On 07-Oct-10 6:52 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
The same with me. I cant treat music I like as useful background noise when
I get on with other work, and I detest people gossiping about saree prices
and daughter in laws at a concert on the rare occasions I do go to those
Here's someone
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
Here's someone who agrees with you:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20015642-47.html
Oh, EVERYONE detests the gossipers; everyone is an utter devotee of the
music none more than the gossipers themselves, when
vtms = middle aged women wearing diamond earrings.
culture vultures, I've heard another type described .. you know,
aggressively ethnic fabindia clothes, a bindi as large as a manhole cover,
consciously (over)use bharatnatyam mudras even in normal conversation over
dinner etc. Detest them
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.netwrote:
culture vultures, I've heard another type described .. you know,
aggressively ethnic fabindia clothes, a bindi as large as a manhole cover,
consciously (over)use bharatnatyam mudras even in normal conversation over
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
On 08-Oct-10 9:46 AM, Sruthi Krishnan wrote:
But serious listening is different -- it becomes a task in itself (of
course, a very pleasurable one).
Indeed. I'd also claim that single-task listening to music and
Deepa Mohan [13/10/10 15:00 +0530]:
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.netwrote:
culture vultures, I've heard another type described .. you know,
aggressively ethnic fabindia clothes, a bindi as large as a manhole cover,
consciously (over)use bharatnatyam
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
Udhay
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((Udhay Shankar N))
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
Me. And listening to music as
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
That's my primary way of
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Deepak Misra yahoogro...@deepakmisra.comwrote:
Would sipping a drink while listening to the music be considered as multi-
tasking ??
Well, if it was a blended whiskey it would be mult-casking.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
Udhay
I often listen to a lot
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
Nowadays pretty much the only
I tried listening to music while I work, but I was unable to concentrate.
However, it's easier for me to focus on the music while driving.
I also listen to music while I jog- it takes away the tedium and I have no
problem listening to the music.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Udhay Shankar N
I mostly listen to classical western music and vocal carnatic music in this
mode - and I think it's because this music is more demanding from me as a
listener. It refuses to stay in the background of any other activity
(reading, cooking, driving, dancing etc) unlike the old hindi film songs
and
On 7 October 2010 17:48, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm curious. How many of you listen to music as a single-tasking
activity? Or at least, the primary foreground activity? And what
differentiates that from other modes of listening to music?
Me.
I find listening to music when
Charles Haynes [07/10/10 23:26 +1100]:
That's my primary way of listening to music. I almost never listen to
music while doing something else, I find it interferes with my
concentration.
The same with me. I cant treat music I like as useful background noise when
I get on with other work, and I
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
On 07-Oct-10 5:56 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
That's my primary way of listening to music. I almost never listen to
music while doing something else, I find it interferes with my
concentration.
Does that mean that you
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.comwrote:
Mostly though (and this is where it starts to sound a little woo
woo) I like to practice single-tasking as a form of mindfulness. I
like to try to do one thing at a time, and do just that one thing
while I'm doing
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com
wrote:
like to try to do one thing at a time, and do just that one thing
while I'm doing it.
I cannot multitask. ... I generally cannot chat with
I have a problem listening to something with lyrics when I work, i.e.
something which requires thought. If it is cleaning the house, there
HAS to be music.
If it just instrumental, I can do work (thought-stuff) while it goes
on in the background.
But serious listening is different -- it becomes a
On 08-Oct-10 9:46 AM, Sruthi Krishnan wrote:
But serious listening is different -- it becomes a task in itself (of
course, a very pleasurable one).
Indeed. I'd also claim that single-task listening to music and
background or multitask listening to the very same piece of music are
qualitatively
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