Ultimate ‘focus’ album revealed – which songs will help you concentrate?

A SOUND therapist has created the ultimate ‘focus’ album to listen to while working or studying.

The seven-track compilation, titled AutoFocus, has been produced as a soundtrack for creativity and productivity, featuring 40 minutes of melodies to place listeners into a concentration trance.

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Lyz Cooper, the expert behind the music composition, claims higher frequencies and warmer chord progressions are used in the songs to help with focus without getting in the way of any creative process.

While the BPM (beats per minute) for the album was chosen to help illustrate a journey of preparation, inspiration, focus, pause, and wind down.

The album was created for Canon by Lyz Cooper, psychoacoustic expert and founder of the British Academy of Sound Therapy, and Jimmy Day of music production collective, LOYAL.

It includes an eight minute-long ‘brain break’ track titled ‘Pause’, which has been composed to enable listeners to switch off for optimum brain health.

It comes after research, commissioned by Canon to launch its Light & Speaker ML-A [https://store.canon-europe.com/5914C005/], of 2,000 adults, who work or study, found six in 10 listen to music while doing their job or schoolwork at home.

And 47 per cent listen to tunes to help them concentrate, taking just six minutes of melodies to fall into a good focus ‘flow’.

It also emerged 48 per cent get distracted by other people’s conversations when trying to concentrate, and 46 per cent find it easier to ‘put the blinkers on’ and stay on track when listening to music.

Lyz Cooper, said: “Our research at The British Academy of Sound Therapy has shown that when people enter a relaxed state, insights and inspirations may arise as well as a release of stress and tension mentally, physically and emotionally.

“This helps the creative process to flow more freely and prevents brain fatigue.

“Every 90 minutes or so it is recommended that the ‘pause’ track is used to guide people into a relaxed state.

“The piece begins in a more rhythmic way and then gives way to relaxing drone sounds with long, low tones and drifting soundscapes.  

“After seven minutes or so, the music begins to become more rhythmic, which helps people to come back to a more awake state, ready to continue refreshed and relaxed.”

The study also found 16 per cent would find it difficult if they were to work at home without any music playing in the background.

And four in 10 reckon they work harder and perform better when listening to songs.

As well as improving focus, 40 per cent of those who listen to music while they work or study said it helps pass the time, while 35 per cent reckon it makes things more fun.

For 24 per cent, listening to tunes helps get them into ‘work mode’, and it boosts creativity for 17 per cent.

Pop (46 per cent) emerged as the most popular genre to listen to, with rock (24 per cent), classical (17 per cent) and dance (13 per cent) also frequently enjoyed.

It also emerged 26 per cent would rather listen to a slow tempo while trying to concentrate, with 19 per cent leaning more towards fast-paced hits.

More than one in 10 (11 per cent) of those polled, via OnePoll, have even made specific playlists for the time they spend working or studying.

Listen to the album on Spotify here: https://lnk.to/AutoFocus

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