For me, music that I’m listening to for the first time is very distracting because I want to consciously analyze what I’m listening to—what genre is this, who s

For me, music that I’m listening to for the first time is very distracting because I want to consciously analyze what I’m listening to—what genre is this, who sings this, what rating would I give it in iTunes, etc. Songs I’ve listened to for months or years have the opposite effect and if I’m working in a noisy environment find it hard to get into flow unless I have something to drown out the noise, and music I’m used to already fits the bill without being distracting.