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Music for Programming
- IndySun 5y agoI see this posted more often here than on music forums. That said, it is a high quality mix selection.
- sorokod 5y agoIf you find police or air traffic control Comms calming there is http://youarelistening.to/ http://youarelistening.to/
- teeray 5y agoDon’t miss the three hidden tracks under “Enterprise Mode.” Those are actually some of my fav’s
- orf 5y agoI found this about 6 years ago and it has genuinely changed the way I work. I can’t listen to music that has any “real” vocals (i.e the vocals are the focus, unlike a lot of electronic music) while programming as it distracts me. But these compilations are perfect - it lets me slip into a state of flow quicker than anything I’ve listened to before or since. It’s not particularly enjoyable in and of itself, but if I’m in a situation where I really need to get something done and focus then it’s my go-to.
- philip-b 5y agoYou might also like the Groove Salad channel on https://somafm.com https://somafm.com. At least, for me music with vocals distracts, while both musicforprogramming and Groove Salad work great.
- birriel 5y agoSomaFM also has a station called DEF CON Radio, described as "Music for Hacking."
- vitro 5y agoTheir Black Rock FM is also nice. What I get a kick from is when I suddenly know how to solve the problem and music changes accordingly, gives you a hacker-movie-like feel :)
- cableshaft 5y agoMan, I used to listen to that a bunch back in the day but forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!
- ASalazarMX 5y agoAs long as the vocals are not in a language I speak, they're fine by me. I think not understanding the vocals frees our mind to concentrate in text-based tasks. Ironically, I hate electronic and techno pump-pump-pump music, but I enjoy chiptunes, specially classic videogame soundtracks. I have to listen to them with earphones, otherwise my colleagues will think I'm playing games instead of working.
- JeanMarcS 5y agoFor me the lyrics must not be in the language I’m thinking at that moment. I’m French, so listening to a song in english while reading in french is not a problem. But if I read something in english, then english lyrics will bother me (and vice versa)
- Igelau 5y agoLately I've found that music by the band KISS is great for coding. The songs are energetic enough to keep me focused and awake, but not so deeply rich in composition or lyrical content that I'm going to get distracted.
- cableshaft 5y agoI wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day (Actual lyrics)
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago> not so deeply rich in composition or lyrical content KISS and rich lyrical content would be like sunshine in the shade
- parenthesis 5y agoThere is a Kiss album called Hot in the Shade.
- yesenadam 5y agoThis short clip of Lisa Lampanelli roasting Gene Simmons talks about that, and ends with maybe my favourite gag of all time: https://youtu.be/5eG5llG9uoA?t=176 https://youtu.be/5eG5llG9uoA?t=176
- fibonachos 5y agoI have had a similar experience with the band Ministry. High energy, drowns out any background chatter, gets me into a flow state, somehow. I think it is partially because they are not a band I really listen to for pleasure so I don’t know any of the songs particularly well, and there is a high amount of distortion in the vocals so I don’t even feel the need to try and understand. Seems counterintuitive but it works for me.
- whartung 5y agoI trend towards "progressive" rock music, which is "more music than vocals", but not purely either. As a rule, I don't "listen" to the lyrics, I've never been much for what the songs "mean". I treat the vocals as just yet another instrument in the package. Prog rock songs also tend to be long, as well as the albums. It's not untoward for me to put an album in the background and have it playing for an entire week. Sometimes I'll stream morow.com, an online prog streaming station. Currently, I'm hooked on two Genesis concerts, from '87 and '92 at Wembley, that I can't seem to get enough of. I've been playing them solid for over a month off of YouTube. Abacab from the '87 concert is particularly good.
- gota 5y agoThis sounds great. I've been listening to Komiku's "It's time for Adventure" album(s): https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adventure_ https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku/Its_time_for_adven...
- throwaway6734 5y agoI have a separate mp3 player without internet that I've put all these tracks on and it is my go-to focus fuel
- jamespo 5y agoThis is great, I also like the Flow State Podcast on Spotify
- jedberg 5y agoI only played a few samples but it felt more like music to meditate to. Which is great if that's the headspace you like to program in, but I need something with a much faster tempo to keep me engaged in programming.
- scythmic_waves 5y agoSame. I've found trailer music [1] works well for me while programming (needs to be relatively upbeat and without words, which I find distracting). You can find a lot of it on spotify. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer_music
- systematical 5y agoSome of it sounds like the old ambient genre people were experimenting with in the late 90s early 2ks (perhaps before but thats when i become aware of it). For faster tempo, go dnb.
- nacnud 5y agoYou might enjoy DI FM [1] which I've found has an excellent range of faster and slower tempo music for programming. [1] https://www.di.fm https://www.di.fm
- quercusa 5y agoYou might like DJ Bolivia's Music to Code By , which seems to run about 132 bpm: http://djbolivia.blogspot.com/2011/04/music-to-code-by-volumes-1-3.html http://djbolivia.blogspot.com/2011/04/music-to-code-by-volum...
- mrweasel 5y agoI also just played a few samles, and it’s not for me. It found the few I tried to be noisy and distracting.
- stresi 5y agoI love programming to dark prog (~135bpm) or forest (~150bpm). A good friend of mine and one of my favorite DJ artist has a nice selection of sets [1] to get you started, let me know if you want more. [1] https://soundcloud.com/jorineke https://soundcloud.com/jorineke
- systematical 5y agoI love this ui, even if it took me a few extra seconds to figure out. I prefer Drum and Bass for programming.
- rgrau 5y agoWhat I miss most about those collections is that they are browser based, and when I'm programming, if I need the music to stop, or I get a call, or something, I have to go find the tab and manually stop it. I'm trying to maintain a list of radios in .pls/.m3u format [1], so I can choose how I play them (emacs+mplayer). - Don't like the current song? m-x kill-radio RET - Want to store the current name of the song? m-x hit RET Making the interface as painless as possible is part of what makes music for programming more relaxing to me. I find strange there are not more of those kinds of repos around (I haven't found them) 1. https://github.com/kidd/radios https://github.com/kidd/radios
- remedan 5y agoSounds like you might be interested in playerctl [0]. I use global shortcuts for its play, pause, next, and previous actions. It has the ability to control Spotify, Firefox and other players. And Firefox media controls work for YouTube, SoundCloud, and even the site this post is about. 0: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl
- rgrau 5y agoyes! that looks super useful indeed. Thanks!
- ThibJP 5y agoI can confirm, I integrated playerctl with my i3 environment, very pleased by it! Especially binding pause with locking my screen, it prevent me to loose track of my current podcast. The only limitation that I found : if you have multiples media playing, playerctl will interact only with the lastest used one. So when you are running multiples one, you can't stop them all at once.
- gmfawcett 5y ago> What I miss most about those collections is that they are browser based No, they're not... there's an MP3 download link for each of the titles on that page.
- arduinomancer 5y agoIf you’re not a fan of instrumental music try listening to music that is not in English. I find it has the same non-distracting effect
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- rahimiali 5y agoThis makes sense if you only speak English, but a lot of people in this forum speak at least two languages.
- bluefirebrand 5y agoThe principle is the same, just find music in languages your brain doesn't understand.
- rahimiali 5y agoObviously the principle is the same. I’m calling out a bias in the phrasing, which has the unintended side effect of ostracizing a group.
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- smegcicle 5y agoWhile the phrasing may make some feel ostracized, it would appear to also make some feel selfrighteous, so maybe it evens out?
- rahimiali 5y agoI was pointing out a mistake that inadvertently causes harm. I’m doing it exactly the way I would in a code review. I’m sorry this comes across to you as self righteous, but what I did is absolutely the right thing to do in the face of mistakes like this.
- qwertox 5y agoI've started listening to those hours long nature sound videos on YouTube with a noise cancelling over-ear headset. Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1y9GAjuSt8&t=10575s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1y9GAjuSt8&t=10575s or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm846KdZN_c&t=2604s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm846KdZN_c&t=2604s Or some minimal techno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WddpRmmAYkg&t=2495s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WddpRmmAYkg&t=2495s
- cableshaft 5y agoI do this too periodically. It works for me.
- rmist 5y agoI have been using https://mynoise.net/ https://mynoise.net/ to focus during my work.
- BasilPH 5y agoI use it all the time, my favourite is the white rain: https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteRainNoiseGenerator.php https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteRainNoiseGenerator.ph... You can configure it and even calibrate it to your headphones.
- Igelau 5y agoI contributed $, which gets me access to the "make your own" feature where you can combine their collection of stems any way you like. Now I have the problem where I can easily spend an hour playing with MyNoise to make the best mix for the work I should be doing.
- machinehermiter 5y agoI am experimenting with trying to go in the opposite direction and not listen to music at all. I mean this in the sense of actively trying to get music out of my life completely. I can't listen to music and sleep or do anything even vaguely productive. It just takes over. It feels more like an addiction to music than something that adds value to my life.
- qwertox 5y agoWhat kind of music?
- 37ef_ced3 5y agoTry dark ambient, e.g., the Lustmord station on Pandora Fills the silence, stimulates, but can't hold your attention
- permo-w 5y agoI definitely have a similar thing. Often I’ll listen to music, and then it sort of replaces my usual thought stream, so instead of thinking clearly and consciously, I’m just sort of on autopilot singing a song to myself in my head. I don’t mind that sometimes, but it’s not productive.
- Cancan82 5y agoFor me, if I cut out music with words, it’s useful; music with words destroys my productivity
- notapenny 5y agoOne thing that works for me there is music in a language I don't speak. Sure I'll recognise words and will sing along, but I have no idea what I'm saying anyway so its actually not that distracting.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoYes. Foreign language is great for this. MC Solaar, Amadou and Mariam, some k-pop (last played was (G)I-DLE), Onda Vaga… that’s all I can think off off the top of my head.
- blowski 5y agoWorking from home, I've started singing along to pop music I've heard so many times I no longer think about the lyrics. Stuff like Billy Joel, Oasis, The Killers.
- Waterluvian 5y agoI’m not sure what I mean fully by this yet, but I want adaptive music like in video games where it evolves and swells based on how much keyboard input is going on. No input? Im reading or idle, so calm down the music. Lots of typing? Im coding or documenting and need the tempo to pick up and maybe more instruments to join.
- SV_BubbleTime 5y agoSounds like a good way for me to make a lot of errors because I’m trying to write things too fast. I’ve found foreign language music and LoFi work fine, I just need to skip songs that aren’t working.
- airstrike 5y agoIt's unfortunate there's no way to objectively infer one's mood because this would be the perfect use of that info
- bsg75 5y agoWith an option to invert that pattern. I’d be curious to see if more energetic music when I’m in a lull would speed things up. Musical motivation.
- aasasd 5y agoI'd say play sombre suspenseful scapes when nothing much's going on, since you're likely pondering how to proceed with your world domination plans. Then funky techno action music when the execution phase commences.
- Nowado 5y agoYou probably want something slightly different. Fast-slow is one dimension, but pretty strong cognitive psychology research points at complexity (or even cognitive load more precisely, like new genres and off-tempo music). You can mix the two, but you can try fast, complex and new music for coding and see how it goes. It's easy in video games, since games have all the context and 'music too annoying for the fight' gets picked up quite easily in testing, even if someone happens to not know science behind it. Check out graph on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law What you would ideally have is a music adapting to changes in your cognitive load - which can be modeled surprisingly easily with even the weakest biofeedback tools, like some smart bands. You know, how you sometimes have to turn off the radio when looking for something while driving, or how stuff is so easy it gets boring to the point where you can't work? Yeah, that's Yerkes-Dodson. I bounced off that idea when trying to figure out reasonably popular band brand (because they are not trying to help you develop for that hardware) - if someone has any experience with those and likes the idea, absolutely hit me up.
- mandliya 5y agoI have tried so many music genres and following 2 works for me: - Film scores (not including the lyrics ones) - Game music These I think tries to keep you engaged in the primary action (coding, playing game, or engrossed in movie, reading) without you noticing it too often. Some repetitive familiar classical music (e.g. Chopin) also does the same to me.
- vitro 5y agoThere is also Brain.fm: https://www.brain.fm/ https://www.brain.fm/ which should use a generated music to help you focus, they also have some research behind it. I listen to it here and there and it seems to work for me.
- marpstar 5y agoI'll second this. I've been a subscriber for a couple years now. What I like specifically is that they allow you to select a context ("Focus", "Relax", "Sleep", or "Meditate") each with several sub-contexts (e.g. "Focus" has "Deep Work", "Creative Flow", "Study & Read", or "Light Work"). It has helped me overcome a lot of distraction in order to get me started on work and keeping me focused once I've gotten started. It's worth the money, in my opinion.
- wintermutestwin 5y agoI eagerly checked it out and then realized that they pay model is Subscription - the latest plague of the internet. There are very few things where subscription is appropriate and this is not one of them.
- gmfawcett 5y agoBrian Eno's stuff ("New space music", "Neroli / Thinking music IV", "Compact forest proposal") is sometimes good for getting focused.
- every 5y agoAssuming you like classical, KMFA[0] is a non-profit, listener-supported classical music station that has been broadcasting for over 50 years. They also stream their content for the web 24 hours a day... [0]: https://www.kmfa.org/ https://www.kmfa.org/
- aasasd 5y agoAs usual, I have to note that this was made by Datashat (aka Datassette), who also has these glorious Businessfunk mixes: http://datassette.net/businessfunk/ http://datassette.net/businessfunk/ Plus the fourth mix for the Near Mint programme: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/near-mint-8th-march-2016-datashat-business-funk-special/ https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/near-mint-8th-march-2016-...
- tiborsaas 5y agoI like two genres that helps me to focus on problems. None of these have vocals and repetitive enough not to derail me :) Long dubtechno mixes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDsbHKqFcg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pDsbHKqFcg Psychedelic / Stoner Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ors0wpcVDcc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ors0wpcVDcc
- jdefr89 5y agoCool site. Personally, when I am coding, I can't really have noise of any kind else I will be distracted and/or irritated. I know some people who always need light music in the background while they are coding. Just never really worked for me.
- NetOpWibby 5y agoWow, I haven’t checked this out since the Com Truise release. Good to see it’s still going.
- namelosw 5y agoI tried a lot of "Music for programming" but found out I'm not a fan at all. My favorite music for programming is the soundtrack from the video game Stellaris[0]. It has the "Interstellar" vibe but less dramatic and more tranquil, making it perfect for programming IMO. [0] https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyH4vonV9j1vPfAgU6wUZ_7A52cVavRYD https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyH4vonV9j1vPfAgU6wUZ_7A5...
- wintermutestwin 5y agoIf you want to feel like a 1337 hax0r while coding, try out the Bourne movie soundtracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx4Gb5TK0qw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx4Gb5TK0qw
- NetOpWibby 5y agoI am a fan of Gaming Ambience’s YouTube playlists for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. DX:HR ambience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n61C7mwY_6Y&list=PLYFEK0EdxB0pT3T874mJU9IBSbq7NSs12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n61C7mwY_6Y&list=PLYFEK0EdxB... DX:HR music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdqbW6MXzsI&list=PLYFEK0EdxB0oSAruHDy1FaJI8ksKggz9J https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdqbW6MXzsI&list=PLYFEK0EdxB... DX:MD ambience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSALBeJY8sA&list=PLYFEK0EdxB0r_xdqlVghXJInGMO7IFhLV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSALBeJY8sA&list=PLYFEK0EdxB... DX:MD music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTsbvLb58j8&list=PLYFEK0EdxB0rAdRAoBPODAdhX14Gwibq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTsbvLb58j8&list=PLYFEK0EdxB...
- verisimiliie 5y agoMirror's Edge Catalyst (full album) is one of my go-tos. Here's some of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PLPfL6Tge4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PLPfL6Tge4
- dang 5y agoPast related threads: Music for Programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27448249 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27448249 - June 2021 (1 comment) Music for Programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22184183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22184183 - Jan 2020 (1 comment) Music for Programming (2011) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21771600 - Dec 2019 (261 comments) Why black metal is great music for programming (but doom metal isn’t) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20152923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20152923 - June 2019 (1 comment) Function musicForProgramming(task) {} - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17573053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17573053 - July 2018 (5 comments) Music for Programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12844434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12844434 - Nov 2016 (427 comments) Ask HN: Ultimate Music Playlists for Programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12761453 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12761453 - Oct 2016 (5 comments) Music for programming :) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037320 - July 2016 (1 comment) Show HN: I've made a music [remix] to help me concentrate while programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8767695 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8767695 - Dec 2014 (8 comments) Incredibox - Background music for programming. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3900711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3900711 - April 2012 (167 comments) MusicForProgramming(); - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3605957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3605957 - Feb 2012 (95 comments) MusicForProgramming(); - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3547694 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3547694 - Feb 2012 (180 comments) Music for Programming - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2024117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2024117 - Dec 2010 (1 comment)
- georgestrakhov 5y agoIn the 1970s Brian Eno invented Ambient Music. He wrote: "Ambient music must be able to accommodate many levels of listening attention without enforcing one in particular, it must be as ignorable as it is interesting."
- ChrisArchitect 5y ago(2011) This is the thing from then right? has this been updated from the multiple times it's been posted the last 2-6 months?
- SavantIdiot 5y agoI've encountered programmers who listed to wildly different types of music. However, what we all had in common is that we felt like the part of our brain that is easily distracted is occupied with the music, leaving the compute brain able to focus more precisely.
- scns 5y agoMy favourite, repetitive but somehow i don't get bored: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6WNB9JN_2o https://youtube.com/watch?v=-6WNB9JN_2o
- dmingod666 5y agoPeople should try Hindustani classical. It's my go to when I want to escape into work. Its melodious, but in a very gentle way so you don't get tired of it playing in the background for hours. Ravi Shankar: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tujcCI6MLD0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tujcCI6MLD0 Philip Glass with Ravi Shankar - just music: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzIFrLhrcXwltQRyMIifaV5TPxZFYI2F https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNzIFrLhrcXwltQRyMIifaV... Spotify: Ragas for Yoga Hindustani classical
- saltyfamiliar 5y agoThis is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
- dvsfish 5y agoInteresting trivia: Ravi Shankar is Nora Jones' father.
- all2 5y agoNo mention of vip.aersia.net here; this is a curated collected of video game music that's been around for the better part of a decade. Well worth a listen if you like video game music.
- meiji163 5y agoTim Hecker!!
- imbnwa 5y agoHecker is magnificent
- 11235813213455 5y agofunction musicForProgramming(task='programming') { } c'mon use default args, and template literals
- mannylopez 5y agoMy go to music is the band Kiasmos. They're an Icelandic duo that plays atmospheric/minimal techno music. They're on hiatus now, so if anyone has any music that's like this, I'd love to hear your recommendation. Kiasmos - Full Performance (Live on KEXP): https://youtu.be/liGXsloELpk?t=155 https://youtu.be/liGXsloELpk?t=155
- dontbeabill 5y agocannonball
- Darmody 5y agoWorld of Warcraft ambient music is just awesome.(Unless you're a WoW junkie because it'll make you want to play) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPn_Nk_KrM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oeo2VCCtUZQ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjTe0R2bREY Skyrim - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBkcwy-iWt8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUaZz04bkw Blade Runner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fz6CC45ok LOTR - Nazgul Ambience - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Wum6hQclU I don't usually listen to rain because it makes me want to sleep, not work, but some ambience videos with rain are pretty nice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzEfSjTYvDc And my go-to music for when I'm tired and I need a boost. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RlJig87Px0
- avereveard 5y agovideogame playlist are such a dopamine boost for players, I've a set with pro street, horizon 4 and vampire the masquerade, it's great for when I need that extra couple hours of concentration
- jackbravo 5y agoI love this one for programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OHjeugEv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OHjeugEv4
- wyclif 5y agoHere's a good Ambient playlist that I found and it's great for listening while programming: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ugMRn7db1Cy0VD7a6VvUc?si=60f11932ce294c91 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ugMRn7db1Cy0VD7a6VvUc?si=...
- wussboy 5y agoTaste is such a funny thing. I generally like ambient and electronica, Monolake, Tim Hecker, etc. I hated every second of the playlist you posted! :). Anyway, thanks for putting it out there. When I program I listen to a lot of bird song/rain noise. Helps me focus.
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- avereveard 5y ago15: Dan Adeyemi who would be able to concentrate with that one?
- umvi 5y agoI tried this site but I couldn't find any playlists that didn't annoy me after a few minutes. Inevitably I fall back on video game (usually indie or rpg) OSTs
- jlmendezbonini 5y agoAny specific recommendations and where to get the from?
- umvi 5y agoSure, but you might not like the OSTs as much if you haven't played the games they accompany. I usually listen either on Spotify or Youtube. Here are some I've been listening to recently - Celeste - https://open.spotify.com/album/5OZHQ7KG8k04IOkF50fACO https://open.spotify.com/album/5OZHQ7KG8k04IOkF50fACO - SpaceChem - https://open.spotify.com/album/51EoYHhpOsy9l47Txvwi1b https://open.spotify.com/album/51EoYHhpOsy9l47Txvwi1b - Chrono Trigger - https://open.spotify.com/album/2kOD9QzcUkeT57RJkNvQpH https://open.spotify.com/album/2kOD9QzcUkeT57RJkNvQpH
- pjgalbraith 5y agoThis is an interesting topic, for me I have found the best music is the most chaotic and fast paced. Something about the pure raw aggressiveness works for me. Genres like Black/Death Metal, Breakcore, although I also like Darksynth, Witchhouse etc... https://youtu.be/QwNjtXyO7xI?t=246 https://youtu.be/QwNjtXyO7xI?t=246 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy-JdQmzVTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy-JdQmzVTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8fc2HxjJJk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8fc2HxjJJk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O3cZ3M4hAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O3cZ3M4hAo
- spiderice 5y agoWow, glad to hear I'm not the only one. People think I'm crazy and don't know how I can concentrate, but when I really need to focus and get some programming done quickly I throw on some speed metal and just cruise.
- gregsadetsky 5y ago+1 on team aggressive music / calm concentration :-) @pjgalbraith's suggestions were really great -- Venetian Snares all day!! -- here are few more. Join in and share :-) Hard techno https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w0irSFx8-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w0irSFx8-o Baroque-inspired Breakcore. Fantastic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ATuxUnKqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ATuxUnKqc (recommended: 5:01) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V9f64KRYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V9f64KRYk https://dyingfetus.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-one-to-fuck-with https://dyingfetus.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-one-to-fuck-with U+1F918 :-)
- pjgalbraith 5y agoGreat to hear that I'm not the only one! Awesome suggestions. That Igorrr album is amazing.
- regus 5y agoIn a past life I used to do mindless work that allowed me to listen to podcasts all day, but once I switched to being a programmer I quickly realized that I couldn’t work and listen to anything that demands your attention. At first I tried rain noises and other forms of white noise but that gets old fast. Then I moved on to ambient music. I can’t listen to anything with pianos or guitars in it. There are guys I work with that listen to EDM all day, I don’t know how they consintrate with that blasting in their ears. These days I’ve moved on to something new: Gregorian chant, because I don’t understand Latin I can tune it out and focus.
- stevefan1999 5y agoI listen to upbeat music, mainly in the speedcore, gabber and happy hardcore genre t+pazolite - You are the Miserable (Laur Remix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJQbSLPVZY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RJQbSLPVZY Kobaryo - Sparkling Software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYz7twiTDw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZYz7twiTDw USAO - Wildfire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59kibHt0LVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59kibHt0LVU Team Grimoire - TiamaT-F minor -Zeit Ende-: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvLDLiy_MT4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvLDLiy_MT4 Distorted Voices - Oldskool Meets (Uptempo Mashup): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBzhh85jMxk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBzhh85jMxk Dr. Peacock - Trip to Ireland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvrvQTUbUcA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvrvQTUbUcA SEMARGL - Credo Revolution (Zardonic Remix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjaEHoi1_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjaEHoi1_c Listening to these music makes me concentrated while being able to keep up logical thinking, really great
- wellthisisgreat 5y agoHere is the 800hr+ ambient playlist from Spotify. Hasn’t been updated for a while but I guess with that kind of length it doesn’t really matter. https://open.spotify.com/user/mynameislinea/playlist/5Fq64a52kow0iivojKlad0?si=UMt5KU9LTk-myJ6Bj-GeWQ&dl_branch=1 https://open.spotify.com/user/mynameislinea/playlist/5Fq64a5...
- fiznool 5y agoA few years ago I settled on a subscription to Digitally Imported [1], which is a music streaming service specialising in electronic/dance/ambient music. Most of the tracks are without lyrics which is important for me, as I can’t code to music with vocals. Tired of listening through the browser, I found Radio for Mac [2] which allows you to play streams - DI publishes the stream address for all of its stations, so you can pipe these into Radio and hence listen to their music without needing a browser open. Radio also has a recording feature - a stream can be recorded and saved as an mp3 file. After a few months of subscribing to DI I noticed they were simply repeating the same (few hundred) tracks on each station. So I set up my Mac to record a few stations over the course of a month, so I could listen to the tracks when offline (with Tiny player [3]). Since I was listening to the same songs over and over, I started to question whether I needed a subscription to DI any more… [1] https://www.di.fm/ https://www.di.fm/ [2] http://radioformac.com/ http://radioformac.com/ [3] https://www.catnapgames.com/tiny-player-for-mac/ https://www.catnapgames.com/tiny-player-for-mac/
- animal531 5y agoI usually listen to radio.garden, there are many stations on there that work for me.
- fokinsean 5y agoHouse music gets me going https://soundcloud.com/moodindigo72 https://soundcloud.com/moodindigo72
- Trixter 5y agoI can't have any music playing when programming, because my brain focuses on the music and I get nothing done. My wife is ADHD, and she must have music (and possibly something else) playing, or else she can't get any work done. I've always wondered if people who need music to work are ADHD, based on my limited sample size (no pun intended).