Hmmm maybe not quite the right term ... and I know there have been a lot of thread topics on 'mood music'.

But in the interests of sharing idiosyncrasies ... here are mine:

1) Listening to the track Present Tense by Pearl Jam ... makes me snap out of bad thinking ... in a way pretty much nothing else does.

2) Listening to the entire Tool catelogue back to back (a good couple of days work - lol - but the progression of the band is from up and angry (Opiate EP - 1991ish) to Lateralus ... which has much much more light to it ... It takes you on a journey listening to it ... (btw I am not weird for this I have friends IRL who do exactly the same!)

3) Today's mood lifter is TRANCE. I am listening to a new mix by a DJ friend of mine ... it is lifting my mood just bopping round to it

*breaks out the glowsticks*

SO - how do YOU use music ... ?

Play it yourself?
Listen to tracks / albums with specific purposes in mind?

I realise there is an angry song thread somewhere but - this is more general I guess ...

Please share!