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I can't listen to anything with words I understand. Podcasts would be ridiculous.

• Diederich 8y ago
  Right; I'm unable to even listen to music while in deep flow, because I have a composition/conducting background, and ANY kind of music triggers analysis that is a distraction. I just listen to white noise.
  • sarreph 8y ago
    If you’re a composer/conductor then you’ve probably already tried this, but for me two types of music work well (as I’m a similarly analytical musician): - Minimalism, specifically Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians suite - Atmospheric, specifically ‘Skyrim Atmospheres’ by Jeremy Soule Both are so versatile: minimalism for journeys and coding; atmospheric for ‘creative’ periods, walking and sleeping. I do somewhat envy your ability to listen to white noise as it is infinitely replicable, but fear it a little distracting in of itself!
    • Diederich 8y ago
      I checked both of them out, and they're nice, thanks! But in both cases, it's definitely music, and as such I'm definitely distracted by it.
  • warent 8y ago
    You listen to white noise? I'm not even able to handle the sound of the oxygen in the atmosphere. I just listen to the ambient energy of a perfect vacuum.
    • Diederich 8y ago
      > the ambient energy of a perfect vacuum. I'm not sure what that sounds like.
      • feverfew 8y ago
        You can't hear in a vaccum; it doesn't sound like anything at all.
        • Diederich 8y ago
          That's what I figured, it was just so floridly put that I'd check.
• mirimir 8y ago
  Yes. Love my DnB :)