• Question: Do you ever listen to music when working and if so what? Is it different to the music you listen to normally, and what do you normally listen to?

    Asked by Rianna to Craig, Flavia, Giuditta, Jack, Sheona on 10 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Jack Carlyle

      Jack Carlyle answered on 10 Nov 2015:

      I listen to music all the time, and what I choose depends on what I’m doing. If I’m making a computer program, I can listen to anything really, but if I’m trying to write up my work in a report, I can’t listen to anything with lyrics… Otherwise I just end up writing down the words to the song by accident!
      I love pretty much any type of music. I just heard the new album by Grimes and I like it a lot, and recently I’ve been listening to a mixture of Drake and heavy metal. Sometimes classical music is great to work to, but drum’n’bass is also good for my productivity. I love music!!!

    • Photo: Giuditta Perversi

      Giuditta Perversi answered on 10 Nov 2015:

      When I work, I tend not to listen to music because it kinds of distract me, especially if I’m doing something that requires writing or the like.
      The only moment in which I prefer having music on and work is when the office is really loud so I wouldn’t possibly be able to concentrate otherwise.

      If I’m doing a repetitive task (like running a program multiple times with known tweaks in the procedure or compiling a spreadsheet), I tend to listen to podcasts, Welcome to Night Vale being the preferred one!

      When I am not working, though, I listen to music every time I’m going somewhere, even if it’s just a two minute walk!
      The type of music depends on the mood of the day, it can be classical, epic, metal, rock, cheesy crazy pop music, or I can just keep the iPod on shuffle! I’m really hectic about this!

    • Photo: Flavia de Almeida Dias

      Flavia de Almeida Dias answered on 10 Nov 2015:

      When I am working by myself, without interacting with students or other co-workers in a meeting, I tend to listen to music. Usually cheesy pop songs, preferably from the 90s or early 2000s, because they make me in a good enthusiastic mood, and that makes it easier to carry on. I must confess my office mate have caught me more than once dancing and lip syncing to some Britney Spears while doing something in the computer, and I did not notice him coming into the office…

      I don’t have a genre of music I listen to normally (and I don’t even have a normal routine either!). It varies a lot according to mood or activity. So if I am in a relaxing bubble bath, I would put on some Morcheeba or Portishead. If I am rock climbing, I would prefer the gym to have some music with a beat. If I am just commuting or walking around, any songs with a good vibe, happy mood. If I am angry, rock or metal songs. Or if I am feeling fancy, I get some classical music, a glass of wine and a nice book. If I am feeling nostalgic of my home country, I listen to some awful Brazilian funk, the worse, the better to feel at home again.

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