Non-Warcraft music in Warcraft

Posted by: Kava at Jun 17, 11:36 PM in

As much as I love the Warcraft music, I also enjoying playing while listening to other music. When I’m dpsing (it still occasionally happens) I like to listen to fast modern music with strong rhythmic patterns. Heavy, fast rhythms make a lot of sense when I’m starfalling stuff in the face. When I’m healing, I tend towards softer music, either classical or something else slow and melodic. I find the different music helps me get into the different moods that healing and dpsing require. Killing things requires an adrenaline rush to keep you on the edge of your toes. Healing requires patience and calmness, the ability to continue healing the hunter standing in the fire instead of turning around and starfalling /him/ in the face. So I’ve been going through my music lately to figure out what of my own music is the best for different fights and so far my most played seems to be:
Dpsing ICC: Ladytron, Little Boots, t.A.T.u
Dpsing Ulduar: Abney Park, Bond, Apocalyptica, (Nothing screams boss fight like sexy cellists.)
Dpsing ToC: The Baseballs, Run Lola Run, Quake II soundtrack
Healing ICC: Chopin, Clara Schumann
Healing Ulduar: Apocalyptica, (Cello, is there anything it can’t do?) Erik Satie
Healing ToC: Ed Alleyne-Johnson, Bach

I’m curious if other people do the same thing when they’re called on to switch roles often enough. Is there certain kinds of music that raiders find better for one job over another?

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  1. “Apocalyptica, (Cello, is there anything it can’t do?)”

    So much win, right there. I dated a cellist for a while. I’m pretty sure this was why.

    Weird as it sounds, sometimes on a progression fight of particular challenge I listen to the same song on repeat, at low volume. I get into a dps/healing rhythm, and coming back to that the next night becomes as easy as turning the song back on. That said, I can’t tune into “Stadium Love” by Metric without trying to Mind Control an add on Thorim Hardmode. This is particularly problematic when it plays on the radio at work.

    Calsong wrote at Jun 18, 11:03 AM · #

  2. I can see why using a repeated song for a certain fight would help you get back in that mind set when you come back to it. I may try that for some of the hardmode fights we’re still working on.

    “That said, I can’t tune into “Stadium Love” by Metric without trying to Mind Control an add on Thorim Hardmode. This is particularly problematic when it plays on the radio at work.” That’s fantastic. I have the same trouble with Guitar Hero songs, every time they come on the radio, no matter where I am, I get the sudden urge to break into air guitar. It would be less disconcerting if I was actually a rock guitar player, instead of a classical cellist.

    Kava wrote at Jun 18, 02:27 PM · #

  3. You’re a classical cellist? Didn’t I just express I have a weakness for cellists?

    So… you seeing anyone ;)

    Calsong wrote at Jun 18, 10:16 PM · #

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