Classical Music while doing tax returns

[John of PA]

Does anyone else, like me, listen to classical music while alone at night working away. Very soft in the background actually helps keep my focus on my work, it's good for the brain.

[dkss]

Mozart for me

On my most stressful days, I keep mozart playing softly on my ipad. Mozart's Requiem is my favorite. Some days, to get me energized, I listen to some Salt N Peppa or some Led Zepplin.

[ChEAr$]

If no client at hand I'm listening to Radio Swiss from Bern. Continuous classical with no commercials, announcements in language of your choice (German, French or Italian) with many selections not ordinarily heard on American stations.
Do a Google search for it.

[Burke]

I have bunches of soft jazz and new age music CD's. Unfortunately, I have a short in one of my speakers and it comes and goes. I don't have time to fix it.

[Roberts]

If by classical you mean The Police Greatest Hits and Tom Petty's Greatest Hits etc etc - YES!

[mscash]

Classical Music

I will slip a CD into my laptop as long as I'm not listeing to elevator music waiting on hold with IRS.

[AZ-Tax]

Nothing but commercial free Classic Rock

Nothing but commercial free Classic Rock

[Black Bart]

Being on hold with IRS and (Mozart?) pretty well cured me of classical listening, although I still like the Blue Danube and also "Morning" from the Peer Gynt Suite (see, all that time in Fine Arts-Musical wasn't completely wasted). There's one other long-hair (my apologies to the Beatles' hair stylist) I'd love to find, but don't know its name and composer; can only occasionally catch snatches of it in old movies.

Working late at night I like to relax with film soundtracks; specifically the soft and sweeping instrumentals of "Legends of the Fall" and the moving "Gettysburg." You can pull those up from Youtube; they're wonderful, free, and just fine.

[John of PA]

Thank you for all the tips and sharings, currently listening to "The most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe" by Denon Classics. Mostly Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, etc. It also has Samual Barber's Adagio for Strings. Barber is the greatest American Composer from the 1900's; and as I look out the window of my desk, the house he lived in is across the street with a historical marker in front. Maybe that helps the energy somehow. Many Happy Returns.

[FEDUKE404]

Finding some music

Helpful hint:

You can always visit the YouTube web site, then search (your artist) + "full album." There are many out there which you can have running in the background. The entire album will play, start to finish. Many/most also allow you to "skip" to the time for a specific song you wish to hear.

For instance, search Jim Croce full album, then go to 11:38 for "Time in a Bottle."

Of course, as April 15th nears, this one can have distinct motivational merits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR6FXpaECY8

FE

[Gene V]

If you like music in the 50's and early 60's, then click on this website

http://www.1959bhsmustangs.com/VideoJukebox.htm

[BHoffman]

Windham Hill puts out some good instrumental compilation albums.

[BHoffman]

Or, if stress is getting to you there's always Dusty....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjydOI4MEIw

[buzzardbreath]

OK I've heard enough of this

In deference to those scroungy liberal old hippies...

They gave to the world perhaps the best ever, and the all-time dreamiest instrumental accompaniment outside of the classics:

Get Together - Youngbloods (who to my knowledge never had another hit)

[joanmcq]

I have my iPod to rock out to. Somehow shuffle seems to know what I need; sometimes it's heavy on punk rock and sometimes I get mostly folk or Leonard Cohen. I think Apple has brain monitoring technology they're not telling anyone about...