Comments on: What Type of Music Helps You be More Productive?

By: Andy Butler

Andy Butler — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:19:16 +0000

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.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:29:18 +0000

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.

By: Andsone

Andsone — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:42:48 +0000

Any music but rock,rock only make me boring.

By: Toongeek45

Toongeek45 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:14:50 +0000

I usually concentrate better when the music is slow, but powerful. Like coldplay or R.E.M.

By: Alistair Barnett

Alistair Barnett — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:42:14 +0000

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

By: Tim Edwards

Tim Edwards — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:43:00 +0000

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

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By: ikari

ikari — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:46:11 +0000

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.

By: Amokrane

Amokrane — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:02:09 +0000

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!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:53:59 +0000

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 :-)

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:21:53 +0000

Oak Ridge Boys and Conway Twitty LOL