As a neurodivergent living with another neurodivergent it’s very much a case of that “sometimes” and there’s very much a factor of it being “controlled chaos”. There are moments I need silence and others I’m grooving in the tempo.
Fuck yes, controlled chaos exactly.
Like rocks bouncing crazily down a mountainside, but somehow precisely aimed at the same time.
And at the other end of that spectrum, Bach and other early music. Which is maximally-bamboozling minimalism; you stare at it like a hyponitized chicken wondering how he can wrangle infinitely deep pattern out of like three notes.
Huh. Never thought of it like that before, but I wonder if that’s partially why my living room looks like this.
I thought the image on your monitor was the picture you are currently taking and this was camera inception.
Lol no, but it does look similar.
I’m envious of that system :o if only those stupid neighbors wouldn’t be around
Just turn the music up louder and eventually they’ll leave.
Luckily my neighbors aren’t that close for it to be a huge issue unless I put my speakers outside.
/me puts my headphones on
But yeah, I need something to distract me so I can focus. Which sounds stupid but is true
I am a stenographer. I cover board meetings with lots of people speaking about moderately technical subjects. I do my best work when I can watch a hockey game while I listen to what people say. When the night wears on and fatigue starts to set in, having a distraction like that is a huge help.
I just recently got a WFH job, and outside of meetings, 80% of my day is spent bobbing my head to music while working. I do have to pause sometimes when something isn’t clicking and I need to shift my focus and sometimes literally read out loud what I’m reading. Then the music comes back once I remember that I paused it.
I very much feel that. Listen too music most of the time, or have a video running, then pause it when I need focus more. That’s honestly how I’m most effective.
I realized zoom’s noise canceling or whatever is such that it doesn’t usually pick up on music playing in meetings. It’s usually doom (eg: spaceslug) or synth pop (eg: cold beat).
It really helps with long inefficient meetings.
It’s only been one month, and it’s the best job I’ve ever had. The freedom is nice being WFH, but even when I go into the office, people are armed with nerf guns, and the kitchenette fridge is stocked with beers for Friday mini happy hour.
Yup. Music is my main regulation mechanism. For emotions, for concentration, you name it.
And sometimes it’s sludge metal, sometimes it’s electro swing, sometimes it’s jazz Bach.
Noise cancelling tech works by creating a waveform this is opposite ambient noise so they add up to a flat line. I’m convinced that this works in a similar way, but more like filling in the thought gaps with a complementary data input that has a net result of evening it all out.
I always thought of thrashing out to focus being like having deep thought time while crocheting. You’re distracting most of your senses and focusing in on the important bits.
There’s also just a pace setting component where the high tempo just helps me feel like I’m flying - I’m moving so fast that I can’t look away so my ADHD has less of a grip on me and I can focus better.
This is an interesting theory.
I’m neurotypical for all I know, and it’s the same. Depends on circumstances and tasks at hand.
Agreed, also neurotypical (probably), and I wrote about it in another comment, but sometimes distracting myself from physical and mental fatigue help me focus on the task at hand, especially considering the subject matter of my work can sometimes be a bit dry.
Can I recommend heavy breakcore / jungle as an alternative to metal?
Exhibit A: Femtanyl (previously known as lilyniku, more awesomeness to be found under that name)
Exhibit B: collection
Also femtanyl actually slaps. I got linked them once recently and just had to keep listening.
Yep, I’m kind of obsessed with them (her? Not sure of pronouns). It’s like putting your brain in a rock tumbler: weirdly soothing.
Good choice. But if you’re looking for something that really slaps, I recommend Jamin Nimjah. You’ll love his music.
(… I linked that exact video above…)
Indeed. 😅
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Absolutely love Venjent, my favourite dnb artist
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I’ll give them a listen next time I’m doing some deep work.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUXbeWF2tY4
Focussing on the snare, this feels really slow. Stuff like this helps when the mind is loud anyways.
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I generally like this vibe but would absolutely love an instrumental only one. Do you have any recommendations?
Not exactly the same, but I’m really glad monolord released an instrumental-only version along the “normal” one. https://piped.video/watch?v=7HCUR7y8ziM&t=12
Thanks!
I don’t know this band (looking for instrumental death metal) and it sounds different, but for me it rings a similar bell:
Ingested - Omega | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y41Gx7wgc78
Thanks! I can see what you mean.
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It do be like that
Breakcore for the win
