Study Music

[partious]

Basically as the topic title says, I'm wondering about listening to music while studying. Do you think it's a good idea or does it just ruin your concentration? I've never really listened to music while studying but I'm gonna try because I think it'll motivate me to study more(my uni course requires a lot of study and I dont want to sit in silence reading for hours every day). Should I stick to more mellow music? One of my friends reckons you shouldn't listen to music with lyrics while studying, do you agree?

Also if anyone has any recommendations of certain music\bands to listen to while studying feel free to post them.

[Belbo]

I'd certiainly agree with the comment about not listening to songs with lyrics in them.

I always listen to music whilst I'm studying or writing or whatever. If you really need to concentrate on something hard, though, then never listen to anything with lyrics because you'll find yourself eventually singing along, and even if it's in your head it can still get annoying not being able to concentrate properly. Listen to something ambient with not too fast a tempo and you should find that it actually might help you in some cases.

[CrispinG]

Air's last album, Talkie Walkie, has been my reading soundtrack ever since it was released.

[iloverage]

fsol

[Mars]

A bit of Amon Tobin has helped me get right into my uni work over the last few days - you hardly notice its there until a soaring piece of synth comes in. Sometimes I just stop to listen to the amazing parts for a minute and then get stuck back in with a massive grin on my face

[acidbearboy]

I can't listen to 'songs' while I study I just need a groove.

I would reccomend any of the Logical Progression mixes by LTJ Bukem and co.

Also tripped out house and techno works for me too - rhythmic not melodic.

Oh and Sasha's stuff. Northern Exposure, Airdrawndagger, Involver etc

[Caz-chan]

When I am studying I cant listen to songs with lyrics, I either wind up singing along or writing the lyrics in whatever I am writing at that time.

I usually slap on anime/game sound tracks to study to and fight off the urge to watch/play them.

The Final Fantasy sounds tracks are excellent for studying.

[McFly]

Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss

[Badger]

I alwasy had music on.

Stuf flike Orbital was good for studying.

[Mr Do 71]

Try some Ulrich Schnauss.

[prototypemuffin]

Music while studying is perfect if you're trying to memorize stuff. As long as it's not overly complex you can just stare at the page for an hour without getting bored because of the music, and presto! It's stuck in your head!

[jrisgod]

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Got me through my finals.

[Alex W.]

E.S. Posthumus' album Unearthed is worth a look. I've always found it to be helpful.

[Van]

Pink Floyd, surely.

[iloverage]

Pink Floyd, surely.

what pink floyd?

[Paradigm]

You need to concentrate on Pink Floyd, I find. I listen to music while at work (searching through records), and though it's a concentration-demanding job, as long as it's songs you know extremely well it just fades into the background and stops your mind from wandering.

[aubergine]

Welcome to Sky Valley by Kyuss

Yes.

[Guest Little Bravado]

Four Tet's albums got me through my dissertation (well, that and Red Bull). Something (familiar) that you don't really need to focus on, but is interesting enough musically that it doesn't send you to sleep is a good idea.

You can tell you've been concentrating when you suddenly tune in to the music to find four or five songs have gone by without you realising.

I can work fine with lyricised music as long as I've heard it loads before, and don't feel compelled to actually *listen* to it.

That's the advice then: play music but don't, for god's sake, listen to it. That would be madness.

[iloverage]

Yes.

how in the hell can you study to stoner rock?

[jobe1]

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

Got me through my finals.

Agreed. That or maybe some of Brian Eno's ambient stuff, that kind of thing anyway.

[McFly]

how in the hell can you study to stoner rock?

Beard?

[ianwuk]

I always listen to music when studying. It helps me focus more, far more than TV, and it also helps the revision process as I tend to associate things I revised with songs listened to whilst doing so and so I just remember things that way. Well, no, I do actually study.