Working with music

[Hayl3y]

How do you do at work?

 

Can you turn on music? If so, what kind of music do you listen to ?

 

Is it easy for you to work with music in the background ?

 

 

 

My colleagues in the room next to mine listen to the radio (I don't like the channel, it's very recent pop music lol and a lot of documentaries about anything that's fashionable like losing weight, wearing heels, gardening, .... ).

 

I can turn on the music on my side : that way I don't hear the radio and they don't hear my sound hehehe which is probably for the best. Problem is, I  am not alone in my room. The person at the desk next to me is not a fan of heavy metal. So I turn on my music only when he's away from the office.

 

Depending on what I have to do, I have to say that music can help me concentrate, especially if I have to fill in sheets in Excel or so.

If I have to memorize something, now, music is more counterproductive XD

 

 

 

What about u ?

 

 

[WolfbrotherKronos]

I work with music all the time...

 

But I'm a music teacher.

[Guest]

I hope it's good music!

 

what kind of instrument do you teach?

[wheeloftime13]

I cannot do schoolwork while listening to music because it distracts me. I can do chores such as cleaning while listening. I listen to upbeat music. Disney, country, pop, rock, classical, anything but jazz really.

Yesterday I committed to learning to play the bagpipes.

[Katiora]

I love to listen to music when I read... There are songs that I can listen to and still remember parts of books I read when listening to them. But it has to be something that I don't want to sing along to. Because I can't read and sing at the same time lol

[WolfbrotherKronos]

I cannot do schoolwork while listening to music because it distracts me. I can do chores such as cleaning while listening. I listen to upbeat music. Disney, country, pop, rock, classical, anything but jazz really.

Yesterday I committed to learning to play the bagpipes.

 

This made me think of this.

 

[Guest]

lol I didn't know that show ^

 

 

 

@ Time : how was your first lesson ? Bagpipes... that must be super hard to play O.O

 

@ Kat : yeah, same for me lol 

[Daruya]

I love music! If I'm working (housework, mowing lawn, etc.) it helps motivate me. If I'm studying or doing homework, I'm one of those people that must have peace and quiet. If music is playing, I'm singing or humming and thus distracted from my studies.

[Shad_]

Music always helps me work, but it has to be the right sort.  Anything overly catchy can be a distraction.  I use it to set a mood for concentration.  That usually means a big fuzzy repetitive wall of sound in the form of black metal or post-rock.  Game soundtracks and vaporwave enter my work mix a lot too.  If I'm reading a book, I aim for something theme-appropriate.  I have a big compilation of Chinese classical music that got a lot of play time while I was studying Chinese history in college.  Fantasy and nature-themed music tends to enhance books like WoT for me.  Catchier stuff comes up if I'm trying to engage a lot of people at once or work around the house and want to keep a positive attitude.  Generally my instinct is always to put on something that corresponds with what I'm trying to do.

[Guest]

Chinese classical movies, it sounds like something interesting. I'll probably have a try at it... it makes me feel curious

 

What about driving?

 

Are there music genres that make you want to speed up? Or to take more time on the road?

I don't like to drive,  so if I have to drive I prefer to have no background noises lol

[Shad_]

It's an 8 disc compilation that must be fairly obscure, because the majority of it isn't uploaded to youtube.  Majestic stuff though:

 

 

As for when I'm driving, (This is Murica.  Going to the grocery store entails an hour in the car.)  that's the one venue where rock still enters my mix a fair bit.  I listen to a lot of Rage Against the Machine on the road.  Krallice still gets into my mix for any venue, because it's intense if you pay attention to it but atmospheric if you zone out of it.  I've started gathering a decent collection of hip-hop albums for the road too.  But if I want to be especially irresponsible behind the wheel of a car, stoner rock.  Always, stoner rock.  o_o;

 

[Thane Vakarian]

I can never turn on the music I love at work, for obvious reasons... we have a radiostation running as background noise, not too loud. We need to monitor phone calls and radio communications

[WolfbrotherKronos]

lol I didn't know that show ^

 

 

 

@ Time : how was your first lesson ? Bagpipes... that must be super hard to play O.O

 

@ Kat : yeah, same for me lol 

 

It's a great show!

[Guest]

I ll check Netflix to see if it is available there :D

 

(What would I do without Netflix )

[WolfbrotherKronos]

I ll check Netflix to see if it is available there :D

 

(What would I do without Netflix )

It is on Netflix.

[Guest]

Thanks !!!!

(I hadn't had the chance to check before since it's the holidays and the only times I watch the TV it's when playing Mass Effect lol)

[WolfbrotherKronos]

There's the British version and the American one.

[Guest]

They have two? I should start with the British one lol

The accent will be funnier, no ? XD

[WolfbrotherKronos]

The British one is shorter and the American one is based off of it. And the guy who played the boss in the British one helped with the American one.

[Guest]

So I guess you watched them both? Which one did you enjoy the most?

[WolfbrotherKronos]

So I guess you watched them both? Which one did you enjoy the most?

 

I haven't really watched both of them.  I've seen a few episodes of the British one - mostly watched the American one.

[LedZepMan]

Hi, haven't been around here in ages. Name's Zep. Used to be an archer. Nice to meet y'all.

 

As to music and work, I can live without it but I prefer not to. For my day job I'm a roofer, and nothing helps me carry 4 X 8 sheets of roof board across the roof repeatedly like some good ol fashioned Pantera, Megadeth, and Slayer.

[LedZepMan]

Dang phone. I wasn't finished!

 

Later in the day I like to kick it back to the classics, Zeppelin, Rush, and the like, to end the day on a high note lol.

 

Music is a huge part of my workday

[Guest]

Omg omg an archer ! Welcome back!

 

Do u still have an access to everything ?

[Guest]

Great music tastes BTW! \m/