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Yes I love that piece, such a trip - good for driving too. When I was at school and revising for exams I used to listen to a lot of classical music, mainly Beet
by fallinditch 10mo ago
Yes I love that piece, such a trip - good for driving too. When I was at school and revising for exams I used to listen to a lot of classical music, mainly Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Elgar, Britten - I found that it really helped (also The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett). So maybe the ultimate focus music is a bit like classical but with added noise and hypnotic rhythmic patterns ...
- Rochus 10mo agoSteve Reich is "minimal music", played on classical instruments. I very much appreciate all other composers/improvisers you mention, but again they would distract me too much and require my full attention, barely leaving anything left for "mental work". There is also fully algorithmically composed and played music which sometimes has a similar effect as Reich's 18 Musicians IMHO: e.g. https://djezmusic.bandcamp.com/album/idem https://djezmusic.bandcamp.com/album/idem.
- fallinditch 10mo agoWow, yes the Idem album really does well for focus music, thanks for the tip. Not sure if this is up your street but if you ever need to focus AND be super fast productive, here's a good compilation https://bcco.bandcamp.com/album/bccova16-curated-by-berkikz https://bcco.bandcamp.com/album/bccova16-curated-by-berkikz
- Rochus 10mo agoThanks for the link, will have a listen.