Can you do anything when you are listening to music?

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I mess up everything when I am listening to music on my ipod... cannot concentrate on anything else while I am listening to music... can you do anything else?

I'm the exact opposite. Music helps me focus.

Usually music doesn't bother me, and I enjoy listening to it while doing other things, but sometimes when I really need to focus while reading something I have to stop the music.

Depending on the kind of music and what I'm doing, music can either distract me or help me focus.

Depending on the music, it can distract me from reading or writing. I generally listen to music that doesn't have lyrics when I must do either of those things. Also, talking sometimes.
It all depends.

i normally sing along to music, but not the vocals so much as other instruments or an improvised melody. i'm doing it now, in fact.

It helps me to get things done when I am cleaning house, but it is too distracting when I am reading or writing. Songs with lyrics are especially distracting.

i tend to daydream when listening to music

I mostly listen to music when travelling - on the bus/metro going somewhere or out walking - so I can focus on just the music. I'll occasionally listen to music on my laptop with my headphones in, if I do this then I cannot do anything else at the same time, I also have to have door closed and no risk of being interrupted so I can focus on the music alone.

I guess it is the same sort of thing, I don't try to do anything else because I cannot focus on anything else when focusing on music.

If you're "focusing" on something, you're not LISTENING to the music.

The only things I can't do while listening to music, are read or play guitar . The guitar thing is that if I'm listening to a song, I can't concentrate on what I'm playing... so I can't play along to songs