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I prefer silence but generally use music to focus. My choices aren't usually music or silence in practice, but music or office background noise. Since my order
by mmcdermott 2mo ago
I prefer silence but generally use music to focus. My choices aren't usually music or silence in practice, but music or office background noise.
Since my ordered ranking is Silence, then Music, with Office Noise last, music it is.
- euroderf 2mo agoBut music as instrumentals, yes ? Words are very distracting.
- TacticalCoder 2mo agoYup this. While working I love instrumental-only electronic music: no voices.
- hallgrim 2mo agoFunny. For me, instrumental music is just as distracting. If I don’t know the music I listen to well enough, my attention will go there and make any coding or reading impossible.
- mmcdermott 2mo agoThe deeper the concentration, the fewer words I want - or at least words I understand. Classical music with words I don't understand can also work quite well. There also seems to be a vague point where I have heard the lyrics so many times they stop being distracting.
- rcxdude 2mo agoFor it's mainly how familiar I am with the music. I have a playlist that I've listened to hundreds of times so regardless of the style it doesn't become distracting. It all becomes 'as ignorable as it is interesting', as Brian Eno said ambient music should be.