Can you concentrate writing while listening to music?

I'm like you; inspired to write while listening to music. In fact when I write poetry in Allpoetry I choose tracks depending on which sort of poem I'm writing, sometimes metal, sometimes progressive rock mellow tracks and I've written some excellent poetry because the music's guided my thoughts to a higher plane!

Sometimes the lyrics inspire me to write a poem but usually it's the music itself that puts me in a certain mood.

When I'm writing articles or something serious I prefer not to listen to it though. It helps my creativity but not so much my powers of concentration when researching etc.

it is possible and i am doing it all the time the main reason is taht music gives my mind more fresh and gives me more and more concentrattion to write so ti is common for me

I nearly always have music playing in the background when I am writing. I don't exactly listen to it, it is just there. I am a therapist and musician and have realized the value of music when studying/concentrating. Experiments have been carried out with students who gained a much better understanding of their studies when studying using music. Motzart compositions of 60bpm (beats per minute) were found to be the best study aids. 60bpm was thought to help because it is the rate of a healthy heart at rest..:-) Derek

I cannot listen to music while writing, it is really hard to do both. I can read and listen to music or watch tv but when I am writing I just have to switch off and concentrate on that.

I guess it depends on what i am writing. If i am writing something which requires me to think of ideas then it is really hard to do with the music on but i think its ok if the music is not so loud. But if i am just writing something wich does not requre much thinking like just copying something any kind of music wont affect me. I actually know someone who could even sleep with loud music on and could not sleep with soft music. I think its a little weird because its really unusual for people to be able to sleep with loud music on. But i guess it just depends on what the person is used to, maybe the person is just used to it, who knows.

yes,i agree with you becoz i too do the same .iam a student i listen to music and read during my exams time becoz it frees me from my tensions.i am not distracted by music

No, I cannot concentrate while writing. I cannot do multi-tasking. I concentrate on one task at a time. When I write on mylot, I want complete peace, I do not want anybody to disturb me. I can only write, while there is calm and peace around. If I play the music along side, I can not enjoy either of the two. If I have to listen to music, I concentrate only on music and love listening to it with full intent. I wounder how some people can write or read, while listening to music.

ya i cant concentrate while writing if the music is on . but when u are stressed music is a good medicine.

of course

hi, i thing is for sure with humans, no two humans in the entire universe are thesame i.e pshycological aspect. we are quite different and these differences mosttimes are revealed and marked. there are those who find it extremely convinient to listen to music while writing and it gives them more inspiration in their writing, while some individuals see it as their greatest distraction during writing, throwing them off-balance and also makes them nervous and confused.
basically i think it depends on the individual's level of concentration and also how they feel while listening to music and writing at thesame time too. some individuals prefer the silent nights even more silent than the cold old grave yards of the dinasours.
i also believe what an individual is writing on matters too. writing on a very complicated topic, say medicine and health, i dont think music will be of great importance at that point in time since what is being dealt with is human life and likewise many other topics too. i do believe that utmost and tremendous concentration will be derived from writing in a very quite environment.
from a medical perspective, our nervous system is divided into various parts and the part that is concerned with tasks such as writing is the medulla oblongata; this part is responsible for higher mental activities such as thinking and reasoning and any distraction what so ever will cause it not to function at its best since the human brain performes batch processing and not multi-processing on a given task at a moment.