What Type of Music Helps You be More Productive?
I am like many of you out there… I cannot work unless there is music playing in the background. My assistant Kat is the same way. If she’s at her computer (which is always!), there is music playing. She swears she cannot concentrate unless she has music pumping through her speakers or headphones. It apparently makes her more productive than if she has silence or a different type of noise in her immediate area. Thinking about it, I guess I’m the same way. I do my best writing when there is music to fit my mood at that moment playing.
That’s the key for me… my mood. I don’t listen to any one particular style of music all the time. I like a pretty wide variety of stuff. Some call me “eclectic” in my tastes, and that’s fine with me. I like what I like… and I don’t expect you to listen to it if you don’t. However, I do encourage you to always broaden your musical horizons by listening to something completely different than your normal playlist every once in awhile. Pandora is great for that!
What type of music are you addicted to? Do you work better when you are rocking out, or do you need complete quiet in order to concentrate?
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11 Comments
Zach
March 1st, 2010
at 10:21pm
Oak Ridge Boys and Conway Twitty LOL
Lindsay
March 2nd, 2010
at 5:53am
First, yes there MUST be music!
Second, it can be just about anything! Last month I did a post on my blog about the same thing! http://radioactivecats.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-kind-of-music-do-i-like.html
Nice to know there are others around like me :-)
Amokrane
March 2nd, 2010
at 9:02am
I can’t work without music playing in the background ! I just put the player on hold when doing something tough or tricky, but for a really short amount of time.
I like Rock and even pop music, but the key for me is to listen to music in a completely unpredictable way, which means that I prefer listening to a radio music instead of a personal player list!
ikari
March 2nd, 2010
at 8:46pm
When I work on my computer I almost always listen to classical music. I am not a fan of classical music per se, but I find it soothing at low volumes. It seems to keep me rather productive during critical, and even insignificant moments.
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at 8:59pm
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Tim Edwards
March 3rd, 2010
at 6:43am
Music depends on what I’m working on. If I’m coding I really need something that plays just to drown out everything else but won’t distract me.
When I’m writing I listen to soundtracks and music with a feeling. Something that is written to bring out the emotion I am trying to convey.That’s basically technical talk for something that isn’t that technical. I just play what I feel like.
This is an awful comment lol
Alistair Barnett
March 3rd, 2010
at 7:42am
Hey Chris,
I’m pretty much able to listen to anything when I work, whether it be mellow, soothing music or upbeat, pumping rock (or punk). I tend to listen to sub-genres of rock (alternative, indie, punk, folk) and stay away from genres like dance and electronica.
Also, you said that Pandora is great for broadening musical horizons. I know that it’s mentioned everywhere whenever personal radio is concerned, but I actually prefer Slacker Radio (www.slacker.com), which like Pandora is also available as an iPhone app. In my opinion, it plays a wider variety of music and has great fine-tuning features. Check it out!
Alistair
Toongeek45
March 3rd, 2010
at 12:14pm
I usually concentrate better when the music is slow, but powerful. Like coldplay or R.E.M.
Andsone
March 3rd, 2010
at 11:42pm
Any music but rock,rock only make me boring.
Joe
March 4th, 2010
at 7:29am
I don’t personally stick to this rule when working, however a physiologist who visited my school stated that for studying purposes only music which is under 140bpm is productive, after this speed apparently music is more likely to be counter-productive.
Thanks.
Joe.
Andy Butler
March 4th, 2010
at 8:19am
SILENCE and no distractions ( no TV, RSS crawls on the Screen, Radio, CD, MP3) I am doing what I am doing…when I’m done I will do something else…also with my full attention…if I choose to listen to music, I give it my full attention…if the content doesn’t deserve my full attention then why bother at all.