Can you concentrate writing while listening to music?

Music doesn't disturb if I am going to write a simple text about myself or to describe my point of view. But if I am to essay on certain topic or doing math exercises, then music can be quite disturbing for me. I usually do my homework after school, that's when I'm tired and it's hard to concentrate. On the other hand, I can't work in complete silence, so I usually turn on TV and turn the volume pretty much down, so I can hear some background noise.

I do love listening to music whenever i am writing, reading,etc. It really soothes me. Right now, I am listening to the song entitled "Let it Be" by Beattles.

Hi zandi,

Yes I can concentrate on anything while listening to music but the difference is that I can not let my ear go fully to the music or else my attention from the actual work would ramble. Here music would play the role of a refresher only.

I can concentrate writing when I am listening to music. As actually I focus on writing rather than music. The music is more like a background music for me.

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I never use earphone. Light music as background, esp alone in the room, helps to get me carm down so that wording flow endlessly to enrich the outlines I put down at ramdom when ideas come up in my mind. I do not like silence. I need company of someone, or at least some sound, either from radio or from TV.

hi zandi, how are u? yah if i am coping something from a book then i can concentrate in writing while listening to music. if i write something to creat(article, novel, poem, shortstory)then i can't listen music. hehehe....

For me, it all depends on the music and how complicated the writing subject is. If it's a really tough subject like advanced physics, I can only listen to something soft, like soft rock or classical music. However, if I am writing something I understand well and do not have to concentrate too hard on, I can listen to almost anything.

I too can't concentrate I need silence to be able to gather my thoughts and write. I wish I could do both, I have tried but its just impossible.