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Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

8 points by reinier_s4g 12y ago

Maybe throw some spotify playlists here?

habith 12y ago
When I'm churning out code I sometimes listen to WritheM Radio on Grooveshark, mostly techno/electronic: http://grooveshark.com/#!/writhem/broadcast http://grooveshark.com/#!/writhem/broadcast Otherwise, it depends on my mood and if I need white-noise to concentrate on something. Or loop a song I like non-stop until it fades in the background :)
- reinier_s4g 12y ago
  yeah, techno/electronic is a common choice, right now i'm listening to Chillout, but it not always work, thanks for your input!
DanBC 12y ago
This is a surprisingly common question. You might find some interesting suggestions: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=music#!/story/forever/prefix/0/music%20coding https://hn.algolia.com/?q=music#!/story/forever/prefix/0/mus... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6149361 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6149361 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3907881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3907881 etc.
- reinier_s4g 12y ago
  yeah, i figure haha, thanks! will check it out
bnejad 12y ago
Digitally Imported www.di.fm Free stations of curated electronic music. Stations are by genre. Soul house and Liquid dnb are some of my favorites
- reinier_s4g 12y ago
  nice, will check it out!
efferifick 12y ago
NPR all songs considered 24/7 audio stream.
notduncansmith 12y ago
I'll probably stick out like a sore thumb in this crowd, but... I have a Spotify playlist called "Tasteless Rap". A lot of catchy rap songs that are of very little depth, but pleasant to listen to. I know all the words to pretty much all of them by now, and it's a fairly high-energy playlist that helps me get in the zone quickly and keep momentum.
- MalcolmDiggs 12y ago
  I do exactly the same thing. As long as the lyrics are completely mundane/meaningless they don't screw up my internal monologue.
anishkothari 12y ago
SomaFM has some great stations http://somafm.com/ http://somafm.com/
RUG3Y 12y ago
Dead Kennedys, the Melvins, Black Flag, hmm...
MaysonL 12y ago
Bach: Goldberg Variations on loop.
- coppolaemilio 12y ago
  So classy!
- reinier_s4g 12y ago
  haha, you know, i also listen to a lot of classical music while coding, but sometimes you just need something more...up? or not so complex...
- dllthomas 12y ago
  The Uncle Meat Variations Or, y'know, whatever comes on Pandora.
allanmacgregor 12y ago
There you go, a bunch of my favorite tracks to get me in the right state of mind: http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345 http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345
redmaverick 12y ago
Samurai Champloo by Nujabes. Pretty sweet. http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo
sunseb 12y ago
SomaFM : http://somafm.com/ http://somafm.com/
nastygibbon 12y ago
Emily Howell.
vijucat 12y ago
Bvdub - A Moment's Peace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM is a favourite track of mine. However, it's just for initiating the session and writing down the TODOs or Goal before starting. I need silence to really think the rest of the time.
KhalPanda 12y ago
I don't have any Spotify playlists for you, but personally, I always listen to metal. It puts me in a productive mood and allows me to block out all other distractions. Sometimes I listen to Bandit Rock (http://www.bandit.se http://www.bandit.se). Disclaimer: I also listen to metal most the time when I'm not programming. :-)
ksherlock 12y ago
Not exactly music, but sometimes I listen to SleepResearch_Facility which is ambient/environmental noise (but more interesting than the environmental noise I get naturally)
BorisMelnik 12y ago
I find music to be very distracting, I prefer silence while I work but if I must have something on in the background it would be television news. For some reason that is easy for me to drown out and almost hypnotizing.
artsandsci 12y ago
Brian Eno's Music for Airports always helps me focus and get stuff done.
Zergy 12y ago
I like to listen to this YouTube playlist I created https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AEDED4BDDADFDD1 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AEDED4BDDADFDD1.
logn 12y ago
Ace Of Base, Air France, Alanis Morissette, Alors Danse, Alors On Danse, Alphaville, Aphex Twin, Apparat, Araabmuzik, Band of Horses, Baths, Battles, Baxter, Bear In Heaven, Beastie Boys, Benny Benassi, Better Than Ezra, Black Devil Disco Club, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blind Melon, Boards Of Canada, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Booka Shade, Bush, Candlebox, Caribou, Celly Cel, Chamillionaire, Chromeo, Client, Clubfeet, Cobblestone Jazz, Com Truise, Copy, Counting Crows, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Darkstar, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Deep Blue Something, Delorean, Depeche Mode, Dev, Dieselboy, Digitalism, DJ Khaled, DJ Screw, Drake, Dr_ Dre, Eat Static, Echotek, Electric Universe, Eliot Lipp, Ellen Allien & Apparat, Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Fatali, Felix Da Housecat, Felix Laband, Ferry Corsten, Fischerspooner, Four Tet, Fractal Glider, Fuck Buttons, Gardens & Villa, Gary Numan, Gemini, Genghis Tron, Gin Blossoms, Glass Candy, Gnarls Barkley, God Is an Astronaut, Gold Panda, Gotye, Grand National, Grateful Dead, Grimes, Guns N' Roses, Health, HEALTH, Hella, Holy Ghost!, Hydra, Imogen Heap, Infected Mushroom, Jack Johnson, Jay-Z, J_Cole, Jeff Samuel, Jewel, John Mayer, Junior Boys, Justice, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Keller Williams, Kennedy, Kid Cudi, Kiln, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Lali Puna, Lana Del Rey, La Roux, LCD Soundsystem, Lightning Bolt, Lil' Wayne, Lily Allen, Lindstrom, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Live, Lorn, Luna, Lusine, Lykke Li, M83, Marvin Gaye, Medeski_ Martin & Wood, Memory Tapes, Metric, Metro Area, MGMT, M_I_A_, Michael Jackson, Midwest Product, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, Moby, Modest Mouse, moe_, Moving Units, Mylo, Natalie Merchant, Neon Indian, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Parts and Labor, Passion Pit, Peaking Lights, Pearl Jam, Phantogram, Phil Collins, Phish, Phoenix, Prince, Prometheus, Radiohead, Ratatat, Real Estate, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R_E_M_, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Röyksopp, Rusted Root, Salem, Santigold, Scarface, Shooting Spires, Silver Swans, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Small Black, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Solar Fields, Son Of The Electric Ghost, Soundgarden, Steven Wright, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime, Submarines, Superpitcher, System 7, Teebs, Teengirl Fantasy, Telepathe, Tennis, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Avalanches, The Chromatics, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Dandy Warhols, The Dude Of Life, The Field, The Fitness, The Glitch Mob, The Killers, The Knife, The LK, The Notorious B_I_G_, The Notwist, The Polish Ambassador, The Rapture, The Samples, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Sounds, Ticon, Tiesto, Timbaland, Tim Hecker, TOBACCO, Toro Y Moi, Tycho, Tyga, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, Van She, vibrasphere, Vitalic, Washed Out, Weezer, We Love, YACHT, Yelle, Youth Lagoon, Zero 7, Zoot Woman

8 points by reinier_s4g 12y ago

Maybe throw some spotify playlists here?

When I'm churning out code I sometimes listen to WritheM Radio on Grooveshark, mostly techno/electronic: http://grooveshark.com/#!/writhem/broadcast http://grooveshark.com/#!/writhem/broadcast Otherwise, it depends on my mood and if I need white-noise to concentrate on something. Or loop a song I like non-stop until it fades in the background :)

reinier_s4g 12y ago
yeah, techno/electronic is a common choice, right now i'm listening to Chillout, but it not always work, thanks for your input!

DanBC 12y ago

This is a surprisingly common question. You might find some interesting suggestions: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=music#!/story/forever/prefix/0/music%20coding https://hn.algolia.com/?q=music#!/story/forever/prefix/0/mus... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6149361 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6149361 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3907881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3907881 etc.

reinier_s4g 12y ago
yeah, i figure haha, thanks! will check it out

bnejad 12y ago

Digitally Imported www.di.fm Free stations of curated electronic music. Stations are by genre. Soul house and Liquid dnb are some of my favorites

reinier_s4g 12y ago
nice, will check it out!

efferifick 12y ago

NPR all songs considered 24/7 audio stream.

notduncansmith 12y ago

I'll probably stick out like a sore thumb in this crowd, but... I have a Spotify playlist called "Tasteless Rap". A lot of catchy rap songs that are of very little depth, but pleasant to listen to. I know all the words to pretty much all of them by now, and it's a fairly high-energy playlist that helps me get in the zone quickly and keep momentum.

MalcolmDiggs 12y ago
I do exactly the same thing. As long as the lyrics are completely mundane/meaningless they don't screw up my internal monologue.

anishkothari 12y ago

SomaFM has some great stations http://somafm.com/ http://somafm.com/

RUG3Y 12y ago

Dead Kennedys, the Melvins, Black Flag, hmm...

MaysonL 12y ago

Bach: Goldberg Variations on loop.

coppolaemilio 12y ago
So classy!
reinier_s4g 12y ago
haha, you know, i also listen to a lot of classical music while coding, but sometimes you just need something more...up? or not so complex...
dllthomas 12y ago
The Uncle Meat Variations Or, y'know, whatever comes on Pandora.

allanmacgregor 12y ago

There you go, a bunch of my favorite tracks to get me in the right state of mind: http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345 http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345

redmaverick 12y ago

Samurai Champloo by Nujabes. Pretty sweet. http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo

sunseb 12y ago

SomaFM : http://somafm.com/ http://somafm.com/

nastygibbon 12y ago

Emily Howell.

vijucat 12y ago

Bvdub - A Moment's Peace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM is a favourite track of mine. However, it's just for initiating the session and writing down the TODOs or Goal before starting. I need silence to really think the rest of the time.

KhalPanda 12y ago

I don't have any Spotify playlists for you, but personally, I always listen to metal. It puts me in a productive mood and allows me to block out all other distractions. Sometimes I listen to Bandit Rock (http://www.bandit.se http://www.bandit.se). Disclaimer: I also listen to metal most the time when I'm not programming. :-)

ksherlock 12y ago

Not exactly music, but sometimes I listen to SleepResearch_Facility which is ambient/environmental noise (but more interesting than the environmental noise I get naturally)

BorisMelnik 12y ago

I find music to be very distracting, I prefer silence while I work but if I must have something on in the background it would be television news. For some reason that is easy for me to drown out and almost hypnotizing.

artsandsci 12y ago

Brian Eno's Music for Airports always helps me focus and get stuff done.

Zergy 12y ago

I like to listen to this YouTube playlist I created https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AEDED4BDDADFDD1 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AEDED4BDDADFDD1.

logn 12y ago

Ace Of Base, Air France, Alanis Morissette, Alors Danse, Alors On Danse, Alphaville, Aphex Twin, Apparat, Araabmuzik, Band of Horses, Baths, Battles, Baxter, Bear In Heaven, Beastie Boys, Benny Benassi, Better Than Ezra, Black Devil Disco Club, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blind Melon, Boards Of Canada, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Booka Shade, Bush, Candlebox, Caribou, Celly Cel, Chamillionaire, Chromeo, Client, Clubfeet, Cobblestone Jazz, Com Truise, Copy, Counting Crows, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Darkstar, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Deep Blue Something, Delorean, Depeche Mode, Dev, Dieselboy, Digitalism, DJ Khaled, DJ Screw, Drake, Dr_ Dre, Eat Static, Echotek, Electric Universe, Eliot Lipp, Ellen Allien & Apparat, Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Fatali, Felix Da Housecat, Felix Laband, Ferry Corsten, Fischerspooner, Four Tet, Fractal Glider, Fuck Buttons, Gardens & Villa, Gary Numan, Gemini, Genghis Tron, Gin Blossoms, Glass Candy, Gnarls Barkley, God Is an Astronaut, Gold Panda, Gotye, Grand National, Grateful Dead, Grimes, Guns N' Roses, Health, HEALTH, Hella, Holy Ghost!, Hydra, Imogen Heap, Infected Mushroom, Jack Johnson, Jay-Z, J_Cole, Jeff Samuel, Jewel, John Mayer, Junior Boys, Justice, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Keller Williams, Kennedy, Kid Cudi, Kiln, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Lali Puna, Lana Del Rey, La Roux, LCD Soundsystem, Lightning Bolt, Lil' Wayne, Lily Allen, Lindstrom, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Live, Lorn, Luna, Lusine, Lykke Li, M83, Marvin Gaye, Medeski_ Martin & Wood, Memory Tapes, Metric, Metro Area, MGMT, M_I_A_, Michael Jackson, Midwest Product, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, Moby, Modest Mouse, moe_, Moving Units, Mylo, Natalie Merchant, Neon Indian, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Parts and Labor, Passion Pit, Peaking Lights, Pearl Jam, Phantogram, Phil Collins, Phish, Phoenix, Prince, Prometheus, Radiohead, Ratatat, Real Estate, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R_E_M_, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Röyksopp, Rusted Root, Salem, Santigold, Scarface, Shooting Spires, Silver Swans, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Small Black, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Solar Fields, Son Of The Electric Ghost, Soundgarden, Steven Wright, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime, Submarines, Superpitcher, System 7, Teebs, Teengirl Fantasy, Telepathe, Tennis, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Avalanches, The Chromatics, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Dandy Warhols, The Dude Of Life, The Field, The Fitness, The Glitch Mob, The Killers, The Knife, The LK, The Notorious B_I_G_, The Notwist, The Polish Ambassador, The Rapture, The Samples, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Sounds, Ticon, Tiesto, Timbaland, Tim Hecker, TOBACCO, Toro Y Moi, Tycho, Tyga, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, Van She, vibrasphere, Vitalic, Washed Out, Weezer, We Love, YACHT, Yelle, Youth Lagoon, Zero 7, Zoot Woman