I like to listen to music while I read. Should I drop this habit?

>>9443494
White noise is fine, lyrics and intricate melodies are not

>>9443494
i stick to classical music while reading, so it doesnt take me out of the book too much.

i had a playlist on once and a rap song came on and i couldnt focus on my book anymore and i decided then and there to never listen to rap music again while im reading or otherwise.

do what thou wilt

>>9443494
I think it's fucking retarded. I feel like you probably don't remember much of what you read.

But Idk, because my brain may just work much differently from yours.

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>>9444392
>I think it's fucking retarded
>...Okay, I confess, I'm probably retarded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohFn7UBuGoI

I use https://www.noisli.com/

I have low-vol forest, high-vol fire, low-val coffeshop, and very-low-vol traintracks going.

>>9443494
yes.

>>9444429
High vol autism

>>9443494
Listen to OSTs

Make sure your familiar with names so you can quickly change songs to fit the mood

Thats what I do with Final Fantasy osts.

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>>9443512
>Can completely ignore the beauty of classical music and play like its just background noise
>Rap makes you actually pay attention

>>9444632
>Make sure your familiar with names so you can quickly change songs to fit the mood
This has to be bait

>>9443512
pleb

>>9444647
this

>>9444659
Its not. Though, I only usually do this for genre fiction.

>>9444704
nigger

>>9444647
yeah because they arent screaming ooga booga monkey shit in the middle of a nocturne, its kinda distracting.

>>9443494
Not at all. I find it to help me keep concentrated and a little more entertained. I listen to classical music, I don't like anything with lyrics or it'll distract me from reading. Personally I like classical though

rap is for americans
stop being american

>>9443494
i do this, and it is the best.

the right music with the right book amplifies the feels to no end.

this is coming from someone who is very stoic and rarely feels anything.

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>>9443517

Anything that isn't ambient will take some of your focus away. Can make for some interesting combinations though. Gives you completely different readings on poetry.

I don't use music but I use noisli or asoftmurmur. I like having train sounds or wind sounds playing while I'm reading.

>>9443494
>I like to listen to music while I read. Should I drop this habit?

How does it affect your reading compared to not listening to music?