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Music Drives the Flow

by Fred LeBlanc - January 18, 2006 / 12:09pm View more articles

A general day at iMarc will consist of me having my headphones on for six or seven hours of the standard nine-hour day. I can't stand listening to all the litle clinks and clacks in the room around me, it drives into my brains like screws, slowly twisting... driving me insane.

Click, clack, the screws tighten...

The remedy is music. Anything that will disconnect me from the perpetual ticking of the world's natural clock: business. Without it I lose focus. I'm lost.

That being said, a friend of mine and I have always thought that A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms album was one of the ultimate 'creativity inspiring' albums. I still find that to be true today, but I've recently added a bit more to the playlist that fuels complete shifts each day.

What's in the Shuffle (An Incomplete List)
A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
Flyleaf, Flyleaf
The Mars Volta, Deloused In the Comatorium/Frances the Mute
System of a Down, Mezmerize/Hypnotize
A Perfect Circle, Thirteenth Step
Martin Denny, The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
Radiohead, Kid A/OK Computer/The Bends
Tool, Opiate/Ænema/Lateralus
Puscifer, Both Songs off of the Underworld Soundtracks

Of course, it's different for everyone.
That's why I use my headphones.
What's inspiring you?
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by Nick   #
on January 18, 2006 / 4:26pm
Today my iTunes has touched:

Breaking Benjamin / We Are Not Alone
Dane Cook / Harmful If Swallowed
A Perfect Circle / Mer de Norms; eMOTIVe; Thirteenth Step
Avenged Seeenfold / City of Evil
Blink-182 / Greatest Hits
Lacuna Coil / Comalies
Seether / Karma and Effect.

with 3.25 hours to go
by Daniel Marino   #
on January 18, 2006 / 5:55pm
My itunes list from today.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Shuffle Your Feet
Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People
Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind
Fugazi: Instrument Soundtrack
Guided By Voices: Earthquake Glue
Iron And Wine: The Creek Drank The Cradle
June Of 44: Four Great Points
Mark Lanegan Band: Bubblegum
Nada Surf: The Weight Is A Gift
Pinback: Blue Screen Life
The Rolling Stones: England's Newest Hit Makers
Sage Francis: Personal Journals
Wilco: Kicking Television: D1 Live In Chicago
by Dave Tufts   #
on January 18, 2006 / 8:29pm
recent itunes rotation:

Iron And Wine/Calaxico - In The Reins
The Postal Service
HR - Charge
John Vanderslice - Pixel Revot
Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
From Monument To Masses
Norman Blake - Whiskey Before Breakfast
Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
Shellac - 1000 Hurts
by Craig Henry   #
on January 23, 2006 / 1:11pm
Tom Jones.
by Robert Mohns   #
on January 23, 2006 / 1:45pm
when i need to get work done, i crank onto my "Energy Dark" mix. so far today it's played:

(Name : Artist : Album)

Fear : Disturbed : The Sickness
Brutality - Urban Vodoo : Various Artists : Mortal Kombat Annihiltion
X-Squad - George S. Clinton : Various Artists : Mortal Kombat Annihiltion
Furious Angels - Rob Dougan : Various Artists : The Matrix Reloaded
Born Slippy (Nuxx) : Underworld : Trainspotting
Not Meant For Me - Wayne Static Of Static X : Various Artists : The Queen Of The Damned
Native - Feel The Drums : Ministry of Sound : The Annual Spring 2001 (Disc 2)
Get Up Again : Flaw : XXX (Disc 1)
Technologicque Park : Orbital : XXX (Disc 1)
The Chemicals Between Us : Bush : The Science Of Things
Bodies : Drowning Pool : Sinner
dragula__hot_ro &ob%20zombie : Various Artists : The Matrix
Like A Prayer - Bigod 20 : Various Artists : Virgin Voices - A Tribute To Madonna - Vol. 2
Right Here, Right Now : Ice Cube And Paul Oakenfold : Blade 2 Soundtrack
Pack1demo : TuneMedia : Tune Up Loops Demo Pack 1
Overflow - Obit : Various Artists : High Priestess Productions Sampler 2002
01:01.6 : mindFIELD : Akrasia
Hanzel & Gretyl - Pleiadian Agenda : Various Artists : Diva X Machina 2
Ren 2 - Photek : Various Artists : Animatrix: The Album
Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am) : Ministry of Sound : The Annual Spring 2001 (Disc 2)
Modem - Contact (We Gotta Connect) : Ministry of Sound : The Annual Spring 2001 (Disc 2)
Dread Rock - Paul Oakenfold : Various Artists : The Matrix Reloaded
Midnight : Susan Short : Tune Up Loops Demo Pack 1
Juke-Joint Jezebel : K.M.F.D.M. : Mortal Kombat Soundtrack
Bela Lugosi's Dead : You Shriek : Bela Lugosi's Dead
Supermoves (Animatrix) - Overseer : Various Artists : Animatrix: The Album
Bodies (Vrenna xXx Mix) : Drowning Pool : XXX (Disc 1)
Expansion Union - Playing With Lightning : Various Artists : Blade
let your body die (Catatonic Dance Mix by B6) : Cyber-Tec : Let Your Body Die
Send Me An Angel : Real Life : New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 11
In your room : Depeche Mode : Songs of faith and devotion
Teahouse - Juno Reactor And Gocoo : Various Artists : The Matrix Reloaded (Disc 2)
Voodoo People (Original Mix) : The Prodigy : The Rock Matrix
by ChrisW75   #
on January 25, 2006 / 12:44am
Morcheeba, it sinks into the background allowing me to concentrate on code while blocking out the continuous clicking of the person behind me testing a web interface things and my bosses boss whistling on the other side of the partition...
by jonny   #
on November 15, 2006 / 2:16am
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