Is there a particular artist or song that really captures the essence of your favorite sim or sim couple? It can be sweet and romantic, it can be warped and twisted (within forum rules though), or it can be totally random. It could even be no music at all.I listen to all kinds of music when I'm in the game or writing a chapter of either one of my SimLit stories. I was in the save with the couple in my profile picture and Sade's No Ordinary Love came up in the rotation, and I thought, how fitting for them. That got me wondering how much of a role music plays in anyone else's simming?

I very often have my sims listening to (or playing) music ingame. Except when I'm in build mode. Then I'm listening to either a favorite band on Spotify, or the WQXR online stream, because I got tired of all the build mode music long ago!I do have a lot of fun seeing how other people include RL music into their stories, including yours :)

No music when I'm playing the game. I'd rather hear the game. I like to put on headphones and really immerse myself so I can hear all the small sounds. You can hear the sound of feet on a yoga mat or even the light breeze during a cold morning jog. It's the little details that I enjoy.If I'm building then I have BB music muted and I will instead listen to podcasts. Sometimes I pull up a stream on my second monitor.

@mightysprite About three songs after I posted that one from Sade, Danielle and Londyn's couples song came up, John Legend's All Of Me. When I'm in Under The Tartosan Sun I usually have something slow and deeply romantic playing. Sade, Usher, John Legend, Ed Sheeran, etc. When I'm in Schemes & Dreams I've got R&B and Hip Hop playing. If Schemes & Dreams had an official artist it would be Lizzo. When I'm building it could be anybody.

No music for me. Other than what's playing on my sims' stereos. I also use headphones to catch all the in game sounds.

when playing its usually 1. in game music I think the particular sim might like or that i associate with themfor example Goths often listen to jazz or retro channel for ts1-2 vibespop was pretty much always playing for watsons since it was in their likes2. channel that goes with world= strange tunes in strangerville japanese folk in komorebi cottagecore in henford spooky in moonwood and forgotten hollowso forth3. seasonalSummer strut, Blues,Island for the summerWinter holiday, Metal, for the winterSpooky, Japanese folk for the autumnRomance, Cottagecore for the springwell other channels too but those hit my forgetful brain first4. actual instruments if my sims play them or are filthy rich enough to hire someone I love hearing the piano concert on the backgroundI don't really play music while i write unless it relates closely since i can get oh so distractedand when building i often just hear whatever is on radio or tv or then i have the in game music as i pretend i am going to go and play later but the truth is i will not finish the build in next 10 hoursthis is often weird because i can just look at build and suddenly be reminded of random news i heard while building and sometimes it totally ruins the build for me cause i just keep thinking about some awful news when i am there like for instance i was trying to start this one build in sulani when tv was blabbering about sexual abuse stuff and luckily i had to bulldoze that anyway cause it was giving all the awful vibes to my brain even when it was just normal housesimilarily though there was some movie about romantic painters on tv when i was building dreamer house which i thought was funny coincidence

Do you have a favorite artist/genre to listen to while simming?

LadyGray01
Seasoned Hotshot
2 years ago
When I'm playing, I just listen to the game. I like to hear everything, down to the birds chirping in the background. When I'm building, I have an iTunes playlist with all the Sims music in it that I listen to. Sims 1-4 PC, Console, and DS; Sims Online, Bustin' Out, Urbz, even MySims, anything I could get my hands on.
wildirishbanshee
Rising Novice
2 years ago
In game only, though if my sims have a stereo they usually listen to Summer Strut or something.
Daravi
New Traveler
2 years ago
In Sims2 I used to listening to U2's album: How to dismantle an atomic bomb, when I was in the buildmode. That album fitted very well to my mood when building at this time. Today I hear either no music or my favorite music style of the month.
SweetieWright_84
New Spectator
2 years ago
While I'm actually playing the game, I don't listen to anything but the game sounds. I like to hear everything going on. I don't even turn the radios on in game.

Sometimes when I build, I listen to music though. It really depends on my mood or what I'm feeling and has less to do with what I'm doing in-game. I typically gravitate toward Blue October because they're my favorite band.

I take spells where I don't listen to any music for months on end, and then I will obsess over it for a while.

Sometimes I prefer total silence. I have kids though, so I really like silence. ?
EnkiSchmidt
Hero
2 years ago
Playing the game I do not play outside music. But when I sort through my screenshots, update my chronicle or blog, then I often have Shanties playing in the background (Fishermen's friends, Stan Rogers and YT playlists compiled by Cpt. Halyard). It started when I was playing my Captain Ahab challenge and the cottagecore save and somehow the habit stuck.

As for my main couple, yes, they have a song! Three, actually, all taken from the musical If-Then:
"What the F*", "Best worst mistake" and "You don't need to love me" always make me think of their early days getting together.
PurrfectMediocre
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
It depends on my mood. Sometimes I'm all focused on the game and nothing else. Other times I'll put on an 80s or 90s playlist and jam. Occasionally, I'll watch others play sims or listen to podcasts. Lately, I've gotten into the more mellow lofi vibe when I want to just unwind from a long day.

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