[lbo-talk] the Mozart Effect

[Tommy Kelly]

Well, in the last ten years, the only way I can get myself to sit down 
and concentrate on something that doesn't particularly interest me 
(computer programming/tech writing) is to play Mozart chamber music. 
Nothing else seems to work. It calms me down and helps me focus.

I make no general claims for that. For other people, it's reggae or hip 
hop or rock.  
Joanna

That's nothing unusual.  A lot of people with ADD - including myself - have
to listen to some type of melody to concentrate on bland projects.  Several
years ago - when I a janitor on the night shift - I use to walk around
listening to stuff like Lou Reed's "Metal Machine" and anything by
Einsturzende Neubauten (and I don't know a lick of German)... yes I'm weird.

Tommy