I absolutely love this. It's a website that lets you overlay slow piano compositions on top of a constant "rainy day" effect to create the ultimate homework/studying atmosphere.

Music usually makes me concentrate on the music itself. Yes, music can distract the outside world sounds, yet it can't help me focus on study and solve problems.

I always pump music when studying. I zone out of the music and it sets me into study mode.

When studying I generally try and keep to the quieter stuff that are often instrumentals as well. For my favourite studying music I like Brian Eno's mid 70's albums. They have nice soothing synths that are good to listen to but they don't distract you if you are trying to concentrate on things other than the music.

I've had great success with using Binaural beats between 13–39 Hz (Beta waves) for focusing and retention.

I find most song-oriented music to be distracting.

Someone said Ravi Shankar, and he's one of my options. Miles Davis and jazz in general work for me as well. But for the most part, it just have to be something I'm very familiar with. That way my mind can't wander because I won't be constantly interested in investigating what I just heard.

Tangerine Dream - Rubycon did it for me when I was an apprentice all those years ago.

For a minute I thought that said Teenage Dream. I was about to vomit, but now it's cool.

Ambient and Drone seem to work wonders. Any of Brian Eno's Ambient catelogue is perfect for something to have in the background. If you really have to cram for a test Sunn O))) makes quiet an intense soundtrack.

Thanks for all the suggestion.. I really liked boards of canada scott joplin, brian eno very much... And Guys which artists would be good for ambient music and rock..