• NebLem@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Not really a album but MyNoise.net has a lot of good generators for background noise. Radio Free Fedi’s Comfy channel also is great for chill study music, and it only plays indie artists that have Fediverse accounts with links to the artist support pages where you can either buy their albums (or songs to build your own piecemeal) https://radiofreefedi.net/.

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Bohren und der Club of Gore - Bohren for Beginners album cover

    then either their Piano Nights or Black Earth. Slow darkjazz that sets up an atmosphere and doesn’t distract that much.

  • meanmedianmode@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 days ago

    Nils Frahm’s Felt, or the soundtrack to Victoria

    Atomos or the self titled album by A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    Almost anything recent by Carbon Based Lifeforms but Alt:01, Alt:02, or Stochastic especially

    Loscil is great but not a single album stands out though Submerz and Endless Falls are smooth

    Hammock’s soundtrack for the movie Columbus

    Brian Mcbrides The Effective Disconnect

    I would recommend Stars of the Lid, but they are too sleepy for me. However, when Brian Mcbride and Adam Witzie do their own thing it is usually less sleep inducing-

    • emb@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 days ago

      I think this is a really good answer. Just search for a focus playlist on whatever platform and let it run.

      If I’m picking out music more specific, I find myself thinking about that, and what it’s like, and if it’s helping, and maybe I should hey this other album or artist.

      Don’t let picking the music distract too much from focusing on what you want to do.

  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    3 days ago

    Here’s a tip I picked up somewhere. Make a playlist. An hour or two worth of music. ONLY listen to it when you’re studying. I’ve found my brain just blocks it out after a few times through, but it triggers my subconscious or something. As in, if I’m not feeling like studying, I put it on and my brain just goes,“OK, it’s time to study.” I change it up when I’m starting a new long task (writting a new book, starting a new semester, whatever). At first, I find myself listening to it, but it doesn’t take much repetition for it to fade into the background.

    • webpack@ani.social
      2·
      3 days ago

      I do this but instead of a playlist it’s just Rockefeller street Nightcore version on loop

  • norimee@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 days ago

    Use something mellow in a different language from your own, it is less distracting.

    I like to listen to brasilian Bossa Nova like this Getz/Gilberto Album

    Or something without lyrics like Yiruma if you like Piano music.

  • credo@lemmy.world
    3·
    3 days ago

    I just added a bunch of classical to a playlist and then removed the occasional piece I found distracting. I still use that playlist when I need to focus.