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Ask HN: What do you listen to while coding?
What kind of Music? Or do you listen to anything at all?
- mindcrime 14y agoDepends. I have a whole pile of various Pandora stations I've created, that I listen to sometimes. Most of those are rock/metal centric, but there is one focused on gangster rap stuff. Other times, I like to listen to trance / electronic music / europop stuff, and for that I tend to just find a shoutcast station and tune into that. Same for the times when I'm in the mood for classical music. Always, however, the Prime Directive remains "ABC" - Anything But Country.
- swah 14y agoMe too, country makes me feel like dancing!
- danso 14y agoI switch it up. Sometimes I use my phone's static noise generator (Ambiance on iOS and Android) and set a timer for 50 minutes. If static noise is causing my mind to go numb, I'll switch to classical...well-known pieces that I've listend to hundreds of times. When I'm not doing anything particularly mindbending, I'll put on alt-rock...Lana Del Ray and Florence + The Machine have been my go-tos recently.
- bennyg 14y ago8tracks, and usually whatever I'm feeling at the time (Reggae, Blues, Indie Electronica, or Hip Hop).
- dorkitude 14y agoRodrigo Y Gabriela: http://open.spotify.com/artist/7vX3cMVyW8gtDA4y855ynF http://open.spotify.com/artist/7vX3cMVyW8gtDA4y855ynF
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- sn0v 14y agoPink Floyd, RHCP :)
- karika 14y agoMainly rock (Guns n' roses, ACDC) and pop (MJ,Maroon 5).
- expralitemonk 14y agoSomaFM. Makes me feel like I'm in a science fiction epic.
- 27182818284 14y agohttp://musicforprogramming.net/ http://musicforprogramming.net/ http://simplynoise.com/ http://simplynoise.com/ Groove Salad from SomaFM And often, simply quiet. Quiet is underrated in my opinion.
- codercowboy 14y agothanks for sharing those links, awesome stuff.
- swah 14y agoQuiet is not an option, most of the times :)
- tsurantino 14y agoBBC1 Essential Mixes. It's a great way to discover new styles of music while listening to the (hopefully) best, curated tracks of each genre.
- raghava 14y agoshortwave recordings of numbers stations from across the globe. (The Conet project - http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/ http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/) Also, lush from Soma.fm
- Splendor 14y agoAnything I've heard 10+ times before. If I try to listen to a new song or album while I'm concentrating I'll lose focus too often.
- eranation 14y agohttp://www.getworkdonemusic.com/ http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/ mostly
- codercowboy 14y agoquiet, post rock, or noise (think 65 days of static) when it's really time to get something done. pop trash when it's just time to do whatever else: http://www.codercowboy.com/2012/12/19/music-to-code-by-2012/ http://www.codercowboy.com/2012/12/19/music-to-code-by-2012/
- yareally 14y agoMostly music without words as I find it less distracting. Usually Electronic stuff, Classical or some Jazz.
- sigre 14y agoI created a Programming Music playlist and started out with very mellow, non-lyrical music from Tycho. From there, I kept following the Related Artists feature (I'm using rdio) and added a number of other artists including Ulrich Schnauss, Isan, and others. It's taken some time, but I'm able to concentrate on my work without being distracted, while the music tends to keep me upbeat and focused.
- runeks 14y agoSilence.
- whichdan 14y agoLots of turntable.fm's "Ambient Chillout & Trip Hop" channel.
- eytanlevit 14y agoI search YouTube for the term "Full Album" and am surprised each day about the full albums that got uploaded there. I also listen to soundtrack mega mixes(songs of 4 hours+ that mix various soundtracks).
- EnderMB 14y agoThe best offices I've worked in have always had a Spotify account set up, so anyone can remotely connect to the machine running Spotify and put whatever they want on. It's good because we always get a mix when people get past letting others know how bad their taste in music goes. We've gone from Paramore to Jurassic 5 to John Mayer in the space of an afternoon before, and the mix tends to help everyone relax.
- minhajuddin 14y agoGod is an Astronaut (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMEGJ-Jk58Q&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9BO0mvKQHXXSc9l00s2uKN7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMEGJ-Jk58Q&playnext=1...), when there is a lot of noise around else Quiet . Also, sometimes I listen to: http://www.rainymood.com/ http://www.rainymood.com/ . I read somewhere that hearing the sound of rain makes us Happy subconsciously (Humans depending on Agriculture for a long time etc,.)
- idleworx 14y ago... the sound of silence (not the song)
- drudru11 14y agoI listen to anything electronic or just nature sounds. Neither have that much structure, and they definitely do not have vocals.
- speeder 14y agoMy office I don't have the "quiet" option. Specially because we don't have money for some equipment, I and my associate sit next to the other, and we are near a very noisy road with lots of trucks and buses. So, to code, music is needed! sometimes I hear demoscene music, be it from a radio (like nectarine: https://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/ https://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/ ) or from musicdisk (specially BitFellas bitjam vol 1.1: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=31658 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=31658 ) That is, it is already some good time that I don't stick with trackermusic, I am mostly using youtube. For that I have: Programmers rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8&list=PLBB8AAF63722EEEE5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TGj2jrJk8&list=PLBB8AAF... Programmers zone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqrsNIHssTU&list=PLCC8F930EC4692DA7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqrsNIHssTU&list=PLCC8F93... and this list of metal touhou remixes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8y1IbbMno&list=PL8736B2E1102136CA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un8y1IbbMno&list=PL8736B2... Sometimes I go with OCRemix lists too.
- onlyup 14y agoIn work: Nothing At home: I normally have a TV show playing in another tab