Interesting ...
Here's what you should listen to at work.
Classical music: if your work involves numbers or attention to detail
Workers were better at solving mathematical problems when listening to classical music, which improved accuracy by 12pc compared to listening to no music at all. Classical music was also the second best genre for general accuracy and spell-checking, the study found.
Pop music: if your work involves data entry or working to deadlines
Participants listening to pop music completed data entry tasks 58pc faster than when listening to no music at all. Pop was also found to be the best music genre for spell-checking quickly, and, alongside dance music, produced the fastest overall performance for getting work done. It cut mistakes by 14pc, compared to not listening to music.
Ambient music: if your work involves solving equations
Famously described by the musician Brian Eno as needing to be “as ignorable as it is interesting”, ambient music led to the highest level of accuracy for respondents completing tasks involving equations.
Dance music: if your work involves proof-reading and problem solving
This genre resulted in the highest overall accuracy and fastest performance across a range of work tasks. Participants listening to dance music produced more accurate results in spell-checking, solving equations and tackling tricky mathematical word problems, increased proof-reading speed by 20pc and and were able to complete abstract reasoning tasks more quickly.
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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
What about thrash metal? What work ges done better with that?
Prog, where does prog fall into this list?
Classic rock.
The list is pitiful
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
The morning has flown by,however it does make me drive my fork truck a little faster than I should.
When Phil (on of our master techs is in) the workshop listening is The Who, Pink Floyd, Etc, a lot of 70's-80's rock.
When it's Ady's radio it's radio2 (or Punjab FM when we retune his radio presets to that - do I look innocent?)
On a Saturday I'll have my Ipod on, could be anything thats on there (Floyd, Maiden, Queensryche etc) being played.
In the showroom it's some happy-clappy pop shite.
I don't go into the showroom much if I can help it.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I tend to sit at my desk listening to The Allman Brothers and not actually doing any work most of the time.
One day the radio broke and they asked me to fix it. So once I'd got it working I tuned it to Radio 3. It took the workshop wallahs less than a morning to go up a step ladder to re-tune it to Vibe FM.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
The ban's lifted, and the drool was on the receptionist. The stuff on the cars wasn't drool. It was kerosene.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
@Bucket be careful what you wish for, having music at work isn't always good.
When I worked at a different dealership, there was a system which allowed CD's to be played. However when this was done, almost invariably it'd be one of Karl's rap CD's which had about as much musicality as a turd. PLenty of swearing and aggression towards everyone who wasn't a rapper/black/male/aguntotingmurderer though.
He really hated it when someone (who may or may not be me) put on one of the Top Gear albums full of classic rock. He really hated it when someone (me) put on Obituary.....
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Seemed to set me up for the day
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.