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Ask HN: What music do you listen to while you work?
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#250+ links from 14 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14745343
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#3I listen to the same rap albums over and over again.
The up-tempo beats and lyrics keep me well paced throughout the day
The first part of my day is spent listening to either Kanye West's discography or Kid Cudi's discography (omitting some of his experimental stuff) then I might mix in other albums after lunch
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#4MCMXC a.D. By Enigma
Music for Programming
Music for the masses by Depeche Mode
Syro by Aphex Twin
The inevitable end by Royksopp
Dead can dance by Dead can dance
Ghost in the shell soundtrack by Kenji Kawaii
I also listen to a lot of podcasts lately though I tend to tune them out and they become mostly white noise.
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#5I tend to hop over on soma.fm and pick a station. Usually "Sonic Universe" but I sometimes bounce around to the folk stuff, dubstep, celtic, etc.
Overall I like listening to either instrumental stuff or stuff I've never heard before, I feel like listening to songs with words that I know becomes a distraction somehow.
Interestingly, while driving and doing chores it's the exact opposite - I'm always relistening to songs I've heard a million times :)
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#6Sex Pistols and Dead Kennedys
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#7Piano - The Best Of YIRUMA
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#8Primarily video game soundtracks. They're made to play in the background while you perform tasks and come in all sorts of moods / intensity levels.
Favorites:
- FTL
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
- Shatter
- Skyrim
- Deus Ex (all)
- Frozen Synapse
- Mirror's Edge
- Anno (all)
- Civilization (esp. Beyond Earth)
- Transistor and Bastion (skipping vocal tracks)
- Ori, Journey, Flower
Also House, Dubstep, etc., though it's hard to find mixes without vocal tracks.
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#9I don't code, I do financial reporting, but I figured I'd answer anyway.
When I am doing tedious tasks that don't require much brainpower, I listen to hiphop/R&B (my favorite genre).
For actual hard analytical work, I listen almost exclusively to lo-fi hiphop. I need the drums for pacing and energy, but the instrumentals are very soothing and non-distracting. I'd seriously recommend trying lo-fi out if you like hiphop.
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#10I tend to hop over on soma.fm and pick a station. Usually "Sonic Universe" but I sometimes bounce around to the folk stuff, dubstep, celtic, etc. Overall I like listening to either instrumental stuff or stuff I've never heard before, I feel like listening to songs with words that I know becomes a distraction somehow. Interestingly, while driving and doing chores it's the exact opposite - I'm always relistening to son…
Ditto. Groove Salad, Fluid, and Sonic Universe channels on Soma FM. Enough to tune out the world without breaking my concentration.