Gear Second is definitely my favorite technique.

Right at this moment I'm listening to a song by Helix called "No Regret". Helix is merely an independent artist who published his work on newgrounds.com several years ago and I stumbled on them while just surfing the web.

Helix - No Regret
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/20812

Helix6 - The Collective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR0LQ1MJkYA


..below are a few other songs that I listen to when trying to tune out the rest of the world and either do work on my computer or just relax in general. They are mostly industrial/electronic in case anyone else on the forum is interested in that kind of stuff. Reply if you like and wish me to post other links. :D

Skinny Puppy - Assimilate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTtzB17SKwQ

God Module - Lost Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USbR4EXnMCA

Incubite - Riot Trigger (2012)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkKkvCGg8MA

Retractor - Sacred Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNVomiI-Kv4

INDUSTRIAL MEGAMIX: 2012 From DJ Dark Modulator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0WActw9OpI

A million Quail, ten thousand finches, two competing packs of coyotes and the Santa Anna wind blowing through the leaves. It has a weird energy. Very unstable.

" Con Te Partiro " sung by " Andrea Bocelli

Busta Rhymes marathon

Lana Del Rey's

"Bank Robbery (Prologue)" from The Dark Knight soundtrack. Favorite movie, favorite film score. I usually listen to songs from all three soundtracks before bed.

Lately, the song "Now or Never" by very smart pop singer-songwriter Halsey is in constant rotation for me, too.

One of my favorites, the beats are amazing http://rainymood.com

Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Mary Lambert)

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight
I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
She's like "Ben you've loved girls since before Pre-K, trippin'."
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she?
Bunch of stereotypes all in my head
I remember doing the math like, "Yeah, I'm good at little league."
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those that like the same sex
Had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision
And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
Man-made rewiring of a pre-disposition
Playing God, aw nah here we go
America the brave still fears what we don't know
And "God loves all his children" is somehow forgotten
But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five-hundred years ago
I don't know

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately?
"Man, that's gay" gets dropped on the daily
We've become so numb to what we're saying
Our culture founded from oppression
Yet we don't have acceptance for 'em
Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board
A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it
"Gay" is synonymous with the lesser
It's the same hate that's caused wars from religion
Gender to skin color, the complexion of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins
It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference
Live on and be yourself
When I was at church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service those words aren't anointed
That holy water that you soak in has been poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable remaining voiceless
Rather than fighting for humans that have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same, but that's not important
No freedom 'til we're equal, damn right I support it

(I don't know)

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

We press play, don't press pause
Progress, march on
With the veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
'Til the day that my uncles can be united by law
When kids are walking 'round the hallway plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are
And a certificate on paper isn't gonna solve it all
But it's a damn good place to start
No law is gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever God you believe in
We come from the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the same love
About time that we raised up

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love
My love
My love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

Love is patient
Love is kind
Love is patient
Love is kind
(Not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(Not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(Not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
(Not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind
(I'm not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient
Love is kind

Vale Walter Becker! (The tie-wearing guitar player for those who don't know him.)