Is Music Distracting You From Work?

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I always listen to music while working, but Richard Williams says we shouldn't. What - Wha- Que haces? What should we do?
Personally, I only know one animator that doesn't listen to music because it distracts him. However, everyone else I know or I've seen, including myself, we listen to music. When I'm working as an inbetweener, I even listen to podcasts. Not to mention #LofiGirl and the tons of "beats to study to" playlists people use for regular studying.
The "unplug" lesson is aimed at animators, but I would like to broaden the scope to consider different activities and types of music for better comparison.

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@TheMangakaka 3 года назад

Totally agree, it depends on the situation. As you said, sometimes music helps us to clean our minds and start working.

@JPArt 3 года назад

Awesome video :D I used to be completely dependent of background noise but slowly started working without it throughout this year. Now when I do try to work while listening to music or a podcast, it's clear that it's basically impossible to focus in that state. It's actually kinda frustrating to not have silence now I've realized how powerful it is for focus.

@marianarira 3 года назад

Amazing! After doing this video, I also tried to work in silence, but there were days that I was more distracted without music, so I stopped trying. It’s great to hear that it worked for you! I’ll try again!

@TiffanyNg100 Год назад

Same. Before , I use music to drown out my negative thoughts and trauma surface up and make me cry when i drawing. Now I started to be able to not need music and talking back to my critique and trauma voice.

@eniosan 2 года назад

Good video and excellent conclusion. It does depends on the situation indeed. But in my personal experience... I realized that when listening to music or anything, I tend to work a little slower, so now I try not to listen to anything while working on my drawings and such .

@marianarira 2 года назад

That's great! Just like Richard Williams said, you'll be a better artist now :)

@eniosan 2 года назад

@@marianarira Well... I hope to be considered an artist someday. I am actually a "front-end web developer and graphic designer". Started to learn how to draw and to animate just like 3 years ago. I have actually uploaded a few animation videos in my RU-vid channel, but I know I have to learn the basics on how to draw, that is how I came across your videos, which are quite cool ! Anyway... I'll keep on practicing and learning. :-)

@bacontasteslikedogz1046 3 года назад

I literally can't draw with any noise, that's what makes it great to be the only one who has no school. No siblings home so no loud noises to distract me. I'm going to stop listening to music as I notice it's just a gateway for me to web surf and avoid drawing. Even when I don't keep changing the song every 5 seconds my brain will just naturally block it out at some point so I think I may be able to go without music when studying art.

@marianarira 3 года назад

Yes, some people are better of drawing without music! It becomes a layer of noise that your brain ends up ignoring. If that's your case, then I'm guessing, just like Richard Williams says, you'll reach your full artistic potential by unplugging :)

@kalebgonzales4009 11 месяцев назад

When I listen to music while working, it’s either white noise or ambient sounds (nature mostly), and can’t be anything else. When I’m on break, then I can listen to what I want. I don’t nknow why, but minimal noise/ sounds are better for my productivity.

@marianarira 11 месяцев назад

Some people get distracted by music! It’s interesting how our brains can work extremely differently from others

@miwiarts 2 года назад

Silence makes me anxious and unable to focus. Soundtracks designed to energize or similar such as EDM makes me unable to focus for a similar reason, of it has vocals I can't focus either (I begin to listen to the lyrics instead.) What I need is a very specific genre of lo-fi or ambiance that's beatless or without discernable instruments, or, uf that is the case, mostly if not only features long, drawn out tones.

@marianarira 2 года назад

Ooh, very interesting! And it’s great that you know yourself and found what works best for you. Maybe you’d like natural sounds too, like waves or forest sounds. Thank you for watching and for your comment!

@miwiarts 2 года назад

@@marianarira Yeah! Now that you mention it, recordings of rain or the ocean (above and below) and similar works well for me as well. I think forest sounds should have a similar effect as well.

@littleripper312 2 года назад

I draw comics for a living and I'm really considering not listening to music or podcasts while working anymore. I get distracted not so much by the content but in a moment of weakness I go down the youtube trail and waste time. I think I need to completely block youtube while working. At the same time I feel like the work can be tedious and not require much thought for all parts of it and I get bored without a podcast/music. So I might try blocking youtube this next week and see how it goes.

@marianarira 2 года назад

Experimenting to know what's best for you is a great idea, maybe the answer is not black or white but a combination of both, or it may even depend on the activity. There are also news feed blockers, it may help stop the distraction but continue enjoying the content! Thanks for your comment :)