Lobotomys) Lyle Workman Michael Landau Mike Stern Al Di Meola Paco De Lucia Chick Corea in multiple scenarios John Maclauglin ditto Jeff Beck Praxis Planet X Robben Ford Yellowjackets Steve Vai Steve Topping Steve Stevens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fledgehog Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 a lot of these (like ozric tentacles, holdsworth, chick, planet x), i wouldnt be able to listen to as pure background music as theyre far too engaging musically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Utility Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 THE SNOW GOOSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 If you want relaxing stuff, check out Karunesh or the Buddha Bar series. This too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Love the Tron Legacy soundtrack too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenJennings Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Marco Sfogli - There's Hope Paul Gilbert - Get Off Of My Lawn Liquid Tension Experiment (all of their albums) Buckethead - Colma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate2112 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 QUOTE (Oracle @ Sep 25 2011, 01:47 AM) Honestly, if you want something without lyrics, go for the post-rock genre. It's delved from the progressive rock genre and has many similarities. I would go for bands like Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor. You can also go with something more chill out like Olafur Arnalds, a European pianist/composer who has a beautiful discography. Best part about all of these, with the exception of some Sigur Ros songs, are that they are all instrumental and are musicians playing just to play and see what happens. I second that But put God Is An Astronaut In there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmclark Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 You guys kick so much ass... I've added about 200 songs to that playlist I think, and I'm not even done searching for all the recommendations yet. Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostworks Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 QUOTE (danielmclark @ Sep 27 2011, 10:29 PM) You guys kick so much ass... I've added about 200 songs to that playlist I think, and I'm not even done searching for all the recommendations yet. Thank you!! just make sure you leave the Sigur Ros off your list more than five minutes of that and you'll end up throwing your computer out the window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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