Next - Is music a distraction?

The correct answer is - it depends!

I enjoy alternative rock which is not great to concentrate to, (great to run to or even tidy). If I have simple stuff to do, I perhaps switch on South American or African music, not big beats . It keeps me awake and stops me feeling isolated and promotes an nice atmosphere to work in.

For more involved stuff, I get on with classical music: Brahms strings, Fouré Requiem or Gorecki.  Research indicates that Mozart piano duets work!

So its your decision! You have to work out if you deliver better stuff with or without music, and you have to select music that works for you.