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No. Why not? Because then I'd listen to the music instead of what I want to focus on.
by yesenadam 6y ago
No. Why not? Because then I'd listen to the music instead of what I want to focus on.
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoThe reasoning here is airtight.
- yesenadam 6y agoWell, I'm a jazz musician, so am used to listening very intently to music when there's music on, learning from it. When I put music on, it's to listen to it, to focus on it 100%. I understand other people might be more used to music as background music, and can have music on without listening to it. It's often a problem for me, as I usually don't like the background music in cafes and pubs, or the background music in youtube videos etc. And if I do like it, it's not less distracting!
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoAgree that music is best appreciated by actually focusing on it, but I was generally put off how anybody could be confused why silence might be preferable for concentration.
- tanseydavid 6y agoI am also a musician and have essentially the same response. I know that there are many musicians in software (and vice-versa) and now I am very curious about how much influence musicianship has on the question at hand.
- tcbasche 6y agoFor me it forms part of the flow state, but yeah if there's something that demands my absolute full attention (some complex algorithm for instance) then I'll pause it.