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They say that music is food for the soul. I do not totally disagree with this but then do we eat food throughtout the day-do we now? When i am working all i need is an interrupted thought process. At that time, i need to use my entire body, soul and spirit to create my own world and i therefore need to put myself in that fresh 'zone' to suit my writing needs.

I tried listening to music while i was at the office trying to write my stories. It simply did not work. I would therefore say that it all depends on the kind of work you do.
Two of my collegues (in different departments though) listen to their ipods and still manage to get some work done and i always used to wonder how? I now know it all depends on ones' occupation.
I really don't appreciate someone interrupting my thought process, you know, like when someone all of a sudden increases the volume of that online radio station.
its like kicking a painters balls in the middle of his painting job and having him spoilhis entire artwork. Getting back that inspiration and starting all over again is a problem.

Other poeple have the gift of being able to multi task-no matter their occupation. I mean i can multi-task with other things like cooking and music and exercising and music but when thinking and writing, No! I simply can't.It is utter distraction.
I am a great fan of music, but i simply cannot live with it, not if i mean to hack my two or three stories a day. I even tried listening to simply soothing instrumentals,classics and oldies instead of hip-hop or neo-soul but i still prefer to work either in my own silence or a coffee shop kind of atmosphere where everyone is talking yet you still get those positive energy vibrations occupying our creative atmosphere.

Deciding on whether listening to music in the office is distracting or not depends on the kind of work you do and the kind of atmosphere you work in. People who work in the entertainment industry here have to work with music in their offices, even in editorial departments. I bet this works for them because they will even learn about a new song or some sort of fresh gossip they can use in their programs or columns.

If i were to find myself in such a situation, i would probably have to find a way of getting used to it or find my own defence mechanism.

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