"Neil Bratney" wrote in message
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I'm getting set for my second solo cross country in training for my PP.

I had an interesting experience last week.

I was a judge at a regional high school science fair competition recently.
One student's project was to find out if her parents were right about not
being able to concentrate while listening to music. She aimed to prove them
wrong.

She lost.

She had a couple dozen students look at some pictures while listening to
various types of music. The control group listened to silence. Each
subject was given a certain amount of time to study the pictures (of a
toaster, car, cat, dog, etc . . .) and was required to attempt to recall as
many pictures as possible afterwards.

The control group listening to silence scored highest. There was an
insignificant difference between silence and classical music. There was a
much lower score for those listening to pretty much everything else (rap,
country, rock and so on).

Bottom line is that you have plenty to concentrate heavily upon during your
first hundred or two hours. I'm all for rocking-out once you get some
significant experience. But, for now, you need 110% of your brain cells
focused on the many tasks involved with flying your first long solo.

Scrap the idea of in-flight music and come back to it when you've learned
everything.

--
Jim Fisher