Why You Can Focus in a Coffee Shop but Not in Your Open Office

Re:Why You Can Focus in a Coffee Shop but Not in Your Open O... by ctdonath on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @01:16PM (#15500934)

Instrumental music, or songs I've heard a million times before? Just noise.

That's why I listen to techno/trance music. High energy, but intended as pure background, always changing but never distractingly so. Enhances an experience/activity, but never demands your attention; not something you can sit down and listen to for its own sake.

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Re:Why You Can Focus in a Coffee Shop but Not in Your Open O... by thatcat on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @03:53PM (#15502360)

>not something you can sit down and listen to for its own sake

I used to use techno for strictly background/energy, but have come to enjoy some artists independently.

Mostly in the IDM subgenre; Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Koyxen, and Square Pusher have a solid mix of enjoyable music that doesn't distract.

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Re:Why You Can Focus in a Coffee Shop but Not in Your Open O... by ship_it on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @01:53PM (#15501291)

I've heard this from many developers. I love technowave for that reason.

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