summondice
Scribe
That's what I need.
I've discovered I can't really write to music, not even classical or otherwise lacking-in-words sorts - I get too distracted by it.
But I also have a hard time in silence, as many people do, and basic noises like a fan or vacuum aren't varied enough to not count as "silence" for my mind, apparently, because it treats them the same way as silence (faceplant on keyboard)
The usual noise machines don't do it for me either - I've never lived near an ocean and the sounds of waves crashing isn't interesting to me, and jungle noises are a little too foreign for my mind to take in and find a rhythm to.
But a coffeehouse or diner? I can write all day long at one of those with no issue because the noises are familiar enough to just blend as background, and nothing is overly loud most of the time. There's enough for my subconscious to do to not get bored while my conscious mind is churning out words.
So...anyone know of any coffeehouse or diner sounds playlists...? Because the best I've been able to come up with is "listening" to a podcast about something I know nothing about. I used to listen to a Warhammer 40k podcast because it was a game I had no interest in learning, but I know the presenters so the voices were familiar.
And for the sake of an actual discussion starter: What do you need to be able to write most effectively? What's the most unique thing in your need-set? I think mine is just simply not being able to concentrate without that perfect middle ground of "noise" not noise.
I've discovered I can't really write to music, not even classical or otherwise lacking-in-words sorts - I get too distracted by it.
But I also have a hard time in silence, as many people do, and basic noises like a fan or vacuum aren't varied enough to not count as "silence" for my mind, apparently, because it treats them the same way as silence (faceplant on keyboard)
The usual noise machines don't do it for me either - I've never lived near an ocean and the sounds of waves crashing isn't interesting to me, and jungle noises are a little too foreign for my mind to take in and find a rhythm to.
But a coffeehouse or diner? I can write all day long at one of those with no issue because the noises are familiar enough to just blend as background, and nothing is overly loud most of the time. There's enough for my subconscious to do to not get bored while my conscious mind is churning out words.
So...anyone know of any coffeehouse or diner sounds playlists...? Because the best I've been able to come up with is "listening" to a podcast about something I know nothing about. I used to listen to a Warhammer 40k podcast because it was a game I had no interest in learning, but I know the presenters so the voices were familiar.
And for the sake of an actual discussion starter: What do you need to be able to write most effectively? What's the most unique thing in your need-set? I think mine is just simply not being able to concentrate without that perfect middle ground of "noise" not noise.