I can't listen to music and write! Good God I'm enough of a flit! I sing and dance too much! But before I do anything I need my noggin for I'll put on Dave. Dave soothes the soul and feeds the mind. I bloody love Dave. Seriously, how could anyone listen to "The dreaming tree" and not walk away feeling changed? When I can't find words and need to break into a scream of frustration before I can find them I'll listen to Maynard. Tool, APC or Puscifer, it really doesn't matter. When I'm a lost cause, Eminem. Nothing says, "Dude... not today." Like Eminem. Proper puts me in my place. And when I'm mildly content (because I'm never happy with something I've written) I'll put on Biffy - The Vertigo of Bliss to celebrate. Takes me back 16 years to that simple time when life was one big celebration of youth.

There. My 'before and after' mental productivity music routine.