<p>I listen to a lot of music when I study, especially since I'm always on my laptop. I like to listen to classical music when I really have to concentrate and do some learning, and I listen to heavy metal when I'm doing some ******** busy work.</p>
<p>What about you?</p>
<p>I can't concentrate well unless I'm listening to music. I do my homework SO much faster whilst listening to music... Unless it's a catchy 90's pop song... In which case I begin lip singing and acting like an idiot.</p>
<p>Yeah, I do. Why not we make a poll of this?</p>
<p>Yes: 3
No: 0</p>
<p>It distracts me. I tend to focus on the lyrics instead of the work at hand. I guess this means that I have to start looking at just plain music, but then again, I work fine without music.</p>
<p>Yes: 3
No: 1</p>
<p>^ Plain classical music will definitely help you concentrate, unless you are way into music theory.</p>
<p>Yeah, anything catchy (or with lyrics, actually..) and I forget I even have homework. I like listening to explosions in the sky, some nice instrumental stuff.</p>
<p>Yes: 4
No: 1</p>
<p>Hell yeah. Arcade Fire. Boring without. Right now, three Yeahs. Hardly study. Music rules.</p>
<p>Liist, I hate classical! :p Might have something to do with my dad making me listen to it when I was younger.</p>
<p>I work best when it's really quiet, usually in the wee hours of the morning when all you can hear is the buzzing in your ears. Sometimes I get up early just to work in pure, sweet silence.</p>
<p>No, I must have nearly total silence when I study. Background noise drives me crazy.</p>
<p>Yes: 4
No: 2</p>
<p>^ we should be roomies :D</p>
<p>It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm doing "busy-work" I usually listen to music, but if I'm studying, I need silence.</p>
<p>@BrightRed: IK! Even classical music bugs me when I'm trying to focus on a math problem or to write a paper.</p>
<p>YES classical music it is! Unless it's something I've done on piano, then of course I'm listening to it technically to see how they interpreted it...</p>
<p>And I don't listen to much while doing busy work, since I don't ever really do it except in the class before it's due :] Can't help it - I'm a compulsive procrastinator.</p>
<p>NO. I've tried jazz, pop, classical, opera for christsakes's, and it all distracts me.</p>
<p>But I need to read aloud sometimes to really get what I'm saying, so that might factor into it.</p>
<p>I think I adapted to listening to heavy metal to drown out my sister playing piano.</p>
<p>I've also invented ghetto noise-canceling headphones by putting a shooting earmuff (hearing protection) over my ear buds.</p>
<p>depends on the subject
if its math or anything math related, i will usually put on some catchy music. it helps pass the time and i usually do it faster
if i really have to concentrate, like reading or writing short responses/essays, i need total silence or very little background noise or else i will be very distracted</p>
<p>I can't do anything without music in the background. In addition to studying and doing homework, I need it when I drive, when I'm just fooling around on my computer, and when I'm trying to fall asleep.</p>
<p>I listen to music or have the TV on in the background when I work. I can't stand complete silence.</p>
<p>Yes!! Classical, like always!</p>
<p>Yes. Ch. 840 (Classical Masterpieces) and Ch. 841 (Light Classical). Sometimes, I listen to foreign language music so I am able to have sound in the background and concentrate simultaneously. I cannot seem to focus when English-spoken songs are playing.</p>