6 ms·

Ask HN: best music background to work?

• deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
• whichdan 14y ago
  There are a couple threads on this already. turntable.fm's "Ambient Chillout & Trip Hop" room is usually quite good.
• keva161 14y ago
  I usually just go on 8tracks and listen to the first 'coding' or 'programming' playlist that shows up.
• rex64 14y ago
  I usually listen to slow tempo piano jazz or rainymood.com
• kroger 14y ago
  Like many people, if I'm thinking and designing I prefer to have no music. If I'm doing these things in a noisy environment I may listen to some rain recordings such as [1]. When I'm coding I mainly listen to classical music. The problem is that I need to listen to things I know very well or I'll get distracted, so I end up listening to the same compositions over and over again, to the annoyment of my wife ;-) These days the compositions I list the most while coding are: - Beethoven String Quartets, for instance [2] (I really like the fugato at 5:00 ;-) - Mahler Symphonies, for example [3] - Ravel music - Some Monteverdi madrigals [4] I like to use headphones, either a Sennheiser PX 200 [5] or a Sennheiser HD-280 PRO [6]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRv-243Cmk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRv-243Cmk [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PIXCQgEfE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PIXCQgEfE [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoeH5BtLyQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkoeH5BtLyQ [4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDyNzPUQbo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkDyNzPUQbo [5] http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PX-200-II-Headphones/dp/B002VPDOHS http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-PX-200-II-Headphones/dp/B00... [6] http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-280-Pro-Headphones/dp/B000065BPB http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-HD-280-Pro-Headphones/dp/B0...
  • creonik 14y ago
    Thanks.I am switching to classical music and works much better. Right now I am listening to Yo-Yo Ma and Ennio Morricone playing Moses and Marco Polo Theme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssoQbusZ7os http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssoQbusZ7os. It's beautiful (when not interrupted by Spotify ads!)
• vojant 14y ago
  Depends on the mood I'm in. From slow piano/classic to techno.
• radq 14y ago
  I usually listen to one of the Music for Programming[1] mixes, and when I'm in the mood for more ambient music I listen to Brian Eno. [1] http://musicforprogramming.net/ http://musicforprogramming.net/
  • creonik 14y ago
    I did not it. Thanks for the link.
• deathwithme 14y ago
  Depends on your work. For instance, if you have a good software design a web application, you can code it with heavy metal music because listing metal music with programming is improving the velocity of coding.
  • creonik 14y ago
    You are right. As I listen to a lot of classical music, I realize I am thinking better but also slowing down too much. Thanks
• jlengrand 14y ago
  Best site I could find was created by a fellow HN follower :) http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/# http://www.getworkdonemusic.com/# I listen to it everyday and never get bored :)
• hboon 14y ago
  I've tried white noise, Naturespace, Kap Slap mixes, Pop mixes, Gregorian, etc. I've found that I am pretty productive in a cafe these days, so I started listening to tracks of cafe background noise when I work from home recently, such as "People Talking in Coffee Shop" by Finnolia Productions [1]. Might write more about this if it works well enough. [1] iTunes affiliate link: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=dE0y3GuqVK4&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=5573&RD_PARM1=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Falbum%2Fpeople-sound-effects-2%2Fid582685672&u1=h http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=dE0y3GuqVK4&#38...
• anons2011 14y ago
  soma.fm - Mission Control, Space station or Drone Zone di.fm - Chillout, Minimal or Ambient bassdrive.com (liquid dnb)