I was in jail reading books

What

no obviously you have low ass IQ if you can't read complex critical theory and listen to Flockaveli at the same time

I would go so far as to say it’s actually impossible to understand Discipline and Punish without simultaneously contemplating the lines “When my little brother died I said f*** school/I picked the burner up and I grabbed some marijuana/two years later, screaming out your honor”

Eno work is good but I’ll do yall one better: Phillip Glass symphonies inspired by Eno and Bowie’s work on Low and Heroes
Listen to this every morning when I read for class

Eno Ambient 2

Nujabes

Nah

Ambient/background music like Jazz or Lofi/instrumental Hip Hop enhances the reading experience

With dead silence its too easy for me to get distracted

You know how many books ive knocked down listening to Knxwledge mixtapes

Living under a rock and all that

I'll read Foucault and in the same time tap into my superhero potential to listen to ATLien while singing 3K's verse on 13th Floor/Growing Old AND cook something for my girlfriend and if I REALLY wanted I could read a second book in the meantime. That's how high my IQ is

I don't know if it's like a boring long ass paper from uni that I'm not interested in to begin with yeah I'll throw some music and I'll fast forward the reading just picking up the good lines to get the gist of it.

If I'm reading something that I wanted to read nah I'll never throw music cause it doesn't make sense to me. You got a whole piece that was designed to take you places and you're going to say f*** it lemme f*** with the experience and throw in some music in the mix ? Nah it's like if I wanted to watch a movie and was like aight you know what this film really needs ? Don Toliver's last album in my ears

idk what the best background music to pair with Dostoevsky is but this works well for me

Aphex Twin

Vaporwave

Telepath

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i've begun pairing different soundtracks and composers with the books i read. I find it an engaging experience when you find the perfect composition to pair with what you're reading.. it's a movie in your head made complete with the music.

The ambient studio albums by Eno. >>>>>

only instrumental music for sure

having someone singing would be distracting.

when I read one piece I always play either Madlib instrumentals or pharrell’s in my mind album (instrumental version) and it works wonderfully

Need more ambient and score music to listen to while I read. Recently downloaded the Monster (anime) soundtrack and it pairs well with my sci-fi/mystery books. Also Phantom Thread soundtrack is good for reading too. Might try some of these Eno albums. Heard good things