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Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by unwound »

alva wrote: post #77
sergiotapia wrote: post #64

I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…

While we are at it, the following is a selection of musicians whose work for me is both sedative and promotes focus (an oxymoron?). Ambient music usually garners a few sniggers, "this is what they play in spas" "whale music" etc, however in my experience can be an incredibly rewarding and effective method of relaxation and enjoyment. Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) - Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og Brian Eno - D…

Gas is one of my favorite artists of all time. While I think Pop is a fantastic album, his best is Zauberberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc

This album breathes warmth into my soul. So hauntingly beautiful that I think about these soundscapes on a daily basis.

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by picklesman »

alva wrote: post #77
sergiotapia wrote: post #64

I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…

While we are at it, the following is a selection of musicians whose work for me is both sedative and promotes focus (an oxymoron?). Ambient music usually garners a few sniggers, "this is what they play in spas" "whale music" etc, however in my experience can be an incredibly rewarding and effective method of relaxation and enjoyment. Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) - Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og Brian Eno - D…

Great list.

Stars of the Lid makes some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. It's ambient, made with strings and heavily processed guitar. The songs develop into these breathing like rhythms that just push some sort of button in me.

I can listen to it while working, or just on its own really loud to make the details come out.

Stars Of The Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_lDyRymrw

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaSi7Gut7xM

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by atom-morgan »

Diederich wrote: post #87

I have a background in music composition, so ANY music I listen to...no matter what, distracts me, since part of me is decomposing it. It's taken several years, but I've conditioned myself to enter high focus mode by listening to white noise. Self conditioning is, I think, the key part for me at least.

I play drums. I can't listen to any music I know well otherwise I start drumming along.

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by mixmastamyk »

So, tried it and was enjoying it a lot, helped me to focus writing (finally) on a particular chapter of a book I've been dreading for some reason.

So, I get in the zone and then click! internet error. Had to refresh, and now it demands I complete a survey and register... grumble grumble. :/

Cool site though, good luck.

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by mooseburger »

sergiotapia wrote: post #64

I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…

I guess I'm pretty weird for programming to tribal punk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn9Li6Sh9BU

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by EC1 »

bladecatcher wrote: post #83
sergiotapia wrote: post #64

I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…

I love Nujabes too. I also highly recommend Boards of Canada: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0fSIHcxJhECMV53Llj23...

Checkout "Christ." as well. 3rd early BoC member, he's sort of struggling but his music is amazing. He's one of the only artists to ever get an encore from John Peel.

He's reissuing one of his best albums on vinyl and is only 64 preorders away from fulfilling the goal - https://www.diggersfactory.com/project/203/christ-curio-volu...

1) Christ. - Pylonesque - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXipXsYg1_U

2) Christ. - Glenbrook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yIicModMLw

3) Christ. - Perlandine Friday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcaNsuqOzwY

His music got me through some times. Especially 2 and 3.

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by mrspeaker »

alva wrote: post #77
sergiotapia wrote: post #64

I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…

While we are at it, the following is a selection of musicians whose work for me is both sedative and promotes focus (an oxymoron?). Ambient music usually garners a few sniggers, "this is what they play in spas" "whale music" etc, however in my experience can be an incredibly rewarding and effective method of relaxation and enjoyment. Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) - Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og Brian Eno - D…

Oh, these are fantastic... spent the last hour sampling them. Thanks for the Headphone Commute tip!

While we're listing things, and on a quite different note (much more "pop" - perhaps too distracting given the context of this post), I'd add the Fez OST (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYL-5N08JtA)... it's like chiptune Vangelis, and lovely for working and/or on a plane.

(also, Vangelis).

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by sneak »

unwound wrote: post #91
alva wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While we are at it, the following is a selection of musicians whose work for me is both sedative and promotes focus (an oxymoron?). Ambient music usually garners a few sniggers, "this is what they play in spas" "whale music" etc, however in my experience can be an incredibly rewarding and effective method of relaxation and enjoyment. Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) - Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og Brian Eno - D…

Gas is one of my favorite artists of all time. While I think Pop is a fantastic album, his best is Zauberberg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc This album breathes warmth into my soul. So hauntingly beautiful that I think about these soundscapes on a daily basis.

> Gas is one of my favorite artists of all time. While I think Pop is a fantastic album, his best is Zauberberg.

Perhaps under that alias. His minimal acid techno is also unparalleled.

Mike Ink - Playtex (Dadajack): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O30AGIUofRw

Mike Ink & Andreas Dorau - Das Telefon Sagt Acid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFZ-JxQdtc

(He (Wolfgang Voigt) goes by Mike Ink, Gas, M:I:5, Studio 1, Wassermann, et al.)

Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep

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Post by look_lookatme »

roflmyeggo wrote: post #66
gumpyoung wrote: post #62

I don't mind to try this new one... my favourite is http://musicforprogramming.net , all tracks are available as podcasts on iOS devices too.

I use these for coding/studying all the time. If you download all of them and put them on shuffle you basically have ~40 hours of music to jump into at any given moment.

Here is a script to download all of them : )

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/62574c1f8161744395e4

[edit] Previous gist only had 34 of the tracks, updated one has all 38.

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