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A bit of a tangent, but this sort of music actually makes it near impossible for me to concentrate. Instead, I have what I call "loop songs", which are selected favourite tracks that span a range of genres from fairly heavy metal to Afrobeats. When I want to focus I pick a loop song and set it to repeat (the ideal volume varies per song, but is typically moderately loud). I can't explain how or why but it settles my…
A bit of a tangent, but this sort of music actually makes it near impossible for me to concentrate. Instead, I have what I call "loop songs", which are selected favourite tracks that span a range of genres from fairly heavy metal to Afrobeats. When I want to focus I pick a loop song and set it to repeat (the ideal volume varies per song, but is typically moderately loud). I can't explain how or why but it settles my…
My personal theory is the predictability allows you to tune it out, making it invisible to your conscious brain.
Based on my half-baked understanding of Jeff Hawkin's theory that our brains are wired to notice differences.
I want to love this. I leave these stations on in the background anyway and being able to change them like a radio station is a desirable feature. It's missing 2 key features that will prevent me from using it and recommending it to everyone I know: 1) No volume control. You could argue this is more a failure of my browser, but it's easier if you just add a volume control. Bonus points if up/down arrows controls work…
It has volume control, you can skip songs, there are 4 different channels (Main, Rock, Mellow, Eclectic) and you can even make your own channel of songs that you rated 7 out of 10 or more.
No ads, purely listener supported. It has a phone app too where you can set bitrate per Wifi/Mobile data and you can also set up caching to listen when you're offline or during tunnels when travelling.
What does it mean that members of society have evolved to constantly need audible stimulation? I feel like there has to be some sort of mental effect from listening to music constantly.
> I feel like there has to be some sort of mental effect from listening to music constantly. Why would there be?
Are you implying that listening to music has absolutely no effect on humans ?
A bit of a tangent, but this sort of music actually makes it near impossible for me to concentrate. Instead, I have what I call "loop songs", which are selected favourite tracks that span a range of genres from fairly heavy metal to Afrobeats. When I want to focus I pick a loop song and set it to repeat (the ideal volume varies per song, but is typically moderately loud). I can't explain how or why but it settles my…
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> I feel like there has to be some sort of mental effect from listening to music constantly. Why would there be?
Why wouldn't there be ? Are you implying that listening to music has absolutely no effect on humans ?
To me it's like asking "is there an effect to seeing all the time?" or "is there an effect to listening to people speak Korean?" or "is there an effect to touching things?". Sure, there are second and third-order effects of using your senses - for example "looking" at an article will ideally cause you to learn something new - but our eyes and ears in particular evolved to be open practically all the time, and most music falls squarely within the non-injurious range of auditory stimuli.
What does it mean that members of society have evolved to constantly need audible stimulation? I feel like there has to be some sort of mental effect from listening to music constantly.
A bit of a tangent, but this sort of music actually makes it near impossible for me to concentrate. Instead, I have what I call "loop songs", which are selected favourite tracks that span a range of genres from fairly heavy metal to Afrobeats. When I want to focus I pick a loop song and set it to repeat (the ideal volume varies per song, but is typically moderately loud). I can't explain how or why but it settles my…
I'm musical in general, having grown up doing various band activities, so there's always a song playing upstairs. Having something external to listen to simply allows me to switch tracks.
A bit of a tangent, but this sort of music actually makes it near impossible for me to concentrate. Instead, I have what I call "loop songs", which are selected favourite tracks that span a range of genres from fairly heavy metal to Afrobeats. When I want to focus I pick a loop song and set it to repeat (the ideal volume varies per song, but is typically moderately loud). I can't explain how or why but it settles my…
A bit of a tangent, but this sort of music actually makes it near impossible for me to concentrate. Instead, I have what I call "loop songs", which are selected favourite tracks that span a range of genres from fairly heavy metal to Afrobeats. When I want to focus I pick a loop song and set it to repeat (the ideal volume varies per song, but is typically moderately loud). I can't explain how or why but it settles my…