What do you listen to while you paint?

[roastduck]

As the title says, what do you listen to? I'm curious about the music tastes of the community at large.

I personally listen to a Spotify radio station based on the song "Quiet" by This Will Destroy You. Lots of ambient/instrumental stuff, very down-tempo

[kay_dawg]

Iron Maiden

[gaminguy]

Sweet, sweet silence. 4:30 AM is good for that.

[Scrap square]

Dubstep!!!
Pod casts too!

[PG_Tadgo]

Gordon Lightfoot, Drive-by Truckers, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Bad Religion and what ever else pop up on random.

[jdeckert]

I listen to stand-up comedy on Pandora. Mike Brbiglia, Dmitri Martin, Jim Gaffigan, Arj Barker...

[HeadHunter]

I don't typically listen to anything that would disturb my concentration. I love comedy, but my luck would be someone saying something hilarious just as I'm about to paint an eyeball... and there goes the brush, woops!

[Mpdragoon]

I'm fond of movie scores. Some of my favorites include: Gladiator, the Last Samurai, the Lord of the Rings, Conan (the original), Tron, Transformers, and Aliens. I also enjoy listening to them during games.

[Drzombieface]

Whatever my iPhone decides to shuffle to, Podcasts (Guts & Gears or Rooster Teeth Podcasts namely), or Let's Plays on youtube.

[Margrave]

Epic Symphonic Metal. or audiobooks, lots of audiobooks.

[MagnustheJust]

You tell me...

[Raktra]

Grendel, my self-made stuff to find flaws, or I stick Planet Hulk on and enjoy the smashing.

[MrMiscast]

Audiobooks are great while painting.

[GreenJello]

I usually watch TV. Been catching up on old Buffy, Farscape, and watching the new Stargate Universe.

I find random docs to usually be the best, since actually watching isn't important. Ditto with the old buffy's since they spend most of their time talking to each other.

[CrazyFish]

Podcasts: DGR, Chain Attack (esp. ones with Menoth John), and Thom & Jeff. Otherwise, Pandora.

[SteampunkWino]

I have finished up my commissions so back to painting my Cryx and I'm on a helluva Meshuggah bender.

[Belphagis]

Philip Wesley, classical stuff, and then other metal :P

[Borkdabasher]

i usually just have a movie on in the background or an audiobook, something i can sort of pay attention to but not lol

i cant paint in silence, my attention will wander off and i'll end up stopping 10 minutes in.

[Lachlan the Mad]

Same stuff as always... crazy experimental hybrid-genre bands of awesome.

[jdeckert]

I don't typically listen to anything that would disturb my concentration. I love comedy, but my luck would be someone saying something hilarious just as I'm about to paint an eyeball... and there goes the brush, woops!

That's a definite risk. Fortunately I tend to be unable to pay attention to more than one thing at a time, so when I focus in for detail work I don't even hear the comedy.

[darisus]

Mostly podcasts or when i am waiting for something to dry a little i watch a littel of the old Stargate series, or Lexx.

[Devstro]

Podcasts, usually about Warmachine.

[TheRupert]

Angels & Airwaves

[PG_demonmonkey263]

I listen to the Harry Potter audio books. I've listened to each book at least five times each.

I'll also put on one of my two favorite movies: The Fifth Element or The A-Team.

[Grimmnar]

Iron Maiden

Now there is a smart man. :-)

Grimm

[Elteyr]

Recently I've been listening to a few audiobooks, but most of the time I watch TV or a movie.

[desertwarlock]

WMH podcasts mainly. I started with Boosted Damage episode 1 until I caught up. That took a while. Then moved onto Elite Cadre ep1 to current and then Muse on Minis. Currently I'm catching up with Focus and Fury, again as with each I started with ep 1 and right now I'm on ep 44.

I'll have to find a new podcast soon to add to the list. Any suggestions?

[CrimsonGuard]

Sometimes I watch an old movie but usually I listen to music. The type of music depends on my mood though. Sometimes I'm in the mood for queens of the Stone Age, Boysetsfire or Ignite, but I also like Scandinavian Singer-songwriters like Rebekka Karijord and Nina Kinert. Or some drum 'n bass from John B. Or some old Depeche Mode or Smiths albums. I guess my taste in music is quite diverse :P

[WarpedWolf]

I listen to my three-year-old daughter, mostly to make sure she's not wreaking too much havoc!

[Lorentz]

Mostly I just listen to Discovery channel on the TV. It's remarkable how much you can learn while painting ^^

[Anosse]

Nightwish/Within Temptation mostly, for some reason helps me concentrate a lot better.

[iG4MER]

right now.. Dream Theater.

[*SQUEE*]

Podcasts and Opeth right now.

[bitmatic]

I always listened to Mike Oldfield back when i started painting in the late 80's. To this date Mike Oldfiled is still my preferred backdrop to painting.

[Pwnstar53]

Usually my best work gets done listening to Guts and Gears. But I will put on Star Wars, Indiana Jones, or similar work movies*.

* Work movies are movies I can mindlessly listen to while not watching.

[psichotykwyrm]

I'll put some documentary type stuff on the tv, like Science or Military channel, or whatever that metal music channel is called on my cable.

[Oreet]

Thanks to suggestions on the forum, and at my local shop, i've become an Audiobook addict.

[kc7sbp]

podcasts, usually critical hit, coverville, stuff you should know, or film sack.

[DonovanJames]

Solar Fields, RJD2, Puscifer, Slightly Stoopid, A Perfect Cirlce, Tool, Shpongle, Buckethead

[HeadHunter]

Podcasts, usually about Warmachine.

Can you recommend any good ones? I've tried a couple, but either the production values were abysmal, or the speech was impossible to follow (or both).
Maybe I'm just spoiled from my voice acting training - I know that everyone in the world has a different accent, but diction is so important when trying to communicate something verbally.
I find that if I have to strain to make out the message, or if the voice is just plain annoying, I can't enjoy it. Am I expecting too much?