Last few years I've noticed most people listen to music while programming probably due to awful office environments. Any recommendations? I like Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Black Sabbath, Caravan. Prog or instrumental is often good, can really get you in the zone ;-)
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#2Drum 'n' Bass – might be a UK thing.
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#3I use background noise: http://www.noisli.com/
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#4I like game music
POP Warrior Within - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1potMUPsJI
Assasin's Creed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-nrEl3NqX8
In Motion from The Social Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yczul_609Gg
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#5I use background noise: http://www.noisli.com/
That's a good idea. Thanks
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#6https://focusatwill.com -- they always have a beat that fits my current energy level.
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#7That's the nice thing: http://musicforprogramming.net/
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#8I like game music POP Warrior Within - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1potMUPsJI Assasin's Creed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-nrEl3NqX8 In Motion from The Social Network - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yczul_609Gg
I have listened to In Motion so many times it's not even funny.
Also, A Familiar Taste is good, and Magnetic. I think Magnetic is actually my favorite track but In Motion definitely hits the spot like right when I open up my editor.
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#9Depends on the time of day!
Morning - classical or ambient to not fatigue the brain while tackling tougher problems:
Baroque style classical, ambient: Mysteries of the Deep, FAX (Pete Namlook), Boards of Canada, film score (Tron, Hans Zimmer etc), Fez game score by Disasterpeace
Afternoon - techno, to get the adrenaline flowing again: - any live mixes from Adam Beyer, Berghain residents, Nicole Moudaber, Nina Kraviz, etc etc
Night - Trance - really to keep the motivation going, any older A State of Trance episodes (pre 500) will do to add some melody to the grind
That's it, every day :)
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#10It really depends on my mood. Most of the time, heavy metal and hard rock of various sorts. I like everything from 80's era hair metal, speed metal and thrash metal, to the latest black metal and death metal, with a healthy dose of NWOBHM, power metal, doom metal, etc. mixed in, as well as plenty of "just hard rock".
If not that, sometimes I listen to classical and my tastes for that are pretty all over the place. I'm not actually all that educated (or picky) when it comes to classical, so I'll usually just put on a shoutcast station in the genre and go with that.
Outside of that, when I'm coding I sometimes like electronic music that I don't otherwise listen to a lot of. I'll put on some trance/house/ambient whatever stuff, or listen to something like Daft Punk, Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, etc.