As I mentioned earlier in the week, I’m in a bit of a “hell week” at the moment (hence the scarcity of posts). Three midterms, two of which quite removed from anything one would normally expect (and thus requiring much more preparation than normal.) When I wrap them up tomorrow, I’ll discuss what went down and how you can protect yourself from similar events (because it’s no good to make sure you’re taking good notes, reading your readings and all the other sundry works a class may require if you are preparing the wrong thing!)
So, while I run marathons of studying in a way that is just disgustingly inefficient, I have been paying attention to what I’m listening to. As I’ve mentioned before, I listen to music when I study. And normally, I can listen to just about anything without it distracting me but what I’ve been trying to ingest is just a bit too complicated for me to listen to anything with anything I can pay attention to. So, I spent a bit of time looking for some ambient noise or music.
I did find a bit, but nothing free. I ended up with some Brian Eno
But surely there are some free options for tracks we can put on our iPods? Know of any? Leave a comment or contact me!
29/09/2007 at 6:23 pm Permalink
I’m curious as to why you want ambient noise. My solution has always been classical music - there are a bunch of great internet radio sites that play classical which fo rme makes great background.
30/09/2007 at 12:35 am Permalink
@Rebecca
Unfortunately, I can and do get into classical music so when I absolutely need to concentrate it isn’t much better than whatever else I’ve been listening to. I just find with some ambient music or white noise I do much better.
I do like it for studying, and for less intense study sessions classical is great. My study playlists are “Study” (which is just classical) and “White Noise.”