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As someone who has worked in music for several years, I find that listening to it makes focusing on any other task, like coding, much more difficult. Even witho
by shmageggy 14y ago
As someone who has worked in music for several years, I find that listening to it makes focusing on any other task, like coding, much more difficult. Even without vocals, I can't help getting distracted by details of the production or composition ("oh that's a great snare sound" or "I would have used a tele for that part"). So I tend to work in complete silence, if possible, and an ironic consequence of devoting myself to music is that I never listen to it anymore.
- dorkrawk 14y agoI have the same problem. Music is too interesting to not be distracting when I'm working on things that require my full attention.
- embwbam 14y agoI had this same problem for years, and it made me sad because I never listened to music. Then I realized that it wasn't the case for music I know really well. Even jazz or complicated folk (Chris thile) is great if I listen to an album over and over. I get in the zone. Try an album where you know almost every musical element and lyric. Put the album on repeat and see if it works.
- mershad 14y ago+1. I suggest 80s pop (Genesis, Michael Jackson) - extremely effective imo.
- Legion 14y agoI worked a lot of long hours last week to 977's '80s channel. I don't always listen to '80s pop, but when I do, it's when I am doing the long late night hours. A habit that goes back to college. "Land of Confusion" coming on the stream was a highlight of one of the nights. The more tired I got, the more the music was working for me,
- dools 14y agohttp://www.simplynoise.com/ http://www.simplynoise.com/