Stay Charged: U2s Rattle and Hum

I recently ordered and watched U2s Rattle and Hum. I thought it would provide good background noise while I had to design a new logo. Check out a short clip below.


What an amazing band. I don't know about you, but this period of U2s career is my favorite. I played them all throughout my teenage years. I was a hopeless romantic so I must of played "With or Without You" a million times, seriously… I'm just kidding, but seriously!

Back to U2. For one reason or another I had never seen the documentary so it was a great surprise to see that it was pretty decent. Actually, it was hard to tear my eyes away from it. As I began working and listening to the music I noticed that my designs were improving. I had this weird experience that I've had before where I wanted to do both and it became really inspiring!

I don't pretend to know anything about music and quite honestly, I'm out of my element here so please bear with me. I listen to everything and probably wouldn't know a bands name or where they come from. I typically have on and off days with my music collection. I'm sure it's the same for everyone. You get an album, play it way too many times and get sick of it. I've exhausted my music "work" collection so on occasion I listen to Pandora.com. But there's something about buying a cool new album that gets me all hopped up.

My point to all of this is that it's amazing how music effects our work. I've noticed that it can change depending on the style of music. Top 40 stuff is usually full of spunk while the Aimee Mann's are slow and often depressing. I'm not afraid to admit that I'll listen to Justin Timberlake to get me out of a funk if the work is crappy or if I'm super stressed. Top 40 stuff seems to make me more "productive". So I suggest to everyone, figure out what your "productive" music is, be it Britney, Justin, or Black Eyed Peas. Whatever gets you all hopped up and happy to be doing what you are doing.