The music of SILENCE. And I never listen to music at any other time either.
I’m beginning to think this makes me extremely unusual.
Thrash Metal or Mozart.
Depends on how my mind is. If I need to concentrate because I am anxious, I try to put on something without serious lyrics, though gentle enough to calm my anxiety down. If I am calm yet finding it hard to focus, I tend to put on light music that I usually listen to, like my most listened to tracks: I find these tracks are the easiest to drown out with the least distractions, as I already know in my head where the tracks are going, however with new tracks even instrumentals when I lose concentration I tend to focus too much on the new tunes and such.
Many times I don’t listen to anything as my head is too cluttered that way.
Dark Academia or Bossa Nova Jazz
- lofi
- ambiance
- game soundtracks (chill ones)
Read that as contraception.
Either way, probably some post rock or blues or cool jazz or something.
Mandopop cause I only understand a handful of words.
Instrumental. I find music with lyrics very distracting and annoying.
Ambient jungle/PlayStation DnB
My personal playlist with a mix of edm or lo-fi/jazz-rap stuff. The edm part is usually chill and with minimal or no lyrics
The music varies a lot. Everything from Adam Young, via Hiromi Uehara, to Dimmu Borgir. The common thread is that it has to be instrumental and not annoying.
A John Digwed mix is perfect for me and ticks all the boxes
- No lyrics
- Lasts for hours
- Never gets too repetitive, changes over time
- No starting/stopping between songs.
I’ve done my best work to his live in Cordoba mix
When I actually need to concentrate, I usually stop listening to music. When I want to get into a flow state and it isn’t 100% critical I focus, it could be just about anything. This remix of the Call of Duty World at War Black Cats theme is awesome for that purpose.
Synthwave, Post-Rock, Post-Metal, Shoegaze.
It’s what I mostly listen nowadays anyway.
something without lyrics
Beats to study/relax to
Yep has to have no lyrics or I get pulled into the song!