Background Music

For me a lot of different styles, depending on the mood.
Dido, Mobi, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Venice, Pink floyd, Loreena McKennitt, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Eric Clapton. At the moment I have the soundtrack of Schindlers List running.

I hate TV, but love music.

Radio 3 for me.

G

Oh Richard you should worry so much, as for the term background music you're quite right, let's call it inspiration music okay.
And before you go and rant over that it's proven that music stimulates the brain.

Oh yes that's very true and only when you hear it you know it, therefore it's hard to remember the song/artist when you get home, very annoying.

Oh yes the music is very chilling.
Sia Furler was the vocalist of the song I mean and if you like that you would probable like Toby Lightman also.
Joanna Wang is probable also one that you might like, I know the name isn't promising but she can surely sing in English with her lovely voice link
The Seatbelts might also be interesting for you although they have some weird songs sometimes but some are very good, jazz/blues. link link
Oh Miles Davis is also one you need to look up, very nice with some scotch!

For me it's normally whatever my ipod randomly dispenses - although at the moment I am obsessed with Rodrigo e Gabriela - acoustic guitar music rooted in Thrash metal - highly recommended (anyone interetsed can check them out on youtube)

Mat

Lynrd Skynrd never heard of them but it's the good old real rock so I very much like it.

Very nice music Martin, no Dutch music though, don't you have one artist that you like?

And I also really don't like tv, I simply can't watch anything on it any more. Most of the time it's on discovery or something alone that trend

Will look it up Matt sounds very interesting.
Wow Matt he's very good
This might interest you although it's on the other side of playing guitar then Rodrigo e Gabriela but it's very good and experimental. Kaki King link she can also play normal guitar although a bit differently link

I'm afraid I get very single minded about my Photoshopping, so no music when processing images for me. Or indeed when on the Internet.

You all have my full attention!

BlØF, Jan Akkerman, Candy Dulfer, Ilse Delange........and I would probably forget some.

Six O'Clock News to catch up and "Het uur van de wolf", because the latter shows some good documentaries....sometimes. That's TV for me.
The rest.......bin it.

Usually I have some music on while doing anything, most often metal (just name it, heavy metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, gothic metal etc), industrial, some other (ie Bauhaus, Sonic Youth) I'm not sure how to classify. When I was younger (and not married) I used to listen to music while going sleep too.

Now playing...

Literally: Cinematic Orchestra, Ma Fleur - Good for editing to
Jazz: Herbie Hancock, Gershwin's World - ditto
Classical: Any Vaughan Williams, but the Lark Ascending in particular happens to be one of the most sublime pieces of music ever written
Soul: Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
Pop: Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Rock: Radiohead, In Rainbows or The Bends
African: Various, Best of Ethiopiques
Reggae: Various, Dread meets punk rockers uptown
Electronic: Boards of Canada, Music has the right to children
Quirky contemporary: Hot Chip, The Warning
Party hearty: Tito Puente, Party with Puente
Football related: Bobby Bland, Blue Moon

Ask me tomorrow and it'll probably be completely different (apart from the final selection:lol.

Oh, and now I've got broadband, Radios 4,5,2,1,3 in that order.

For the German/European guys here, RAMSTEIN!
I rode to Berlin on my motorbike a few years back to watch em.

You went to sleep listening to Metal?!

Exellent taste! Saw the Cult last week in Leeds.

Easily done, a few wines, ipod with SLEEP on (or any other stoner rock) and you are away!

I looove Rammstein!!

Only got the one album. Might have to stop listening to it at home now that my daughter is learning German

Rammstein, more pyrotechnics than a firework display, fantastic.