music listened while studying

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jroque3313

jroque3313

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Hey Pre-dents just wondering if you listen to music while studying and if you do what kinds put you in the studying zone?

me preferably trance and house 😉
 
I usually listen to classical when reading something very dense and that requires a lot of focus. When I'm doing more tedious reading and problem solving ill listen to alternative or anything else for that matter
 
Movie scores like Hans Zimmer, Steve Jablonski, John Williams, Howard Shore, James Horner, etc. Classical is good too, but movie scores add a little more inspiration, which I need when studying certain subjects.
 
R&B and the likes of jack johnson and jason mraz. Pretty much anything that is pretty mellow. But it usually causes me to sing along though...
 
Celtic Music...or Braveheart Film Score on Pandora. Drowns out surrounding noise and is pretty good for studying.
 
When I'm reading, I can't listen to anything with words in it or I get distracted. So I listen to jam band kinda stuff, especially Sound Tribe Sector 9 if you're into jam bands cause they are one of the best I've ever heard.
 
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Can't study at all unless I have some post-hardcore (like blessthefall), punk (like early rise against or SOTY), or just straight rap (fast beats like potluck/tech n9ne)
 
So.. I've never told anyone about this as I think it's the weirdest thing in the world but..

I have a youtube playlist of clips from televesion shows that I listen to when studying.. I know that sounds crazy but this is true. Like it's made of all the perfect moments of the shows I watch.. mainly scrubs and the oc.. and I can literally recite all these videos (30+) by heart I "listen" to them so much.. just their voices in the background.. like it gives motivation I guess.

This isn't too crazy is it?
 
This is completely weird and a tad homo (hahahaha) but I listen to alot of different genres of the 70s and 80s when I'm studying..my musical list ranges from stuff like White Snake, Motley Crue, and Scorpion, to Hall and Oates, Genesis, and Culture Club....strange tastes when studying but I get so pumped about some of the songs!!! :laugh:
 
In a word. Don't. It's easy mode.

You're brain has to simultaneously exert studying and music if you do this.

Ultimately, you will have "gaps" in your memory, and conceptualization will be weaker.

Work smart, play smart.
 
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