Music While PLaying

#1 23rd September 2007, 10:56 AM

Music helps me play poker. Here are a couple sites I listen to:

Bluegrass Country » Welcome

WELCOME TO BLUEGRASSRADIO.ORG : THE BEST BLUEGRASS MUSIC ON THE WEB

I play bluegrass music also, so these are bluegrass sites.

Windows Media Player has skins you may download to listen with. I use the Ducky one - it has a Kaledioscope, so I get to view music in color while I listen.

#2 23rd September 2007, 11:30 AM

I like to listen to a bit of House while playing, helps me to get on well

#3 23rd September 2007, 11:32 AM

When I get toward the end of tournies I usually listen to something classical, or instrumental film scores (Lord of the Rings scores are excellent). Need to be nice and calm rather than pumped up. Got a nice gregorian chant-type thing that does the trick as well.

#4 23rd September 2007, 1:38 PM

Music is very important, because there are many table talkers in casino. I really hate the most of them, but there are some people who are ok If someone is talking to much or the table is a boring one, just listen to music. But you have to becareful to see if someone raises the pot.

#5 23rd September 2007, 2:02 PM

I used to love bluegrass in my younger years. Now more into REM, Barenaked Ladies, Chris Daughtry and so many more lol.

I work in Kennesaw Littlesip - we are practically neighbors. If you ever play anywhere local let me know. I would like for my husband to hear some good bluegrass. He spent a lot of years in Ireland and the sounds are similar in some ways to Irish music.

#6 23rd September 2007, 2:27 PM

I always used to listen to music while playing but then I read some advice on a poker site that said music can be very distracting while you're playing so I don't do it as much now. What do you guys think?

#7 23rd September 2007, 2:28 PM

Pandora.com

usually i listen to biosphere, some nice ambient music so i can concentrate on the game and listen to something that doesn't demand any attention, or erik mongrain if im playing a lot of tables.

#8 23rd September 2007, 3:16 PM

I listen to whatever I happen to be in the mood for. A whole lotta Led Zeppelin lately...

#9 23rd September 2007, 4:28 PM

Thanks Dakota. The Irish Reels are great music also. Guess it's that gene thing, I'm part Irish - lol. I just have a few folks over a few time a year to play Bluegrass at my home. Usually we get smashed and play fiddle, mandoline, guitar and banjo.

A BBQ of course.

#10 23rd September 2007, 4:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleSip

Thanks Dakota. The Irish Reels are great music also. Guess it's that gene thing, I'm part Irish - lol. I just have a few folks over a few time a year to play Bluegrass at my home. Usually we get smashed and play fiddle, mandoline, guitar and banjo.

A BBQ of course.

That sounds like fun and brings back some memories!

#11 23rd September 2007, 4:33 PM

Metal + turbo S&G's. If you got 2 or 3 going at once it pumps you up and is like gogogogogoooogoggggoooooo omfgg gogogogogogo ahhhh intense poker! It works, I pay more attention and do way better with music on.

#12 23rd September 2007, 4:51 PM

I listen to nature or new age music all the time. Keeps me focused and calm so I don't do something stupid or reactionary when people seem to go nuts with betting or I'm bored cause I've spent a couple hours playing and not one descent hand.

#13 23rd September 2007, 5:24 PM

I listen to Varja Chants before and between live games keeps me calm and centered. Listen to the chatter at the tables, I learn a lot about my opponents that way.

After a bad beat, Cheryl Crow's Soak up the sun runs through my head.

at home, usually the TV is on in the background.

#14 24th September 2007, 1:06 AM

Online, it completely depends on mood for me - sometimes it's hip hop, sometimes it's black metal and sometimes it's nothing. Some days it helps me relax and play better, others it just saps my concentration.

Live, it's invariably either Royal Crown Revue or whatever horrible 80s rubbish my regular poker bar has playing. I never play live with headphones in though: just feel like I miss out on too much information. And if I'm that bored that I need music playing to keep me entertained, I'm probably not going to be playing my best game anyway.

#15 24th September 2007, 1:59 AM

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Originally Posted by OzExorcist

or whatever horrible 80s rubbish my regular poker bar has playing. .

Forgot about that, and the games on the plazmas. Guess I don't actully listen to most of it.

#16 24th September 2007, 4:02 AM

I have a collection of 70s and 80s faves ripped to MP3, plus a peer-to-peer service that lets me add new ones. Sometimes I'll put on local internet radio instead, usually an 80s or 90s retro station.

One issue I have is WMP10 hogging CPU resources, especially with the p2p service going at the same time. (The p2p service hogging bandwith has never been a problem.) If anyone can recommend a CPU-sipper player with shuffle and repeat, please do.

#17 24th September 2007, 4:14 AM

Ya i have an ihome and i jus hit shuffle and it mixes up my rock n metal and w/e else, but im still pretty laid and patient with the heavy music, kinda helps me think easier

#18 24th September 2007, 4:26 AM

Free radio on line.

#19 24th September 2007, 4:35 AM

I have started to shut off the TV and listen to some ambient downtempo stuff on the internet. I use iTunes. I despise Micro$haft with a passion, so WMP is right out. It doesn't seem like iTunes uses much in the way of CPU.

#20 24th September 2007, 4:49 AM

iTunes has been recommended to me, so I'll try it

#21 24th September 2007, 5:28 PM

I like to listen to the blues while playing poker. It kind of goes along wiyht the way my poker playing is going if you know what I mean.

#22 24th September 2007, 10:16 PM

There is a guy named Greg Haptor that plays perfect poker music. You can find him on myspace if you type his name under the music tab. The one song "You and Me" is awesome

#23 24th September 2007, 10:16 PM

If I'm playing LAG, then I listen to rap, if I'm playing TAG, then I listen to trance, if I'm playing TAP, then I listen to rock.

#24 6th October 2007, 2:48 PM

Anybody of you uses last.fm Winamp plug-in ?
It scrobbles all songs you listen through it.

Here's mine Last.fm page

#25 6th October 2007, 3:45 PM

I listen to whatever comes up on my Winamp or Itunes. If I don't like it it's easy to skip to the next song. I have never listened to music while playing live, but my Ipod is dead so I can't really try it out right now.

#26 7th October 2007, 12:40 AM

rap or country, I know some people are talking about needing to listen to something slow to calm them down, but sometimes there's nothing like a little eminem to calm you down.

#27 7th October 2007, 4:27 PM

I listen to some punk rock to keep me happy! bands like NOFX, pennywise and propagandhi are awesome for poker! just my opinion!

#28 8th October 2007, 3:16 AM

I usually have Rounders Radio playing but there's nothing better to get you in the mood in the late stages of a MTT than the good old spaghetti western themes... Fistful of Dollars theme, The Good,bad and the ugly-theme etc.etc.

Or maybe there's just something terribly wrong with me...

#29 8th October 2007, 4:05 AM

i've tried to listen to music during live tounreys and cash games but it just didnt help me at all i had to be in the game and listening to what evceryone is saying and doing ya know?

#30 9th October 2007, 2:10 AM

for live I actually had never listened to music before, but if you just have music in one ear you can still hear what's going on. If you can't hear, turn the music down. Not sure it actually helps, but that way you can hear, pay attention, and still listen to music.

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