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Music works for me if: a) it's without words, and b) I know inside out. For a long time it was Beethoven's fifth symphony :) Music also works for me by trigger
by isolli 4y ago
Music works for me if: a) it's without words, and b) I know inside out. For a long time it was Beethoven's fifth symphony :)
Music also works for me by triggering an emotional state that helps me focus.
- OhHiMarkos 4y agoHow do you feel afterwards? Let's say after a hard working session with music on. Because I just like you, use music for concentration and I can pull some long hours, but afterwards I have difficulties calming down. Maybe it's because I am tired, but I have some suspicion that the dopamine hit from music might be the culprit.
- isolli 4y agoGood question. I think my ears usually get physically tired before I get to that point... However, on the downsides, it can turn into an earworm in the evening. Or the rest of the day can feel depressingly bland compared to the emotional elation that got me through the work session.
- enraged_camel 4y agoSynthwave/retrowave works great for me.
- crispyambulance 4y agoI work in an open-plan office and headphones with brown-noise or the right-type of music is absolutely essential. The thing is, you can only do that for so long. At some point you get tired of the headphones. I feel like I might "snap" one of these days and start telling people to STFU. The noise is dominated by a couple of people who, for whatever reason, can't seem to modulate their volume. Perhaps there's a name for that disorder as well? In the meantime, my workplace has "focus rooms" which I use a few times a week. Since there's a box of tissues in there, I refer to them as crying rooms :-).
- jerojero 4y agoI also use Beethoven's 5th symphony when I really want to get something done. I also like the 9th as well as Mozart's requiem.
- EduardoBautista 4y agoYes. Classical music and calm electronic music helps. But my favorites, metal and reggeaton just distracts me too much because of the lyrics.