I listen to the "Focus" music from Brain.fm. Works on all my devices and allows for offline content too.
I do this too. Feels like it's working.
Music for Programming
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#82A few other redditors and I maintain a playlist of Downtempo (mostly) non-vocal electronic music specifically targeted towards developers. It's an open playlist so feel free to contribute! https://open.spotify.com/user/fgutz/playlist/3dBiKJSoAQ6msoY... spotify:user:fgutz:playlist:3dBiKJSoAQ6msoYzl99wp2
is there a way to see the list without logging in to spotify? Non-vocal electronic seems like my cup of tea for when I'm working.
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#83Does anyone know of any actual conclusive studies in this area? Like most here, I have my own rules and preferences. The main rule seems to be it must be familiar, in fact it's best if I've heard it a thousand times already. But there are only three kinds of music that work for me:-
1. Music I first got into during my teenage years when I was sitting up all night coding assembler (OK, I admit it, Pink Floyd) works well because I think my mind is conditioned in an almost Pavlovian way to go into programming mode when I hear it;
2. Ambient EDM works well because it is very repetitive and doesn't have any strong lyrical structure - my trouble is, as an old fart, I find only a very small subset of the vast range of EDM that I actually like.
3. A certain kind of loud, wall-of-sound rock music which is very heavy on distortion with subdued vocals works well but only at night.
Received opinion says classical music is good for cognitive tasks, and I've tried over the years but never good great results.
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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.
can you share some of your favourite tracks?
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#85For 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
What's its bandwidth use like? If there's 20 people in the same office listening online, Youtube, etc. can get a bit heavy on the bit-flow.
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#86Does anyone know of any actual conclusive studies in this area? Like most here, I have my own rules and preferences. The main rule seems to be it must be familiar, in fact it's best if I've heard it a thousand times already. But there are only three kinds of music that work for me:- 1. Music I first got into during my teenage years when I was sitting up all night coding assembler (OK, I admit it, Pink Floyd) works we…
For me I actually avoid music I know/like and just go for straight up instrumental (usually piano or acoustic guitar playlists on Spotify). If it's music I know I'll get distracted by trying to find a song I like more than what shuffle gave me. But with instrumental I can work and enjoy the music at the same time effortlessly.
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#87I 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.
Chain Reaction Records FTW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWXoGTMePo&list=PLB851A38A6...
If you want it more boring even than that you could go for some drone music from the likes of Thomas Köner or Celer, or Gas.
Beyond that lies field recording.
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#88I have been listening to Civilization 6 soundtrack recently. It all-instrumental.
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#89I 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.
Chain Reaction Records FTW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUWXoGTMePo&list=PLB851A38A6... If you want it more boring even than that you could go for some drone music from the likes of Thomas Köner or Celer, or Gas. Beyond that lies field recording.
Reactor Room is great too!
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#90Listen to the Cloud - I listen to a nice mix of Ambient music and ATC radio chatter at http://listentothe.cloud. I built this a couple of days ago and topped at /r/programming