My definition of great study music: Loud enough to drown out the people around me at the coffeehouse/student union/bar, no words. This makes your standard orchestral classical music (or at least the Beethoven and Handel to which I listen) inadequate, as there are too many quiet passages even in compositions like Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.The solution: harps and hammered dulcimers. And it's free anywhere you've got a WiFi connection.
The provider: Magnatune. (Motto: We Are Not Evil.) It's an online source for paid music downloads and free audio streaming that splits album revenues 50-50 with the artists.
The artists: Cheryl Ann Fulton on Welsh triple harp and Jamie Janover on "innovative" hammered dulcimer. Tasty tunes.
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