Can you concentrate writing while listening to music?

hi zandi, how are u? yah if i am coping something from a book then i can concentrate in writing while listening to music. if i write something to creat(article, novel, poem, shortstory)then i can't listen music. hehehe....

I never use earphone. Light music as background, esp alone in the room, helps to get me carm down so that wording flow endlessly to enrich the outlines I put down at ramdom when ideas come up in my mind. I do not like silence. I need company of someone, or at least some sound, either from radio or from TV.

I find that what I am writing about or where i am writing makes a difference in if I listen to music or not. If i am writing in my daily blog, I always have music going in the background. Depending on where i am in a novel determines if I listen and what I listen too. I think the fact that I raised two daughters while writing my first two novels made a diffeence too. Sheila being ill, sometimes she could not keep the girls occupied while I wrote. Amazing how one can write a half of a chapter in a thriller, wipe a butt and give a little girl a glass of juice and sit back down to finish the chapter, all in one swoop. lol I learned to tune in to the screams that might be important and the ones that simply went with two little girls playing ponies. What i am writing also determines what I listen too. If I have a romantic chapter happening, I will often put in music to make that mood more real as I write. Sometimes, I need a little Alanis M to take me through a section and sometimes LeeAnne singing "probably wouldn't hurt so bad" brings to me the sadness of emotions needed to make the reader feel my tears. Music is to me the unwritten novel inside of ones heart. I think it is very much an added plus to writing. And I am reminded of my daughter, away at Culinary College at the time, calling me and asking if I could send5 of the C.D. that I had written and produced all the songs for. She said the one she took with her to college was being "Borrowed" every night by her 4 roomies. It seems they found the music perfect to do their studies by. I of course sent 10 just to be sure my daughter always had one. SMILESSSSSS... I do think that music enhances ones writing and i have it playing most times when i am writing in a novel or blogging.It is also the reason that when someone orders one of my novels, I always send one of my C.D.'s along with the novel for free. Listen to the music and enjoy the novel at the same time. It doesn't get better than that. yessss, I know, as always i was long winded here. Sorry... Always, Darrel

I like to listen to music when i am using the comp or doing any other job.I feel it is quite relaxing to have music in the background..But i hate to use headphones.I am able to concentrate and go on writing and do my job even as my favorite music is playing in the background.

Hello zandi. For me, it depends on the music and the lyric itself. If I was listenig to song that I like, my attention will steer out to the song. Making me write very slow, or worse, stop writing. On the other hand, musics that are soft, makes my mind in peace. It also boost out ideas inside my brain. Plus, it makes me concentrate more. Happy day! :)

Hi zandi, Yes I can concentrate on anything while listening to music but the difference is that I can not let my ear go fully to the music or else my attention from the actual work would ramble. Here music would play the role of a refresher only.

No Not at all.I have to pay attention and concentrate with my heart into whatever I do.It is always one thing at a time for me.Especially the things I like.If I start to listen to music as I write I will forget what I am writing and get involved and go into the music and drop my pen.

Music only as the friend during I writing. Most of my concentration is to my article. During my favourite song, my mouth automatic sing the song, so as make my write concentration descended. But that was not too annoying me. I feel more relax

I nearly always have music playing in the background when I am writing. I don't exactly listen to it, it is just there. I am a therapist and musician and have realized the value of music when studying/concentrating. Experiments have been carried out with students who gained a much better understanding of their studies when studying using music. Motzart compositions of 60bpm (beats per minute) were found to be the best study aids. 60bpm was thought to help because it is the rate of a healthy heart at rest.. :-) Derek

hi there...well,most of the time... like 75% unless of couse, i am not feeling tired or i am tired. but of course not rock music sort of stuff... Josh Groban songs help me think.. hahahhaa.... something about his voice... sigh...

Hello my friend zandi458 Ji, I too love soft music while doingany work including writng, to be true,now it is 0544 hrs . I am in coplete tranquility atmosphere, everyone is at fast sleep,still, I am moniteing humming sound from my UPS/mosqutoes and at times moring birds. But I do not have any additional head phones, which I do not like. Even if some one plays music, no harm. By 0600 hrs, my Muslim friend nearby Mosque would all their 'Allah', on loud-speaker and would wake whole of the locality, will never disturb me, I would carry on writing. I like an dlove music, but should be soft and slow. Happy new year and may God bless you and have a great time.

yes ,i agree with you becoz i too do the same .iam a student i listen to music and read during my exams time becoz it frees me from my tensions.i am not distracted by music

Hi, well, we have the same taste... i 2 do the same thing, it really helps 2 refresh z mind... kip it up!! bye...

hmmm , i love to do work with music! i do a lots of work with music! except for writing and reading, it reallly mess up my mind, and no need to ask if its a medical subject!! :D!

I always have the tv on in here in the puter room and I miss half of the movie while responding lol I just seem to shut it out. Also have monitor on so I can heard what grand daughter is doing in the front room when she is up.

I cannot concentrate working or writing when there is noise. I cannot listen to music while I am writing. It is very distracting.

i can´t concectrate zandi.even tv on i can´t! because the computer is beside the tv and very close to me so i need to ignore the other side of ears.

Music dosen't bother me as long as it's what I like to listen to. I can't stand anything in my ears so I listen to the radio.

I remember when I was younger, I can do my home work while listening to music. But I don't know what happened, I can't do it now. I prepare doing mylot all alone. Just like today, I can't really concentrate that much because my mom and sister are here and they are doing a little chit-chat here and there. And our house is a bit noisy now... Happy posting!

Hello my friend zandi458 Ji,Well, I can concerntrate if music is soft and appeals to my nature, There are people like Nepolean, who could concentrate on multi-fronts and complete their task successfully. I think, if there is a will, there is a way. Music always sootehn one's ideas and helps to generate cordil atmosphere. So i think, music is very importamnt in one's life. Without music there is no life. But, at the same time, I am not acustomed to harsh music please. may God bless you and have a great time.