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12752403, I've just come to the realization that I can't be productive while listening to Posted by placee_22, Mon Mar-16-15 07:33 AM
Hip Hop w/ Lyrics, particularly new music. I gotta stop and listen to whatever they saying (no matter the depth or breadth). Same with R&B/Soul music to a lesser extent.
What brought on this revelation you ask? I've been listening to the top 10 songs on this TIDAL free trial and it's all rock/alternative or whatever you call it and I've been more productive than I've been in weeks. It only took me 30 aught yrs to figure this out.
So naturally, I stop my progress to make a post.
Does anyone else have this problem?
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12752410, me either. I've NEVER been able to listen to music while working... Posted by FLUIDJ, Mon Mar-16-15 07:43 AM
well yard work and manual labor yeah.... but anything else....nope.
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12752459, don't have this problem Posted by initiationofplato, Mon Mar-16-15 08:59 AM
i was bummed about getting a shit education in high school/college and spent the last 15 years listening to audio books in the background while i work, and eventually, my brain learned to listen to the book and focus on what i need to be doing. the flip side is, i have a hard time focusing on just one thing now and need multiple stimuli to be productive.
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12752492, I can't listen to any music with words while working Posted by luminous, Mon Mar-16-15 09:24 AM
So I listen to jazz or down tempo music. Sometimes I listen to music in a foreign language like bossa nova.
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12752511, depends on the task. production yes. thinking work, no. Posted by double negative, Mon Mar-16-15 09:39 AM
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12752547, yeah i never listen to a new album at work. Posted by Cenario, Mon Mar-16-15 09:58 AM
New albums are for my train rides.
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12752648, Can't do music full stop with work. Posted by TheAlbionist, Mon Mar-16-15 10:38 AM
More and more as I get older, I find myself paying attention to too many different aspects of the music, lyrics and production and there just isn't bandwidth left for anything more than a conversation about the music.
In a way instrumental music's worse... I can almost keep myself to only listening to the rapper/singer if it's a lyrical piece, but instrumentals I'll be out here critiquing the reverb on the snare or trying to work out what a bass patch looked like.
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12752651, I listen to stuff like Zero 7 when I am really trying to work. Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Mon Mar-16-15 10:41 AM
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're r
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12752708, it's a main reason i don't put on music when it's Posted by SoWhat, Mon Mar-16-15 11:24 AM
sexy time. b/c i get distracted by the music and don't focus on the task at hand.
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12752714, i prefer ambient shit in general while working Posted by MiracleRic, Mon Mar-16-15 11:26 AM
gimme some rjd2 or bonobo and i'm a worker ant all day
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12752864, try some of these albums... Posted by PoppaGeorge, Mon Mar-16-15 12:56 PM
Manual - Until Tomorrow "It'll Be Fine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9-nGW7LI4g "Inn" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXLUh1dQxFs
The Cinematic Orchestra - Man With the Movie Camera "Reel Life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMppfDmjFn8 (my personal favorite from this album) "Awakening of a Woman" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAS0AHgRDDU
E*vax - Parking Lot Music "Neon and Aluminum" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRGHSuv5MjY "The Process of Leaving" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Ayd07KOxU
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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab
Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW
R.I.P. Disco D
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12752713, i prefer ambient shit in general while working Posted by MiracleRic, Mon Mar-16-15 11:26 AM
gimme some rjd2 or bonobo and i'm a worker ant all day
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12752869, we heard you the first time broheim Posted by initiationofplato, Mon Mar-16-15 12:58 PM
jk
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12752761, only song I can't listen to while working is "Ante Up" Posted by PoppaGeorge, Mon Mar-16-15 11:51 AM
I get waaaay too amped up and vocal when that shit is on. I had on headphones once while working on a test plan some years ago and "Ante Up" came on on my mp3 player...
by the time I got to "From the street cousin, you know the drill..." I had looked up and saw my manager, team lead, and a couple of developers peeking in my cubicle. I thought I was just mouthing the words, but instead I was loud as fuck... especially at "You think I don't know that? BLAOW!! Nigga hold that! BLAOW!! nigga hold that! BLAOW!! nigga hold that!"
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forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab
Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW
R.I.P. Disco D
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12753211, hilarious Posted by legsdiamond, Mon Mar-16-15 04:25 PM
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12753395, haha comedy Posted by rawsouthpaw, Mon Mar-16-15 09:06 PM
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12752766, i don't listen to talk radio while driving... Posted by ndibs, Mon Mar-16-15 11:55 AM
for the same reason / can't focus.
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12753214, i don't trust anybody who says they can listen to music and work Posted by IkeMoses, Mon Mar-16-15 04:30 PM
at the same time.
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12753326, geez. i cant study without background music Posted by akon, Mon Mar-16-15 07:12 PM
i think tht d'angelo album helped me through finals
but i guess one could argue here that lyrics dont matter... mumble mumble 'soldier only dies the once.. mumble mumble.. in really love.. mumble..
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12753329, This is why Jesus gave me podcasts. Posted by b.Touch, Mon Mar-16-15 07:21 PM
I can't listen to music and work because all I'll wanna do is nerd out over the music.
Same w/ any instructional audiobooks.
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