[craig1f]

I find that playing music occupies the part of my brain that is easily distracted. This allows the productive part of my brain to work without distractions.

Without music, the easily distracted part of my brain starts looking for distractions, which drags the productive part of my brain along with it.

[tartoran]

Music gives me momentum and puts me in the moment. In my most productive streaks I listen to music. Then silence is good when evaluating what I’ve done, cleaning up here and there and some refactoring. It’s come kind of call to arms if I needed to make an analogy even though Im not a fan of warfare