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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by damson »

reitanqild wrote: post #30
Philipp__ wrote: post #21

I really like to listen to dub techno while programming. It is repetitive, no vocals, long songs (8-10min), relaxed vibe with not a lot of going on, yet very nice and ambiental.

I'll try that I guess. For now I use trance, anything that is happy or energetic, harmonic and wih no words. I have a long playlist that someone created on Spotify with this kind of trance.

For trance (or a lot of other electronic music genres), [di.fm](http://www.di.fm/trance/) is nice for when you can't be bothered to select a playlist etc.

Edit: [ah.fm](http://ah.fm/player/) is also good for trance.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by delegate »

croon wrote: post #49
eswat wrote: post #17

I have two rules when I’m listening to music while programming: 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip) 2. I pick one song and repeat it for the entire day, sometimes for several days in a row. I’…

> 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip) I never consciously did this, other than I obviously went to the music and pressed play, but since about 10 years ago, when I really need to focus on work…

Also try psychill / psybient if you want a calm, ambient soundscape. Good for deep concentration.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by teddyh »

I would suggest Void Main’s album “Deadlock” – it’s the only music I know with a programming theme as well as being mostly instrumental and made for listening while programming. It used to be available on the old mp3.com (at http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/241/void_main.htm), but MP3.com was killed many ages ago. The artist still has the album cover and the tracks available on his home page, though. Note especially “Escape Sequence” which has authentic C++ programming sounds, and “Follow the GNU” with lyrics by Richard Stallman.

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/deadlock.jpg

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Another...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Artific...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Artific...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Escape%...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Follow%...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Hello%2...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20I%20Too...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Interna...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Kernel%...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Penguin...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Penguin...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20There%2...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/Void%20Main%20-%20Use%20t...

http://www.grubblarna.com/voidmain/anotherworld_lime_remix.m...

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by nsomaru »

forgetsusername wrote: post #46
Inversechi wrote: post #24

For me I find SomaFM good for working - http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/missioncontrol - http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/defcon - http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/cliqhop

Multiple Soma FM recommendations in the thread. That's great to see. I pay for a monthly "subscription", because it's one of those things that, if it disappeared tomorrow, would be upsetting and impossible to replace. I use it daily.

Yes, extremely happy that it's available to those of us outside of EU|US unlike that other popular music service appearing on this thread.

Yes; tunnel, VPN. But why?

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by dagw »

kafeltz wrote: post #60
dagw wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of people, myself included, find it difficult to program (or concentrate on any mentally challenging task) while listening to certain types of music. Personally I'm partial to Norwegian Black metal for programming.

Could you provide some youtube link showing what you like to listen?

Windir is an example of a band I think works really well for coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v805xBELTs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW6h0lhXW3Q

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by pionar »

codeape wrote: post #41

Nice. Has anyone tried the tracks from Music To Code By ( http://mtcb.pwop.com/ ) ? I bought a few of them and IMO they are nice. The tracks are all 25 minutes in length.

I love these. Very good for background music, and they're repetitious, which works for me.

My wife, however, is a classical/jazz musician, so she can't use music to focus, it causes her anxiety because she spends time analyzing the music. She tends to listen to ambient noise playlists (rain, etc.)

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by eswat »

suby wrote: post #63
eswat wrote: post #17

I have two rules when I’m listening to music while programming: 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip) 2. I pick one song and repeat it for the entire day, sometimes for several days in a row. I’…

Do you have any recommendations on some high-energetic k-pop?

Probably these ones I’ve been listening to lately

치타(Cheetah) - Crazy Diamond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnWtu72LaBg

HyunA(현아) - '어때? (How's this?)' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y882AFjrSOM

4MINUTE - 미쳐(Crazy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nCLBTmjJBY

The pace isn’t quite as energetic as you’d find in EDM or Industrial, but it’s enough for me to get into flow easily.

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