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Re: Music for Programming

#101

Post by jason_slack »

Gatsky wrote: post #100
jason_slack wrote: post #66

I listen to the "Focus" music from Brain.fm. Works on all my devices and allows for offline content too.

I use this aswell. They just released an iphone app.

Yup, I started using it yesterday. I can't wait to have some offline content to take with me.

Re: Music for Programming

#102

Post by rgun »

I have found spotify 'Deep Focus' playlist [0] to be quite helpful.

Sometimes I also listen to movies' and tv shows' soundtracks [1] while working on the frontend (HTML/CSS)

[0] https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/2ujjMpFriZ2na...

[1] https://open.spotify.com/user/11142792696/playlist/2UtWdCTOx...

Re: Music for Programming

#103

Post by smnscu »

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

Thank for the recommendation. I created an iTunes playlist with all the SomaFM stations, in the highest bitrate available.

(File > Library > Import Playlist)

https://gist.github.com/andreis/bae8432469f59bc7287fe7264fe4...

Re: Music for Programming

#104

Post by thirdsun »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #69

A 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

Since it was well received the last time I mentioned it in a similar discussion I light as well showcase my "Early Morning Tales" - Playlist containing ambient/drone/downtempo which I think is very suitable programming and other tasks that require focus.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/user/michaelfeihstel/playlist/10IcC...

Re: Music for Programming

#106

Post by felideon »

3chelon wrote: post #83

Does 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…

Closest I've seen has been Brain.fm's stuff: https://brain.fm/app?v=7827#!/learn/BrainFMWhitePaper.pdf

Re: Music for Programming

#107

Post by smnscu »

armourman wrote: post #85
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

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.

Depends on the station. Go to the station page and check out the streaming options. Example:

http://somafm.com/sonicuniverse/

AAC: 64k 32k MP3: 192k 128k

Re: Music for Programming

#109

Post by veza »

Man I love this subject. For me music is to code what condiments are to food. It gives aroma. It also helps me get/stay in the zone and boost productivity. Only listen to electronic music, but depending on the mood very different:

- Stressed? => ambient, glitch (like Tim Hecker) calms me down

- Unmotivated/Mind Wandering? => some old school goa trance picks me up (like Shakta)

- On a normal day => maybe psybient (CBL, Solar Fields...) or some modern progressive (Frisky radio has some good stuff)

New stuff doesn't bother me, but words/verses do, hence there are almost none in what I listen.

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