I put on tv shows in the background when I draw
Depending on my mood... quite varied actually...
Cafe Del Mar or Bossanova if I'm feeling chill
Chillstep if I'm feeling very chill
Linkin Park or Garbage if I'm feeling angsty
Pentatonix or Disney or other Youtubers if I'm feeling pop
Some Nicki Minaj even once in a while.
Really eats away my bandwidth though :/
Pretty much right now since it's football season I listen and watch games while doing my artwork. I also do the same with TV shows. I havent listened to much music in a while as my computer acts wonky when I try to listen to music while working in Photoshop(not so much when workling in Clip Studio; I guess my PS eats up a LOT of memory- funny coz it didnt use to be like this. I think Win 10 has made things worse).
Scripting, thumbnails, roughs: lyricless music, non-distracting video game music or remixes -- esp. long musical overtures like Time's End1 or the Journey1 soundtrack
Pencilling -- if I'm having a hard time and need to focus, lyricless music, sometimes hanging out in the main room with my grandmother's TV (NHK or PBS) in the background; if it's going well, music with lyrics, sometimes let's plays
Inking and Colouring -- whatever song I'm currently obsessed with, let's plays (Game Grumps2 especially), cracked.com shows I like that have a lot of episodes (After Hours1, OPCD1, I have listened to these so many times it's silly), specifically The Beginner's Guide2 Let's Plays for some reason right now???
I have a tendency to find specific long things I enjoy and just watch that one thing over and over, because if it's a new thing, it's too distracting. For colouring especially, my brain needs something else to focus on because ugghhhhhh colouring, but not something so engaging that I get distracted from colouring. xD
Cafe Del Mar! Man alive, I've been listening to that label since middle school, they put out some stellar, stellar tunes.
As for me, most of the time when I'm drawing, I listen to old video game soundtracks (lately, c/o Nesguide's streaming radio). I've said it before but man, video game music is awesome for getting you focused on problem solving since that's the main goal of the composition. I really like listening to Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge, chill, non-invasive, and it has some amazing tracks.
When I'm thumbnailing, I tend to put some wordless videogame soundtrack on repeat - lately, I've been favouring the Child of Light OST - but when I do the actual drawing, I listen to a metric ton of podcast and podcast-y streams.
Lately, I've been plowing my way through the archives Critical Role6, and am very nearly caught up. It's a bunch of professional voice actors who play Dungeons and Dragons in front of cameras, and it is so, so, SO good. Like, pause-the-episode-to-applaud-and/or-cry kind of good.
... It's also a solid 210 hours of entertainment, if you want something that going to keep you going for a while.
In a similar tabletop-y way, I am also a huge fan of Friends at the Table1 and The Adventure Zone. FatT is currently in the middle of an introduction/jumping-on-point season, so I highly recommend listening through the Marielda-episodes before you go back and listen to the previous seasons. They play a wide variety of rpg-systems, but tend to tell one story with one set of characters per season. The Adventure Zone is straight up D&D, but with a whole bag of comedy on top - it's being played by the My Brother, My Brother and Me-brothers, and their dad.
I've got a whole host of other podcasts, all of which I'm sorely behind on because I've been obsessing over Critical Role, but those three should keep you going for a while.
I like podcasts, because they're usually longer episodes, and thus keep me focused for longer chunks of time. When I listen to a playlist of songs, there's always those gaps of silence between songs - and my brain tends to wander in those gaps. Leads to less focus while drawing.
I one of those people who sometimes just prefers dead silence.
But when I am doing color editing at work, I listen to 60s folk music. (My mom says I'm groovy but for my generation groovy ≠ cool.)
I mostly have Youtube running when I draw (when I don't want just silence). I mostly watch goofy movie and video game reviewers or LPs. Sometimes an animated show.
I like listening to streams and narrated tutorials cause its like drawing with friends, really nice and really cozy :^)
When I'm drawing my brain's not clogged with words, so I tend to take that time to listen to new music or to go over playlists I'm making, so I can give more attention to the music without sacrificing what I'm doing. Currently, the new music's fallen to the wayside a little, and I've been listening to Frank Ocean's 'Blond' a lot, and also going through my playlists for characters from The Get Down.
It really depends! Sometimes music, sometimes a podcast, and sometimes I'll put on a TV show.
I find that while I'm sketching I usually listen to music, but then when I'm coloring I like to listen to either podcasts or TV?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4feUSTS21-8&list=RDGMEMHDXYb1_DDSgDsobPsOFxpAVM4feUSTS21-810 here you go.a very good playlist
Since my comic is a western, I usually listen to Jerome Moross' Big Country on Spotify.
When drawing other things, I'm either listening to Suicide Squad soundtrack, Twenty One Pilots, or a random collage of songs I like. They could be bluegrass, 80's rock, punk rock, rap, outlaw country, dubstep...
I listen to the Doctor Who audio plays from Big Finish. They are full cast dramas starring the original actors from the 4th to the 10th Doctors, and they're fan-tastic!
It really depends on the mood of the day. It may be music, podcasts, let's plays (I prefer crews in this regard, co it's kinda like a podcast, coming to think about it); very rarely tv series or shows (in this case it's usually something i've seen for dozen of times, so that I don't need to actually watch it to follow. Actually I can list the only ones that I happen to listen to while working: QI, Top Gear, Mai Dire TV, Red Dwarf. That's all).
