Listening to music at work

Listening to music at work

Since I work in an office, I also listen to a lot of music during work hours. What kind of music it is depends on how hard I need to focus.

Generally, if less intense focus is needed, pretty much anything is okay, even music with vocals.

However, if more focus is needed, there are certain genres I prefer.

Music for focusing

Needing to focus on a task for long periods at a time eliminates music with vocals since I end up focusing on what is being sung rather than on what I should be working on.

Here are some genres and examples of artists / bands that are more apt for deep work (links go to artist on Spotify):

• Ambient

  • Loscil

  • Nils Frahm

  • Chihei Hatakeyama

  • Grouper

• Lo-Fi Hip-Hop

  • Tomppabeats

  • Rook1e

  • City Girl

• Microhouse

  • Kiasmos

  • Jon Hopkins

  • Boards of Canada

• Miscellaneous

  • Khruangbin - instrumental psychedelic rock