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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by croon »

delegate wrote: post #72
croon wrote: post #49

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> 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.

I listen a lot to ambient as well, but I liken it to drinking tea, which I normally do, and save coffee (the bpm stuff) for crunchtime.

My ambient go-to:s are (in no particular order):

Roedelius

Harold Budd

Tim Story

Brian Eno

Roger Eno

Hannu

Offthesky

Deaf Center

Message To Bears

Pjusk

Everything Is

diatonis

Build Buildings

The Echelon Effect

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Post by iamatworknow »

FunnyLookinHat wrote: post #68
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’…

I've been doing the same for a long time - J-Pop / K-Pop is the way to go. This is a great way to listen online: http://www.japanaradio.com/

Man, Japanaradio is still around? I remember listening to those shoutcast streams back in like 2003 or something (RIP Winamp).

I've actually found that when I get an itch for J-Pop I will scour TuneIn for a "real" radio feed from Japan. Japanaradio was always just a playlist on shuffle (or so it seemed), and there's something about listening to an actual radio station (with commercials and interstitials) that makes it feel less cold and automatic.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by messutied »

mangeletti wrote: post #139

I've listened to Brain.fm since this past February, and it is truly amazing. They have Focus, Relax, and Sleep, but I've only ever listened to Focus. It's like this steady stream of some kind of electronically generated music that changes each 30 minutes. I set it to 2 hours, and then I usually take a small break when it ends. I'll turn it on and literally get into the zone immediately; writing line after line of cod…

Trying it, pretty cool! thanks

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by ethanbond »

Galaxeblaffer wrote: post #118
kubami wrote: post #84

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can you share some of your favourite tracks?

Carbon Based Lifeforms - Super Seed Carbon Based Lifeforms - Tensor --------------------------- Really most CBL is good.. :) but the best albums are --------------------------- World Of Sleepers Interloper Hydroponic Garden --------------------------- Theres also artist like --------------------------- Asura Solar Fields Koan Aes Dana Sync24 (side project from one of the CBL guys) Ooze Ott ---------------------------…

Really surprised I had to scroll this far to see Tycho! I enjoy most on your last list, I'll have to check out the ones further up.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by lordnacho »

mangeletti wrote: post #139

I've listened to Brain.fm since this past February, and it is truly amazing. They have Focus, Relax, and Sleep, but I've only ever listened to Focus. It's like this steady stream of some kind of electronically generated music that changes each 30 minutes. I set it to 2 hours, and then I usually take a small break when it ends. I'll turn it on and literally get into the zone immediately; writing line after line of cod…

Wow, great link. This is just what I've been looking for. One does wonder how much of it is expectation effect. I mean if I didn't know the Benny Hill tune and it was labelled "focus" would it still work?

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Post by athenot »

kylebgorman wrote: post #134
smnscu wrote: post #103

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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...

Before Apple sold music, iTunes had an Internet Radio tab that listed several SomaFM stations.

It still does. It just gets more and more hidden with each release. But it's still there.
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