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Matt Mullenweg of Wordpress apparently listens to one Kanye song on repeat, up to 4 hours. I guess it works for him.
Which one? "African Americans in the capitol of France"? Personally I find hip hop/rap music rather hard to "relax" to.
I'm looking for almost this, except I don't want music, I would like the white noise of people in a public space where don't speak english. Any recommendations?
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 need some sort of extension that would "cut" out the beats from all those lofi music so I can actually concentrate.
Just the kick/low-end drum beats, or all of the rhythm (only leaving the melody)? Just curious. Sometimes I listen to relaxing music or videos on headphones when I can't sleep and I use the EQ on my phone to cut low frequencies. If it's all of the drum/rhythm that distracts you I don't know of a good solution other than finding music that's all melody and no rhythm.
____..__._A_.___.___
Where A is the beat.
I'll try to do something using EQ (never though about this option for some reason)
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 have a very similar progress, but my favorite loop-genre to work with is grindcore. Highly recommend Magrudergrind: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB290E30AC7EEFAFB . I have listened to this album many hundreds of times by now.
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 don't have an answer for you, just wanted to pile on with my own experience and questions in the same vein. I find that a background noise app really helps me stay calm/lowers stress and anxiety, and I get a huge productivity boost out of it. Something about being at peace hearing natural sounds really does feel like it's deeply engrained in me, and I assume other people also. I wonder: (1) if there's a difference…