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Music while doing schoolwork

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Rainbow*Stylin
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 24

just wondering if you guys could listen to music while studying, doing homework, writing papers... i know a lot of people who think it distracts them... personally i listen to instrumentals when i study and do homework, like jazz or classical or new age stuff like jackson conti... when im writing papers sometimes this music works for me... other times i really like mellow piano driven rock... sometime corperate, straylight run, mae... i really cant do much with no music on

Dec 4 2008 1:40PM
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soulskier
Posts: 17806 - Karma: 3,841
i go for the older jazz, acoustic, basically relaxing music with no vocals to distract me
Dec 4 2008 1:45PM
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Mr.O
Posts: 1582 - Karma: 23
Easy listening, piano or some reggae works too.
Dec 4 2008 1:48PM
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MissMontana
Posts: 971 - Karma: 42
I need to have chill stuff that I don't know they lyrics to yet, otherwise my brain latches onto them and starts singing along and I retain nothing but that bitch I'm the bomb like tick tick.

My moms best friend just game me the James Morrison CD for my bday so I'm loving that for this essay I'm writing.

Try Emancipator.

But studies have shown that classical music while studying helps you retain information and relax. Water Music by Mozart is the best, apparently.
Dec 4 2008 1:48PM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
Posts: 2357 - Karma: 61

haha, i just made a thread on this yesterday...

yea i listen to h-mob, cali p, black keys, lots of chill/mellow/instrumental stuff.

it seems to help me concentrate and focus better instead of getting distracted by outside noises or movement

Dec 4 2008 1:51PM
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JamesR
Posts: 3396 - Karma: -12
Did you just butcher Something Corporate, or is this some band I have not heard of?
Dec 4 2008 1:55PM
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mellifluous
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yeah i listen to music while doing homework all the time, actually.. i cant really concentrate without it. but i agree with only listening to the songs that you dont know the lyrics to, or else my brain is like "oh i wanna sing along" and i get sidetracked hella easy. and i mostly listen to reggae while doing hw
Dec 4 2008 1:57PM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
i cant do anything without music or some kind of background noise
Dec 4 2008 8:12PM
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charmander
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Dec 4 2008 8:18PM
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skiP.E.I.
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for writing papers I don't really like music on, but for studying, reading, and doing art I like it.
Dec 4 2008 8:21PM
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BEARS.
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i go with tons of instrumental.
Dec 4 2008 8:26PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349

i like to listen to some techno especially basshunter.

this comes in handy for when i need to stay up really late and dont want to fall asleep

Dec 4 2008 8:35PM
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2+2=5
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ratatat is good study music. just download their album and listen to the whole thing
Dec 4 2008 8:36PM
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JNix.
Posts: 645 - Karma: 12
ratatat is really good expecially alot of their remixes also bonobo for extra concentration ability and phish and radiohead work well for me
Dec 4 2008 8:40PM
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Rainbow*Stylin
Posts: 1042 - Karma: 24
yea i just butchered them up...
Dec 4 2008 8:41PM
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Pee_and_Ski
Posts: 1869 - Karma: 57
well the flobots are currently playing, im suspost to be typing a 15page essay
Dec 4 2008 10:03PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 152

lyrics when I wake up

Bass when I make love

Rasta when I do homework

Dec 4 2008 10:09PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
i can't even sleep without listening to music, homework without music would be a tragedy.
Dec 4 2008 10:11PM
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
Depends what I am doing, if i am doing Latin I can not have any lyrics or I am screwed, so I rock a classical mix cd that i have that is supposed to make babies smarter.  For some reason Iron Maiden works really well when I write papers, I generally like lyrical hip hop and that does not work with school at all.  Sometimes rock lemon jelly or john butler trio to. 
Dec 5 2008 1:49AM
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Skibumsmith
Posts: 5432 - Karma: 11,823

I turn it on but block it out once I start so it's just background noise. But when its something not too hard and i just want to get it done with like math or writing i listen to something like queens of the stone age. Absolute worst thing for homework though, ski movie music. One minute im working the next i look down and I'm standing in my skis.

Dec 5 2008 2:02AM
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GreekAR6
Posts: 527 - Karma: 11
Instrumental for sure.  Explosions in the sky anyone?  so good...
Dec 5 2008 8:47AM
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DrStrangelove
Posts: 1948 - Karma: 3
i spent 6 hours yesterday finishing up a draft of my final college thesis and putting together a powerpoint, the whole time switching back and forth between classical and trance electronica
Dec 5 2008 10:14AM
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Flowsion
Posts: 1461 - Karma: 11
thievery corporation is my choice for getting shit done. the cosmic game is my favorite cd by them; it's my main homework soundtrack. Not many vocal tracks, and the ones that are will have like a woman singing something in portugese so it's not very distracting at all.
Dec 5 2008 10:38AM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
I like it when it's fairly quiet, mellow music (jazz, classical etc.) in the background. Anything else, like through headphones or louder more upbeat music I can't handle.
Dec 5 2008 10:44AM
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gnarmada
Posts: 235 - Karma: 17
i have adhd so wenever i try it ends up not workin
Dec 6 2008 9:30AM
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austinvt
Posts: 211 - Karma: 183
LOTUS
Dec 6 2008 11:41AM
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frstyl46skier
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i can only listen to music for math and science hw and stuff that has a straigh up answer with no interpretting. When it comes to reading and writing essays i just start losing focus cuz i get so bored with the essay and stop
Dec 6 2008 12:01PM
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Fly_White_Boy
Posts: 301 - Karma: 13
I turn on the radio and rock out.
Dec 6 2008 12:19PM
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chapz
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meh it depends for me...

if im doing physics/math/chem,
i can listen to anything. but i prefer like, banger electro beats.

if im studying xcore or writing papers, then ill resort to mellow indie stuff like deerhunter, vampire weekend, radiohead...

Dec 6 2008 12:25PM
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Jwenz
Posts: 8893 - Karma: 7,634
truly depends what I am doing. If i am trying to read I can't listen to music. way too distracting. doing math homework I love music. and heck TOM PETTY is the biggest motivator. Trust me
Dec 6 2008 12:31PM
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a.quinn
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hell yea. for sure.
im all about the music while studying.
i put on pandora station mix mostly....techno, reggae, and instrumentals. so dope. some hip hop thrown in as well
Dec 6 2008 12:39PM
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Dylan_
Posts: 9824 - Karma: 1,403
anything really
Dec 6 2008 12:50PM
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spliff.Life
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wu-tang
Dec 6 2008 1:06PM
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patrickstar
Posts: 486 - Karma: 20
reggae.
Dec 6 2008 1:21PM
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-+Siver+-
Posts: 1902 - Karma: 12
I like to listen to music when i am doing homework or writing essays, but it is chill music like a tribe called quest or wu tang. I don't listen to music while i am studying though because it sometimes does distract me.
Dec 6 2008 1:28PM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
it really depends on how easy distracted i can get sometimes i can sometimes i cant
Dec 6 2008 3:01PM
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Hannah.
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it really depends on how easy distracted i can get sometimes i can sometimes i cant
Dec 6 2008 3:05PM
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