Music and programming, am I right?

[horofox]

I know that it's better to not listen to anything, but some people like me are addicted to music.

I came to the conclusion that if I'm listening to rock where the main singer is a baritone or bass(or the music is , like Joy Division I don't lose my concentration) but on the other way, if I'm listening to something were the singer is a tenor, then I'm fucked. That's also why probably the popular music generated by males are usually by tenors, it alienates the mind of the listener.

So when you are going to do something serious or want to have a better productivity while listening to music, don't listen stuff with high notes, believe me, it works.

[PeterMcCanney]

Many years ago in my first tech job, before the ipod, I had a sony walkman where I would change the batteries more often than the tape.

This one tape would be on continuous loop for days and weeks at a time. I had never been more productive in that job. But in effect I wasn't listening to music at all I was blocking out the distractions from the open plan office we worked in.

Since then I've experimented and found that ear plugs work best of all.

[madhouse]

My experience shows otherwise. When I listen to some deep, gloomy metal, that's a far higher diversion than listening to, say, some ambient music with a female singer. Even though the latter has far more high notes.