Music to Work to

[Heath]

Over the past few days of essay writing, I have discovered that I work best to Final Fantasy piano collections, Beethoven's piano sonatas and Frank Sinatra.

What music do you work best to, EoFF?

[Tama2]

Heavy music I find gives me energy and makes me work harder and faster.
But I always prefer to have something going on. I hate working without any music at all. :/

[Boney King]

I can only work with complete silence. Any noise gets me distracted, and with music, I'll likely stop doing what it is I'm supposed to be doing (homework, chores) so I can just focus on the music.

[Balzac]

Any music, it stops the brain drying up.

[Jessweeee♪]

Anything that makes me think of trains.

[Markus. D]

Rise of the Lycans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Industrial and the like.

[Ryth]

Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno (ambient era), Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and other such drone, ambient, minimalist, krautrock, and related genres.

For some reason when doing math and science homework I focus more when listening to Merzbow's Flare Gun.

[Psychotic]

Put on Boney M's Rasputin and I can conquer the world.

[rubah]

Post Rock

[Momiji]

For me, it has to be fast-paced. Slow music makes me lose focus. It usually doesn't matter what I'm listening to, as long as it is fast and keeps my attention.

[Burtsplurt]

I pretty much did all of my final year university work to F#A#oo by Godspeed You Black Emperor! It's not my favourite album of theirs, but the songs help me focus, particularly Providence.

[Zeldy]

A bit of System of a Down.

[Rantz]

Anything instrumental, be it post-rock or classical, alternatively something like opera where I can't make out the words. If there are intelligible vocals I focus on them instead.

[escobert]

usually at work I listen to Q106 which is classic rock!

[Caraliz]

Amiina, Mogwai, Helios, Cliff Martinez, Clint Mansell, Beethoven

Ambient & Music Soundtrack & Classical.

[Jiro]

But I always prefer to have something going on. I hate working without any music at all. :/

I've been listening to game and anime soundtracks lately, they're calming and keep me focused. But anything works most of the time.

[McLovin']

Ratatat. Look em up...

[scrumpleberry]

Put on Boney M's Rasputin and I can conquer the world.

Anything which is good and sort of repetitive. Ambient stuff sometimes. Video game orchestral sometimes. Electronica sometimes. I can't really work well without music.

[JKTrix]

Over the past few days of essay writing, I have discovered that I work best to Final Fantasy piano collections...

Interestingly enough, Dragon Quest Symphonic Suite music accompanies my serious study/writing sessions.