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For me it works well to listen to music with lyrics that I know so well that I dont even really listen to the lyrics anymore.

In general I feel like music works better if I know it well.

I like to listen to more distracting music though when doing a "boring" task that does not require that much brain processing itself.

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Good point! A boring task would definitely free up some of that brain processing.

My coworker watches tv shows on his second monitor and listens to murder-mystery podcasts all day since his job mostly entails cranking out web banners and print ads of various sizes. He could pretty much do it with his eyes closed, as he’s been doing it for so long. Not to mention he’s just damn good at his job.

I guess it all depends on how much of your personal processor you can spare for your current task.

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