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Topic subjectI've just come to the realization that I can't be productive while listening to
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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?
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.
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.
12752511, depends on the task. production yes. thinking work, no.
Posted by double negative, Mon Mar-16-15 09:39 AM
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.
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.
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

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"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
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.

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
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
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
12752869, we heard you the first time broheim
Posted by initiationofplato, Mon Mar-16-15 12:58 PM
jk
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
12753211, hilarious
Posted by legsdiamond, Mon Mar-16-15 04:25 PM
12753395, haha comedy
Posted by rawsouthpaw, Mon Mar-16-15 09:06 PM
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.
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.
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..
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.