Yes I do, all the time...
But it cant have any words, or they end up in my book, scary as it sounds its true. I listen to Yes, Tangerine Dream, Led Z occasionally. I might add this is not my normal choice, but when the house is empty, this stuff kicks while I write.
I was, sometime back listening to Rick Wakemen - journey to the centre of the earth, try it, awsom. Any how, they get to a bit when their on a lake and>>>
Cumulous clouds formed heavily in the east, heaped together like huge wool-packs, moving slowly in picturous disorder, forming one menasing mass. The raft lay motionless on the sluggish, empty sea... and in silence, they waited... for the storm. (or words to that affect) (or is the effect)
How can that not influance your writing.
Steve
BTW, I have Jazz moents too, Miles Davis, luv-in-it