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I've found that music can have a profound effect on my productivity. If I'm trying to get 'into the zone', the best music to listen to is music that I'm already highly familiar with -- ideally, music that I've listened to while being in the zone in the past.

My theory is that, the same way a particular smell can bring back a feeling from our childhood, a song can bring back the feeling of being productive, and our minds more easily fall back into that state.

I can't get anything done with music on if there's any vocals, but its still difficult to get anything do e with any noise. I used to be able to but not really any more. Even jazz can be distracting. I won't what the distribution of people looks like that are able to vs. are not.