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Anyone else do this?
I know there’s plenty who find it distracting, but I find it’s similar to soundtracking a movie, and once you hit on the right combination of theme and book it enhances the experience by at least 20%.
I remember reading 1984 and largely listened to Burial and Boards of Canada, which added to the atmosphere considerably. I like chucking Four Tet on for more breezier fiction, or autobiographies.
Jazz usually adds to more introspective stuff, like Steven Pinker, and tends to make me read quicker and focus more intently. Something like Duke Ellington works perfectly.
Post rock generally works ok too, depending the level of ambience, and how the music is stylised and/or compressed. Guitar-heavy stuff can sometimes be a bit too thick and intrusive.
I know there’s plenty who find it distracting, but I find it’s similar to soundtracking a movie, and once you hit on the right combination of theme and book it enhances the experience by at least 20%.
I remember reading 1984 and largely listened to Burial and Boards of Canada, which added to the atmosphere considerably. I like chucking Four Tet on for more breezier fiction, or autobiographies.
Jazz usually adds to more introspective stuff, like Steven Pinker, and tends to make me read quicker and focus more intently. Something like Duke Ellington works perfectly.
Post rock generally works ok too, depending the level of ambience, and how the music is stylised and/or compressed. Guitar-heavy stuff can sometimes be a bit too thick and intrusive.
