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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by mangeletti »

lordnacho wrote: post #148
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?

I don't think it is a placebo effect for me, because there were times when it was less effective, based on the track that it started with - or when I would hear a specific set of tracks too many times and begin to recognize the patterns too closely.

At a point mid-summer, the effectiveness wore down for a while - I even asked Aaron (one of the founders, but also available via their little support window in the corner) about adding new tracks to Focus, which I'm sure others had also requested, because they added a bunch of new tracks and it became even more effective than before. They also seem to have removed some of the tracks that weren't very effective.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by kzisme »

I wish there was a community input based Spotify playlist - since I generally use that for all of my music needs across devices.

I do realize many people have different tastes, but most of the time people can find a happy medium.

Here is the closest playlist I can find to that curated by a single person: https://open.spotify.com/user/johanbrook/playlist/2mtlhuFVOF...

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by doneallison »

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…

I have also been loving Brain.fm—no other "focus music" I have tried has worked so well.

If anyone here tries it and likes it, there is actually a pretty good discount on various subscription types that expires in a few hours: https://shop.theawesomer.com/sales/brain-fm-lifetime-subscri...

The discounts are not actually as steep as the site claims (for example, lifetime is normally $150, not $200), but they are still quite good.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by sogen »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Radio It's still in there but disabled, just enable it

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by guessmyname »

After years of visiting this website to listen to good remixes while I write code I feared the day when someone would link it to HN because I knew before hand that it would make it inaccessible. Go damn it people! Y U Do Dis ಠ_ಠ

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by q-base »

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…

I have always just used the same hour long mixes on repeat. But will try this out and see. Thanks!

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by [deleted] »

Klathmon wrote: post #129
closed wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can only speak from the angle of memory/attention research, but a couple lines of study struck me. 1. Irrelevant speech / sounds tends to reduce memory capacity for the task at hand[a]. 2. People with ADHD self-stimulate by, e.g, squirming. Music can help them with attentional tasks by providing stimulation [b]. Overall, I'm not that familiar with studies specifically on music, but I'd guess that it's a trade-off b…

I have ADHD, and it's really difficult to describe to people how the "self stimulation" works. It's almost like I need to keep part of my brain busy so the other "quieter" part can work. Music, driving, pacing around, and to a lesser extent fidgeting or tapping can all "placate" that part of my brain so the other can actually do work. I'll even do things like play music while listening to a talk or presentation while…

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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by stuartmalcolm »

rads wrote: post #62

I recently discovered the work of Laurie Spiegel, whom I now have great respect for. My personal favorite song by her is the opener from her only album "The Expanding Universe": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN3uYELX8iQ Regardless of whether you fall in love with the music, it's worth knowing about her as a pioneer of computing. And yes, she also happens to be a woman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Spiegel >…

Wow! Excellent. Thanks
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