I love listening to music (Irish music, Chinese, Phonk, Funk, not to be confused with Phonk lol,2000s rock, rap, etc) so much and I feel a bit bored reading in silence. And given the open anti-comm tendencies of my coworkers, I tend to read theory in my car. Only issue is songs in English throw me off because I kinda can’t listen to a song while also reading words. So sometimes instrumentals or foreign language songs are good (except for Sailing The Seas Depends on The Helmsman, I won’t be able to focus because it’s such a great song) to have in the background. I used to like reading along with a narrator voicing it on my phone but it gets annoying sometimes. Idk, what do yall do while reading? Do you ever have Tv on in the background?
I also tend to listen to instrumental music in the background, lyrics are too distracting. I usually choose music to fit the theme. For example, I just finished a book on the Sicilian Mafia, listened to Italian folk music as I did. Sets the scene
I usually have white noise on my earphones, it calms me and blocks outside voices, my eyes get sleepier though and outside eyes get more awake
Same. What flavour of white noise do you do? I’m a fan of those 10 hour rain / thunder ones on youtube.
https://youtu.be/nMfPqeZjc2c this, I don’t like ones with rain or anything because thunder scares me
Babbling Brooks for me
I only listen to music when doing two things, driving, and just relaxing when I can focus completely on the music. When doing tasks, reading, etc I want complete silence. I enjoy the peacefulness of absolute silence when doing something. I can focus on it. Exist within the task but also look at myself from the outside and analyze what I’m doing. Idk how else to explain it. Music is a distraction I don’t want most of the time. Not saying I don’t like music. I love it. Which is why when I listen to it I want it to have my full attention. I want to exist within it. Not just have it playing in the background. Driving is literally the only exception to this and I think it’s because all my past jobs required a lot of driving and so I just got used to it.
Yes, I know I am strange.
Car music is so great, the speakers and the compact space make for excellent music listening experiences
I listen to video game music while reading. There’s usually no vocals, and sometimes I get to trick my brain into associating the happy memories of playing games with what I’m reading which helps me focus.
I love listening to Gta 4’s theme song so much, san andreas too but not as much
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I require music to be able to do anything really. If I don’t listen to music, my ADHD will cause me to become understimulated and then I’ll get distracted and realize hours later that I completely forgot what I was even doing. However, when I’m reading something that’s difficult to read or keep track of, I have to turn the music off because I need all the energy my brain can provide to stay focused on it. I try to keep the amount of time spent without music minimal, so once I’ve gotten past the difficult part, I’ll turn it back on.
The only music that works for me is loud, fast music that’s full of complex patterns that can provide stimulation for my brain, and doesn’t get quiet in the middle like many classical songs do. Vocals ruin it for me in most cases, so nearly all of the music I listen to has no vocals. In order for me to tolerate the vocals, they have to add to the already existing patterns of the song. This completely rules out rap music and most kinds of popular music.
Also, I get used to music quickly. I can’t listen to the same song for more than a few days, and then I can’t listen to it again for a year at least. This makes finding music very, very difficult because my preferences are not very common. Every time I’ve made a playlist, it hasn’t lasted longer than a couple weeks before I had to find something new.
My coworker has a very similar tendency and I couldn’t be more ok with it, music makes work easier
It’s usually too distracting. I don’t like any noise at all when I’m reading
