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yuck
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finals season is here, what do you listen to when you are studying for hours on end?

i prefer music without lyrics, because you can listen to it without having to process words and it is less distracting. i have always listened to stuff like Explosions in the Sky and Do Make Say Think, but sometimes it can be intense/heavy for those long and stressful study days

This year I have been on a hardcore binge of Chopin's Nocturnes. you find em all on youtube. i particularly like Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1

Anyways post your shit. i need more music to study to and im sure some of you guys do to.


WOW theres a poll option! newschoolers is upping their thread-making game. im gonna add one just for shits.
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ModMommy
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I hope this works, but GY!BE has awesome post rock to study to.
11 years ago
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ModMommy
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Just gonna throw up a link instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNB1b9pUvc
11 years ago
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Wampire
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frank sinatra, and a dogs christmas
11 years ago
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erica
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-Sigur Ros
-Explosions in the sky
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OGHolliday
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I listen to hip hop instrumental albums. Mainly J-Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Alchemist, Jake One, and older Gramatik stuff. Helps me bump my head and stay in a grove while reading, writing, and studying but there's no words so there's little distraction. Also very helpful on adderall when I need some sort of stimulation/movement or else I get real antsy. Pandora has good playlists if you type in "hip-hop instrumentals".
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ModMommy
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Also, I find Wavves album "King of the beach" to be good to study too, along with Seahaven's new album.
11 years ago
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raymondcabral
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get stoked to study.
11 years ago
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Reilly.M
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8tracks and we can leave it at that
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Dwarftosser1
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Cinematic Orchestra, Patrick Watson, Jazz Liberator. All great for studying I prefer mostly instrumentals as well, but light vocals work too.
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raymondcabral
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raymondcabralget stoked to study.


I embedded a video wtf ns
11 years ago
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SFB
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i like to listen to some chill mac demarco to calm me down

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11 years ago
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SFB
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raymondcabralI embedded a video wtf ns


me to wtf
11 years ago
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Blurst
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Bonobo

I've been cranking out his discography on repeat during this time since first year. So much better than the drone of florescent lights, sickness in the student population, and squeaky chairs in the library.

And yes I answered "I dont study because I do drugs" on your poll.
11 years ago
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fortyvalve
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You are welcome
http://youtu.be/JO-85Pr2fFY
11 years ago
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uyghur
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I like 50's music because it's so uplifting for when you study
11 years ago
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FuckAllOfYou
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jIJu4rAtbA

pink floyd all dae
11 years ago
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SwaggyP
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Pink floyd or metallica
11 years ago
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Wampire
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SFBi like to listen to some chill mac demarco to calm me down


ya dude especially salad dayz
11 years ago
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E__
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Nujabes, Dilla, Mogwai, God is an Astronaut, Explosions in the Sky.
11 years ago
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paige.
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Tycho is always a mainstay during exam season. Plus Hauschka.
11 years ago
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Wompuscat
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I've found one of my favorites to be 2cellos radio on Pandora. A lot of strings groups that cover rock songs and the like. I enjoy it, but its also fairly good for studying as there are no voices.
11 years ago
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MuckMaestro
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Skizzy Mars, particularly the stuff on his newest mixtape Pace
11 years ago
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DayMan
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I can't listen to music with lyrics when I study so I just jam out to the Pandora classical station haha
11 years ago
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muel
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Chillstep on youtube.
11 years ago
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-WZ-
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Majestic Casual, Stay Trapped. search them on youtube
11 years ago
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Idahoskier420
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If you like edm, deep house, and trance:

Above and beyond "group therapy" radio show on soundcloud. Two hours of study gold with a new broadcast every week. The dj s talk briefly between sets and some of the songs have words. Has gotten me through many long hours of studying
11 years ago
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Kooky_Lukey
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Jack Johnson.


That is all.
11 years ago
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yuck
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finals season bump

currently still listening to chopin and bonobo mostly these days. hours or lyricless (or non-english) music is still my best bet.
10 years ago
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Blurst
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my go to

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/740966/Leek-Spin-10-hours
10 years ago
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remove
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bongo band. no words just tasty beats
10 years ago
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ANDR01D
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I prefer to listen to the pop punk bands of my childhood, I know the songs so well the lyrics don't distract me and as a bonus it puts me in a really good mood.
10 years ago
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yuck
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Humpsbongo band. no words just tasty beats


hahah oh god i couldnt do bongo music. the backyard of my house here at school is adjacent to a music studio, which is rented out one night a week to a guy who teaches bongo lessons or runs a drum circle or whatever. so every monday night for the last two years its been bongo night and i can hear that shit in every room of my house unless there is music blasting.

so bongo music drives me insane and i believe would make me kill myself if i was subjected to it for a long time. same goes for claves. fuck claves.
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yuckhahah oh god i couldnt do bongo music. the backyard of my house here at school is adjacent to a music studio, which is rented out one night a week to a guy who teaches bongo lessons or runs a drum circle or whatever. so every monday night for the last two years its been bongo night and i can hear that shit in every room of my house unless there is music blasting.

so bongo music drives me insane and i believe would make me kill myself if i was subjected to it for a long time. same goes for claves. fuck claves.


haha that's a fair point. It's not just bongos but I feel your pain.

Jams without words is my kinda study music though like Booker T. and the MG's
10 years ago
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DirtYStylE
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turntable.fm ... SYKE you missed that train. It's been down for a year now.

Check out 8tracks.com . Explore => study => instrumental. You're welcome.
10 years ago
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theabortionator
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Limp Biskit - Break Stuff
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