Music was my first love, so it’s not surprising that it can have a huge impact of my productivity, serving as a distraction or inspiration while I am writing.  For example, no matter how many studies are done on the intellectual stimulation provided by Mozart I for one can’t write a decent word with that danged harpsichord twanging in the background.
Perhaps it has more to do with the fact that with the odd exception of a particularly melancholy aria I have never been a fan of the 18th century soap …