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When I am reading, I never listen to music. I cannot have any noise! When I am writing I loooove having music on! I have different playlists on my iPod for when I'm in a writing mood and the different topics I'll be writing about to get me "in the mood"! I've had to get used to it though, because I used to be horrible about music and writing. I would start writing all the lyrics to the song! This last year though, my English teacher always put songs with words on, so it grew on me. I listen to music almost always now! :)

It sort of depends on my mood. Sometimes music just distracts me because I try to sing and write at the same time, which for me just doesn't work out.

A lot of times I just like to write when it's silent because music has a way of grounding me. If I'm listening to something, then it's harder to get out of my own world and into my characters world. I do like nature sounds though, there is something rather peaceful about rain sounds and the like, that's a little different from music.

It's funny because I used to not be able to write unless music was on, but now I can really go either way. I just don't listen to anything really specific. Just my ipod on shuffle.

And when I read I don't like music on. If it's on, that's fine, but I don't turn it on to read. I prefer to read in silence. It doesn't really matter because I tune it out anyways, but given a choice I'd say no.

Oh, definitely. I mostly listen to instrumental music anyway (don't like music with lyrics) - movie soundtracks, video game soundtracks, general intrumental stuff I find online, almost anything as long as it's wordless. I'm currently in the process of organizing my music by the "feel." So say I'm writing a sad scene, then I just listen to the "Sad" playlist. Or if the scene is dramatic, I turn on the "Dramatic" playlist, and so forth.

Not usually, but sometimes I play classical music in the background when I read, and maybe songs with lyrics while I do my homework, but I mostly prefer silence because I find music distracting when I'm trying to concentrate.

No it's not good for concentration. As a matter of fact multitaskers are proven to be less effective.

Nooo because i'll start dancing and singing to avoid writing because I put it off a lot... xD

yup! ppl think i am weird because I can concentrate on a book and music, but i have always done that.

Hmmm I never really thought about what you do. I will be trying this tomorrow. Thanks for the idea.

no. I can't concentrate!

i do!