What do you listen to while playing Poker?

[TerpZone]

Well, post whatever band/album you're listening to during your latest tournament!

I've currently got The Cure - Greatest Hits turning.

[markjfixit]

Ratt,, cinderella,, crue,, mostly 80s hair bands

[GloBug]

well i like incubus, linikn park, journey, foreigner, guns and roses and metalllice oh and some lil wayne.

[navuta]

I like total and completly silence.
I could buy that headphones thats blocks all sounds... would be cool.!
:Angel_anim:

[eejit101]

Lil wayne! Lillipop! Awesome.

Mine is random, funeral for a friend and muse are primary tho

[sweetpea]

I like silence too, probably because with 2 rugrats in my house I never get any. I usually have the volume muted on my computer. But if I did listen to music while I played, it would be country.

[eejit101]

ewwwww country:(

You americans suck!

[thejuanupsman]

currently listening to Tom Waits cd Used Songs.

[TerpZone]

The Clash - London Calling tonight. Better believe it.

[woohoosue]

for that late night i need some caffeine game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4jJ4ljS4Ns

[navuta]

Anyone here likes Ravi shankar?
Duet of violin and siter is very very cool!
:nopity:

[stevenmick12]

i listen to some country that really relazes me and helps me to play better...maybe u guys should try it...it helps me alot..hopefully this post helps someone...thanks :)

[TerpZone]

Tonight for the NDNPT game, I shall be listening to Miri Ben-Ari - The Hip-Hop Violinist.

She's an Israeli born violinist. She's awesome. And hot.

Miri Ben-Ari, 'The Hip-Hop Violinist' (http://www.miribenari.com/)

[nodepositneeded]

Tonight for the NDNPT game, I shall be listening to Miri Ben-Ari - The Hip-Hop Violinist.

She's an Israeli born violinist. She's awesome. And hot.

Miri Ben-Ari, 'The Hip-Hop Violinist' (http://www.miribenari.com/)

Make sure eejit101 reads this. We always battle it out on "who can find a better violin cover" on Youtube. He'll appreciate this artist.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Anyone here likes Ravi shankar?
Duet of violin and siter is very very cool!
:nopity:

I love Ravi Shankar very much. He is a genius of Indian music, and was a great friend of George Harrison!

[klinkman]

Jamming to pandora tonight. Quick-mix based on: Carbon Leaf, Coldplay, and The Beatles.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Jamming to pandora tonight. Quick-mix based on: Carbon Leaf, Coldplay, and The Beatles.

Best quick mix ever!

Except Guster always plays right before or after a Carbon Leaf song, which is weird. But it works.

RANDOM BEATLES ROCK BAND EXCITEMENT!!!!!!

[TerpZone]

random beatles rock band excitement!!!!!!

5 days omgmgomgomgomg

[taylovesthebeatles]

5 days omgmgomgomgomg

Yeah, yeah, yeah! Wooooo!

[TerpZone]

I'm skipping this. I don't have the rock band set and I'm not dishing out the money for one now.

[taylovesthebeatles]

I'm skipping this. I don't have the rock band set and I'm not dishing out the money for one now.

Fair enough, but it is an excuse to get the COOLEST INSTRUMENTS EVER MADE for any version of the game you want.

Eff yeah.

[kingsnthahole]

I listen to the pulse of my opponents heartbeat...

[dms88]

i usually listen to music and if the red sox are on i watch the game while im playing poker, i get pretty distracted when i do that though but with my ipod the music gives me a nice calm feeling and sometimes it gives me a rush lol

[TerpZone]

Was listening to Metallica - Master of Puppets earlier during Midnight Madness, but that didn't work out so well. So now, it's Radiohead - In Rainbows during my nightly 4x table cash games. It has been working out well.

[area206]

I listen to rap, hip/hop and R&B. I am pretty mainstream in USA. I do like a lot of underground rap as well.

I also listen to my son playing all the time and asking me questions, shows that i put on television, my girl talking to me, my phone ringing when I get calls or text messages, etc... lol... I pretty much multitask all the time when I play poker...

[navuta]

Hardcore sepultura!!!:nopity:

But I like most is silence!

[TerpZone]

Currently listening to A Perfect Circle...I didn't have Lennon's version of Imagine, so I settled for the better version.

[0maxpower0]

As far as what i listen to when i play poker, its definately classical music. Usually some string quartet or something, none of them fat man bellowing in front of an orchestra crap. LOL. But seriously, I find that listening to classical music when i play makes me more patient, and thoughful of my actions. Breaks seem to come much faster, and being card dead, is just a bump in the road. When you listen to pieces of music that are 20-30 60 minutes long its a lot easier to maintain focus. If its not classical then its one fo the following; Rage against the machin, RHCP, Beatles, Zepplin, or some brother ali or immortal technique (talk about underground). But if youre playing a long tournement, stick with long classical pieces of music, i promise you your play will improve.

-0max

[markjfixit]

I might have to try that,I usually listen ratt, motley crue, ac/dc ect ect 80s hair bands, so maybe some light fluffy music might help.

[TerpZone]

immortal technique

Immortal Technique played in the student union @ UMD a few years ago. I got there too late to get a ticket though. He's definitely talented.

Check out Zion I

[navuta]

Currently listening to A Perfect Circle...I didn't have Lennon's version of Imagine, so I settled for the better version.
This is nice...
Imagine from john lennon..
Im listenning to Bob Marley now..
Slave driver!

[TerpZone]

This is nice...
Imagine from john lennon..


A Perfect Circle's version is better. Believe. And I LOVE the beatles.

[taylovesthebeatles]

A Perfect Circle's version is better. Believe. And I LOVE the beatles.

Uhhhh no. No it's not. Not in any universe ever. Not even ACROSS the universe!

[TerpZone]

Uhhhh no. No it's not. Not in any universe ever. Not even ACROSS the universe!

Erroneous. It is.

I don't see Imagine as some happy song, hell, I see it as a depressing song, and APC's cover captures this perfectly.

Also, all Beatles solo stuff sucks. No exceptions.

[taylovesthebeatles]

Erroneous. It is.

I don't see Imagine as some happy song, hell, I see it as a depressing song, and APC's cover captures this perfectly.

Also, all Beatles solo stuff sucks. No exceptions.

Who says it's supposed to be happy? I don't think it is, the point of the song is about imagining a world where those things exist, or could exist, which clearly isn't the world we're living in. Yes there's hope involved (the dreamer part) but it still doesn't try to make light of how things really are. Just laments about how they could be if we tried.

I'll give you that the Beatles were not remotely the same solo as they were as a cohesive unit, but that does not mean their solo stuff sucks. A lot of the stuff on the later albums that many people love (The Beatles, Abbey Road, etc) were mostly done as solo projects anyway, so clearly they're not that terrible when they're on their own.

[raffhead]

this is new to me,but it seem to work for some players.i would like to say i would try this and if i was to.rap or reggea would be my choice,but a bit of everything would be nice?
but gettin back to game play on this topic,i think it works.i seen a phew players i play with, music and play alot better,its only some times they hav it to load.or theys start to sing,which i think takes away from the game.but your not tryin to make friends at the tables so the more you fustrate them the better it is for you.so ya i might try it myself too.

[TerpZone]

Who says it's supposed to be happy? I don't think it is, the point of the song is about imagining a world where those things exist, or could exist, which clearly isn't the world we're living in. Yes there's hope involved (the dreamer part) but it still doesn't try to make light of how things really are. Just laments about how they could be if we tried.

I'll give you that the Beatles were not remotely the same solo as they were as a cohesive unit, but that does not mean their solo stuff sucks. A lot of the stuff on the later albums that many people love (The Beatles, Abbey Road, etc) were mostly done as solo projects anyway, so clearly they're not that terrible when they're on their own.

I'm a drug induced Beatles fan to begin with, and not in love with most of the newer, post-drug stuff, so take that as you will.

Besides, the best post-huge band from the 1960s solo album is Syd Barret - Madcap Laughs. Stunning album from a mentally unstable genius.