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Do you listen to music when you revise?

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I'm sat writing an essay and listening to Hood Pope by A$AP Ferg. Not what you would have expected, eh?
Original post by driftawaay
haha i thought i was the only one who called him that



haha afraid not :five:
I don't if I'm purposely trying to take info in. I sing along wayyyy to easily.
But if I'm doing some revision-related non-exam questions, or marking things, then I do put on background music, generally an album from my CD collection that I am less likely to get involved in :tongue:
As for exam questions depends on how I feel. If it's a timed attempt then no, but if not then the CD goes back on.
This tends to really get me motivated! :smile:
[video="youtube;-EHYnB_-z48"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EHYnB_-z48[/video]
It's really distracting for me.
One minute I'm proving trig identities, the next, an afrobeat song comes on and I'm like
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Original post by picklescamp
Catfish and the Bottlemen are awesome :biggrin: I once met their drummer on a ferry back from france. Cool guy


I'm actually so jealous - I love them to pieces!! :h:

I never meet anyone cool on the ferry/the chunnel...sometimes speak to other families, nobody exciting :tongue:

Who else do you listen to??
There's enough evidence to suggest that it helps with concentration - I can't work without it.
Original post by somethingbeautiful
I can't listen to anything with lyrics whilst studying. It has to be classical stuff. I seem to learn better with piano based music - my fave at the moment is Chopin but I do love a bit of Mozart now and again.


Tried 'chillstep'?
This is relaxing on sorts of levels, I revise to this

Roses from the South by Strauss II.
Original post by BlindingLight
Tried 'chillstep'?


Is that like dubstep on relaxants?
Original post by 1 somethingbeautiful
Is that like dubstep on relaxants?


Pretty much, and much more melodic - discovered the genre while looking for music for work. I find the mixes very effective for getting in the 'zone'.

This is one of the good ones.

[video="youtube;4fWx0z-V6QU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWx0z-V6QU[/video]
Einaudi :smile:
Kanye West has gotten me through 2 hours of Accounting :rofl:

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Original post by BlindingLight
Pretty much, and much more melodic - discovered the genre while looking for music for work. I find the mixes very effective for getting in the 'zone'.

This is one of the good ones.

[video="youtube;4fWx0z-V6QU"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWx0z-V6QU[/video]


Thanks very much, I'll give it a listen. I love discovering new things!
Original post by Vicky628
I'm actually so jealous - I love them to pieces!! :h:

I never meet anyone cool on the ferry/the chunnel...sometimes speak to other families, nobody exciting :tongue:

Who else do you listen to??


all sorts really. Arctic Monkeys, Hozier, Sam Smith, Justin Bieber, Halsey, The 1975, Bastille, Chet Faker, Elbow, Kate Tempest, Oh Wonder, Years and Years, The Weeknd

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Original post by somethingbeautiful
Thanks very much, I'll give it a listen. I love discovering new things!


Check this one too, just came across it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYoTrI5RE-k
Original post by redwhiteandbrit
I used to listen to classical and jazz.

Then I realised how much I enjoyed the genres and my toe-tapping started distracting me too much :frown:

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I have the exact same problem with classical music, but I try to solve it by listening to the same pieces repeatedly when not revising (so I can tap as much as I like) and then listen to completely unfamiliar compositions by the same composers or unfamiliar renditions of the same pieces while I revise - after all it's substantially more difficult to dance along to something you don't know.

If all else fails, I listen to 30 minutes of Grieg's Piano Concerto because I only recognise the first few minutes and everything else is mostly unfamiliar territory - the best of both worlds :wink:
Same as other people. Can only listen to Instrumental music. My personal favourites are:

Hans Zimmer - Inception soundtrack
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar soundtrack
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception soundtrack (game)
Avatar soundtrack
Destiny soundtrack (game)
Transformers Arrival to earth - Steve Jablonsky
Transformers It's our fight - Steve Jablonsky
Thomas Newman - Any other name from the film American Beauty (SO RELAXING!!!)

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