Music While PLaying

LittleSip · Sep 23, 2007

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.

hermine · Sep 23, 2007

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

Irexes · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Black-Shihan · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Debi · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Lipe110 · Sep 23, 2007

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?

porkchops · Sep 23, 2007

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.

SilentJay · Sep 23, 2007

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

LittleSip · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Debi · Sep 23, 2007

LittleSip said:
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!

Monoxide · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Sunbird · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Insomniac_1006 · Sep 23, 2007

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.

OzExorcist · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Insomniac_1006 · Sep 23, 2007

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

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

Kinkikos · Sep 23, 2007

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.

KingNothing4 · Sep 23, 2007

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

aliengenius · Sep 23, 2007

Free radio on line.

Effexor · Sep 23, 2007

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.

Kinkikos · Sep 23, 2007

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

cwalters2112 · Sep 24, 2007

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.

thielcats · Sep 24, 2007

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

vanquish · Sep 24, 2007

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.

BOOGIEMAN · Oct 6, 2007

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

Here's mine Last.fm page

IamBP · Oct 6, 2007

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.

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