Whenever I'm working in my studio I like to listen to music. Something without too many lyrics. Something ambient yet interesting. It helps my mood and concentration. Music that I don't have to pay attention to - it's just there. Jazz is great if it's not too outside or edgy or abstract. Almost anything by Miles Davis and/or John Coltrane will do nicely. Reggae is also helpful (I like the old school style), Wailers, Burning Spear, Skatellites, Rico Rodrigues. 

Here is a list of some music I like to paint by:

• "Another Green World" Brian Eno 
• "Cluster & Eno" German electronic group Cluster and Brian Eno
• "Windflower" Herb Ellis & Remo Palmer
• "Ptah, the El Douad" Alice Coltrane
• "Claire de Lune" Claude Debussy
• "My Favorite Things" John Coltrane
• "Gymnopedie No. 1" Erik Satie
• "Feeling Blue" Paul Desmond
• "Bach To The Blues" Ramsey Lewis Trio
• "The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance"
• "Kind of Blue" Miles Davis
• "Pharoah" Pharoah Sanders
  "Blessed Relief" Frank Zappa
• "Black Napkins" Frank Zappa
• "Round Midnight" Thelonius Monk

What's some of your favorite music to work by?