personally, i get very easily disturbed by other people talking, music, random noise, etc. it gets increasingly harder and harder to keep my concentration the tougher the reading is.
Not doing it? I never read in studio, only at home or in the library, in a quiet place. Some people are ok with working with noise in the background, some aren't. It drives me literally to distraction. You are what you are -- you can't change it -- if it bugs you, just go find a quiet place to read. Everyone's different.
This, for the record, is why having an "office radio" is a stupid idea. Nobody seems to understand that that might be distracting for some people, or appreciate where you're coming from when you tell them to turn it off. Just because you can work with music in the background doesn't mean all humans are just like you.
1963. Evening in the studio. I decided to bring my little portable "hi-fi" to my section. I was playing some Bach, while everybody worked. An instructor, consulting with a student in the next cell, walked into my area and took the needle off the record -- or just unplugged the turntable, I forget. End of story.
I grew up in workshops without music. The 60's, 70's, 80's. It wasn't even an issue; paid work didn't include entertainment.
Fast forward to the late nineties. I joined a shop where the majority of 8 young employees wanted to listen to the local college station, which played a lot of punk. I'd never heard these angry and annoying "songs" before, somehow. Big trouble ensued. . .
People who can't stand noise regularly have a predisposition towards schizophrenia.
You should probably seek treatment for your Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder before you end up in a basement rolling around in fecal matter wearing your roommates skin.
here at university it's all open plan and no soundprotection/absorption at all, it can be quite distracting. I heard a lady while giving a tour to some people say that before they had compartments but now since everybody has ipods and the likes there is no need for that anymore. so basically they saved a huge amount of money and efforts and force you to wear headphones and become deaf because they don't provide for the necessary facilities. how nice is that. but since you'll be deaf there will be no need for headphones anyhow...and you can read in complete silence
alucidwake: I had the exact same problem as you in studio, and the solution I came up with was to wear the hearing protection I had purchased for shop use in the studio! Not the spongy, compression, insertion type, but the kind that look like headphones. If someone had a question, I could just remove them, and then get quickly back to my reading.
I did virtually all of my reading in grad school at coffee houses, where I love to be. But all those dang "people" with all their "conversations" drove me crazy.
My life changed when I discovered Howard Leight ear plugs.
There's a big building somewhere on your campus. No, not the Architecture School. It's filled with LOTS of books. People from other majors are there. It's quiet. If your college has enough swagger there might even be a designated "READING ROOM" in it.
Try there.
And no, I'm not trying to be a complete ass, I went over to the reading room for course readings, it helped me focus a lot more than even a quiet studio, maybe it has something to do with the fact that reading is supposed to be what your doing there.
studio is different from work, of course, but it's possibly a good place to develop good work habits. the young folks at my office wear earphones all the time and are completely missing all of the information they could be absorbing about how the office works, what conversations go on, and - most annoyingly - when i'm talking to them and haven't yet realized that they can't hear me. (hint: if i have to tap you on the shoulder, i'm probably already pissed off.)
i've come up in offices in which music isn't allowed and, once you get used to it, it is very much preferable. and this reading question becomes a non-issue. while there are still some distractions, you get used to them and they just become background.
it's going to be this way when you get to work. you will have to read in the office environment where people are on the phone or talking to each other. and music may not be an option - and that would be a good thing.
I sympathize with Steven. And he ain't nearly as old a fogey as me. . .
One factor is that there is a wide variety of individual responses to the environment. Some are highly attuned (hyper-vigilant ?) to what's going on around them, while others can easily tune it out -- without even being aware of doing so, perhaps. We've all heard the cliché about the child who is brought up in a noisy and busy household, and who can fall asleep anywhere and any time, while another must have it quiet (and dark ?) in order to sleep.
Anybody notice that more and more noise is tolerated at the library, as time goes on ?
The noise-is-normal, you're-just-a-schizophrenic response is troubling; one is reminded of the straight-pipe Harley riders who seem to exult in setting off auto alarms and annoying the innocent wherever they go. What's THEIR problem. . .?
Headphones -- a defensive strategy -- is perhaps the only solution to a careless or an indifferent world. Make yourself comfortable, one way or another.
If you want to read, go home or to the library. Studios should be vibrant, lively places with coffee, beer, food and music. Just like one big happy party, albeit with sharp objects.
non stop par-tay! Literally. So you need the caffeine to keep going, the beer to mellow you out when you overdose on the caffeine, then more caffeine when you have a nice buzz on to keep you awake. Food interspersed for longer term energy and to absorb the caffeine and beer.
You can pull off days in a row with this genius strategy, trust me ;-) And, although for the occasional mishap with them sharp objects (or soldiering iron, in my case), it can actually be "fun".
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personally, i get very easily disturbed by other people talking, music, random noise, etc. it gets increasingly harder and harder to keep my concentration the tougher the reading is.
what are your strategies for reading in studio?
studios should be filled with music talking and random noise.
perhaps not read in studio?
in all seriousness, what helps me focus on non-studio related tasks while in studio are snug headphones and classical music.
Not doing it? I never read in studio, only at home or in the library, in a quiet place. Some people are ok with working with noise in the background, some aren't. It drives me literally to distraction. You are what you are -- you can't change it -- if it bugs you, just go find a quiet place to read. Everyone's different.
This, for the record, is why having an "office radio" is a stupid idea. Nobody seems to understand that that might be distracting for some people, or appreciate where you're coming from when you tell them to turn it off. Just because you can work with music in the background doesn't mean all humans are just like you.
1963. Evening in the studio. I decided to bring my little portable "hi-fi" to my section. I was playing some Bach, while everybody worked. An instructor, consulting with a student in the next cell, walked into my area and took the needle off the record -- or just unplugged the turntable, I forget. End of story.
I grew up in workshops without music. The 60's, 70's, 80's. It wasn't even an issue; paid work didn't include entertainment.
Fast forward to the late nineties. I joined a shop where the majority of 8 young employees wanted to listen to the local college station, which played a lot of punk. I'd never heard these angry and annoying "songs" before, somehow. Big trouble ensued. . .
Our studio has a big patio with some chairs on it
Sweet.
. . .if it weren't for that girl talking on her phone. . .sitting across from you and not even THINKING of facing the other way.
Or is it me ?
People who can't stand noise regularly have a predisposition towards schizophrenia.
You should probably seek treatment for your Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder before you end up in a basement rolling around in fecal matter wearing your roommates skin.
Noise and music are a part of studio culture. Just invest in some really good headphones
here at university it's all open plan and no soundprotection/absorption at all, it can be quite distracting. I heard a lady while giving a tour to some people say that before they had compartments but now since everybody has ipods and the likes there is no need for that anymore. so basically they saved a huge amount of money and efforts and force you to wear headphones and become deaf because they don't provide for the necessary facilities. how nice is that. but since you'll be deaf there will be no need for headphones anyhow...and you can read in complete silence
alucidwake: I had the exact same problem as you in studio, and the solution I came up with was to wear the hearing protection I had purchased for shop use in the studio! Not the spongy, compression, insertion type, but the kind that look like headphones. If someone had a question, I could just remove them, and then get quickly back to my reading.
Two words: ear plugs
I did virtually all of my reading in grad school at coffee houses, where I love to be. But all those dang "people" with all their "conversations" drove me crazy.
My life changed when I discovered Howard Leight ear plugs.
There's a big building somewhere on your campus. No, not the Architecture School. It's filled with LOTS of books. People from other majors are there. It's quiet. If your college has enough swagger there might even be a designated "READING ROOM" in it.
Try there.
And no, I'm not trying to be a complete ass, I went over to the reading room for course readings, it helped me focus a lot more than even a quiet studio, maybe it has something to do with the fact that reading is supposed to be what your doing there.
Architectural Books on Tape!
To the land of Books and Nerds!...
People still read ? Books ??
studio is different from work, of course, but it's possibly a good place to develop good work habits. the young folks at my office wear earphones all the time and are completely missing all of the information they could be absorbing about how the office works, what conversations go on, and - most annoyingly - when i'm talking to them and haven't yet realized that they can't hear me. (hint: if i have to tap you on the shoulder, i'm probably already pissed off.)
i've come up in offices in which music isn't allowed and, once you get used to it, it is very much preferable. and this reading question becomes a non-issue. while there are still some distractions, you get used to them and they just become background.
it's going to be this way when you get to work. you will have to read in the office environment where people are on the phone or talking to each other. and music may not be an option - and that would be a good thing.
steven why don't you just im them?
I sympathize with Steven. And he ain't nearly as old a fogey as me. . .
One factor is that there is a wide variety of individual responses to the environment. Some are highly attuned (hyper-vigilant ?) to what's going on around them, while others can easily tune it out -- without even being aware of doing so, perhaps. We've all heard the cliché about the child who is brought up in a noisy and busy household, and who can fall asleep anywhere and any time, while another must have it quiet (and dark ?) in order to sleep.
Anybody notice that more and more noise is tolerated at the library, as time goes on ?
The noise-is-normal, you're-just-a-schizophrenic response is troubling; one is reminded of the straight-pipe Harley riders who seem to exult in setting off auto alarms and annoying the innocent wherever they go. What's THEIR problem. . .?
Headphones -- a defensive strategy -- is perhaps the only solution to a careless or an indifferent world. Make yourself comfortable, one way or another.
If you want to read, go home or to the library. Studios should be vibrant, lively places with coffee, beer, food and music. Just like one big happy party, albeit with sharp objects.
Yea, Steven... just like, twitter them or something. Duhhhh!
"straight-pipe Harley riders"
Extreme narcissists.
"Studios should be vibrant, lively places with coffee, beer, food and music."
Any work being done -- or is it just one big par-tay ?
non stop par-tay! Literally. So you need the caffeine to keep going, the beer to mellow you out when you overdose on the caffeine, then more caffeine when you have a nice buzz on to keep you awake. Food interspersed for longer term energy and to absorb the caffeine and beer.
You can pull off days in a row with this genius strategy, trust me ;-) And, although for the occasional mishap with them sharp objects (or soldiering iron, in my case), it can actually be "fun".
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