[geeks] Working Music vs Thinking Music

[Kris Kirby]

On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
>   Myself, I tend to work on things that are *just* beyond my
> capabilities...sometimes as a matter of circumstance, and sometimes by
> choice.  This "pushes my envelope" so to speak, so I wind up learning
> *very* quickly.  Of course, this also means I'm concentrating AS HARD
> AS I CAN 100% of the time, often for many hours at a time...which for
> me, requires near absolute silence.

I have to have quiet to *think* too.

>   When I'm just doing sysadmin stuff or doing non-component-level
> hardware, though, various types of music help a lot.
>
>   Try these:
>
>   - Lush
>   - Enigma
>   - Deep Forest
>   - BTribe
>   - Juno Reactor
>   - Luscious Jackson
>   - Bjork

Kinda ambient stuff works for this... not to distracting that you get into
taking it apart or studying the lyrics.

I find it works best to listen to something I already know intimately
(nin: halo 8, any tool CD) that way I'm not deconstructing it as I go
along.

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