[robbrown451]

This doesn't surprise me. Music is particularly detrimental to difficult cognitive tasks for me (i.e. coding), but to "true creativity" as well.

Tedious tasks music is fine with. Like tweaking pixels in a paint program or something. Things that don't take concentration.

Personally I recommend music be reserved for when you can really "get into it", such as when doing physical activities (dance, exercise, etc...especially ones you can do to the rhythm), or just sitting back and listening. And that should be often.

But using it as background when doing other things that tax your brain is to me a waste of the music. (as well as the problems noted in the study)