Best Study Music

This forum is for the general discussion of Music.

Best Study Music

Postby R-A-N-M-A » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:10 am

I know not every one here is a student, but I do know that a good chunk of us are. So here is my question, it being final exam season and all, what do you like to listen to when you study.

Personally I either go for progressive rock or classical music. I listened to every Rush album I own today while I was studying for my operations final(which I didn't fail, WOO!). Buefore though it was 4 out of 9 of Beethoven's Symphonies.
- New Banner in the Works -

Still Johnny Fish
User avatar
R-A-N-M-A
 
Joined: 18 Aug 2002
Location: General Music Forum

Postby CrackTheSky » Fri Dec 15, 2006 4:17 am

I rarely listen to music when I study because it's hard enough for me to concentrate, but when I do it's always music without lyrics, which I don't have a lot of. Thus it's limited to, I think, three albums: ( ) by Sigur Rós (even though there are lyrics on that album, it's all in a made-up language that I can't understand anyway), Raise Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, or Fable by The Autumn Project.
User avatar
CrackTheSky
 
Joined: 27 Aug 2006
Location: Chicago
Status: Probably not editing.

Postby Scintilla » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:17 am

Either classical music or relatively relaxing and unobtrusive background music, such as the OSTs for Onegai Twins, Haibane Renmei, etc.
ImageImage
:pizza: :pizza: Image :pizza: :pizza:
User avatar
Scintilla
(for EXTREME)
 
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Status: Quo

Postby Otohiko » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:29 am

Lately the best study music for me has been KiSh (russian heavy punk) - it kept me awake on those all-nighters. I don't know how much my study music differs from my usual music; in fact when I study I try to vary things as much as possible.
Otohiko
 
Joined: 05 May 2003

Postby CyRU5 » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:33 am

i usually make a play list with all the top 10 amv's. i dont watch them i just listen and put on repeat.
Men want there women sweet but there swords visious
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y209/x ... _touji.gif
User avatar
CyRU5
 
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Yokohama Enchanter School

Postby Flint the Dwarf » Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:26 pm

Opeth. But really any melodic music that I know very well does the trick for me.
Kusoyaro: We don't need a leader. We need to SHUT UP. Make what you want to make, don't make you what you don't want to make. If neither of those applies to you, then you need to SHUT UP MORE.
User avatar
Flint the Dwarf
 
Joined: 16 Jan 2002
Location: Ashland, WI

Postby Otohiko » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:45 am

Oh, there is one trick I remember.

I never play music that I haven't heard before while studying, otherwise I get distracted and/or confused. It's always albums that I listened to at least a few times prior that end up on the study list.
Otohiko
 
Joined: 05 May 2003

Postby requiett » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:21 am

The album Shpongle - Nothing Lasts, But Nothing is Lost
User avatar
requiett
 
Joined: 12 May 2003
Location: Alaska

Postby Otohiko » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:59 pm

requiett wrote:The album Shpongle - Nothing Lasts, But Nothing is Lost


That's on my study playlist occasionally! Shpongle and 1200 mics fit the bill of study music quite well for me.
Otohiko
 
Joined: 05 May 2003

Postby Gox777 » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:44 pm

Yuki Kajura and .hack//SIGN OSTs ftw!
Funny enough, my other two suggestions would have been Rush and classical (especially Bach).
User avatar
Gox777
 
Joined: 10 Aug 2004
Location: Deltona, FL

Postby CerebralAssamite » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:19 pm

When i used to study for exams n' stuff, I hated it just like anyone else, thus I wanted to create the most conforting enviroment for me, so I would put on;
Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Deicide (very good when studying, found myself growling along with Glen), Cattle Decapitation Skinless and Dying Fetus (yet another very good pick when studying)

So basically whatever music you use when have -time off- from studying works well when your studying.
User avatar
CerebralAssamite
 
Joined: 12 Jun 2004
Location: You Mean You Care?

Postby Yusaku_02 » Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:35 pm

Whenever I do homework or study I listen to some rock or metal CDs that I've heard a thousand times, which works great for killing distractions. The music can tune out any background noise like the dishwasher, parents talking, etc. Then I can sorta tune out the music, and Ta-Da, no distractions. This has been working for me for about 4 years now. (currently in senior year)
I also do what CyRU5 does.
meh...
User avatar
Yusaku_02
 
Joined: 06 Mar 2006
Location: Collegeville, MN

Postby analspider » Tue Dec 19, 2006 1:17 pm

i make a huge playlist of songs i like usually heavy metal to death metal to drown out any distractions and i crank it up!!!!
Dont mock the weak, mock the prosperous......
User avatar
analspider
 
Joined: 26 Jun 2006

Postby Aziff » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:19 pm

:shock: Listen to music while studying? LoL. Never done it before... But I beleive it's easy to lose concentration if you do that though... ><
Image
ImageImage
User avatar
Aziff
 
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Here

Postby badmartialarts » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:32 am

Back when I was in high school, a friend of mine did a science project to test people's memorization skills while different genres of music were playing in headphones on thier ears at full volume. Worst music turned out to be...rap. (Not making any points here, this was a high school science project with a relatively bad sample population. I wasn't even sampled.). The best music was...get this...polka. (Again...maybe this has more to do with the primarily German/Polish/Mexican backgrounds of the kids in my school.)

Still, I think a blaring tuba in my ears would be just as bad as the beats from a Public Enemy album. I prefer studying over Gustav Holst's "The Planets".
Life's short.
eBayhard.
User avatar
badmartialarts
Bad Martial Artist
 
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
Location: In ur Kitchen Stadium, eatin ur peppurz

Next

Return to Music Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest