Good study tunes
I love trance to death, but sometimes I get so into it while studying or doing assignments or whatever that I forget about my work, and many hours pass by without anything being done.
Well, I've sorta experimented with different types of trance, house, and drum & bass, and I've found that anything that has energy will distract you (obvious duh!) so the best thing to listen to is something with a nice slower downbeat tempo. I also find that listening to it loud really distracts me, so by listening to it a little bit more quiet, like turning it into background music really helps :P Drum and bass also works believe it or not, but it has to be out of your way, just like more interesting background noise, and oddly enough it helps you keep pace with your thoughts and keeps you going to a rhythm.
Some good examples that are handy are:
Accadia - Into the Dawn (Ashtrax Remix)
Accadia - Into the Dawn (J. Holden Remix)
Listen to those songs and you'll know what I mean by a slow soothing beat.
House works pretty well, they usually play it in the lounge at the Student Life Center at my university, and it seems to keep everyone working well. Once they turn it up loud (like the guy there often does) then all the concentration is broken and you can kiss your focus goodbye :P
Then again, everyone is different and some people study better with the complete opposite of me, so I'd reccomend to the serious students out there, find out what kind of music makes you most productive because believe me, too many assignments went unfinished because of the distraction of the music I just HAD to have 
Anyways, how do the rest of you students here fare with music while studying?
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