Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by throw_this_one » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 4:01 PM UTC

Basic Channel, Maurizio, Quadrant

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by trumbitta2 » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 4:28 PM UTC

Kimbra - Vows and Marina and the Diamonds - Family Jewels

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by santa_boy » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

notadoctor_ssh wrote: post #7

I usually have the Lo-fi beats playlist[1] on Spotify playing. [1] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWWQRwui0ExPn?si=...

Yes ... I'm actually flexible with music but quite often use the "Focus" genre on Spotify for work that requires more thought. I like the "Deep Focus" Playlist too (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWZeKCadgRdKQ?si=...)

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by dublin » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

Usually classical, jazz, or Celtic/ambient. Words are only allowed when I'm doing something mindless and rote - anything that requires real thinking, especially writing, will have the lyrics take the quality down a couple of notches - not a lot, but enough to be noticeable. The only exception is pure non-verbal creative work (CAD, graphic design, etc.) where relaxation is key - there, Jimmy Buffett, or old country or pop music can be quite useful.

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by kleer001 » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 5:35 PM UTC

Nothing with words or I get really distracted. Well, unless I really know the music, but even then it's a bit distracting.

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by wirddin » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 5:59 PM UTC

I sometimes listen to tracks from musicForProgramming[0] website, and I usually download the ones which I like and then play them off the offline music player.

Other than that, I have some Spotify playlists saved (not from me, some links I found on Twitter and other sites) [1,2]

[0] https://musicforprogramming.net

[1] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6dlwJYNRdkTfZMALZclyIx?si=...

[2] https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2u5h5ZloqSXRuDMTrRincp?si=...

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by stagas » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 7:54 PM UTC

Ketapop, chillrave[0] - I find they have the right amount of ambience and novelty to not be too boring to make you drowsy or too interesting to be distracting so they can peacefully sit in the background all day long giving you a bit of rhythm but also letting you focus.

[0]: https://soundcloud.com/gina-sabatini/kitti-mimizan-b2b-gina-...

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by karmakaze » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 8:25 PM UTC

Foreign rock/pop

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by _5659 » Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 8:26 PM UTC

Similar discussion here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19579216

Re: Ask HN: Best Music Background to Work?

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Post by muzani » Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 6:23 AM UTC

rzzzwilson wrote: post #2

It doesn't really matter. Once you are concentrating and "in the flow" you don't hear it.

I think the question is more, "What do you not hear? What puts you in the flow fastest?"

My roommate used to play Jack Johnston, The White Stripes, and Muse, and these felt terrible for my concentration.