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That was my go to place for programming music. I was excited to find it is back.
I got the $5/month sans-commercials subscription and am pretty happy with it.
SomaFM is great too especially Drone Zone for a quieter slower pace.
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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
Not sure if that counts, but I really like Bohren & Der Club of Gore. It's not Ambient per se, but super-downtempo jazz-ish music. I highly recommend Sunset Mission!
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/listener/id1127677466
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
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…
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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 i…
Oh - I haven't heard of TuneIn. Any recommended stations that you've found there for J-Pop?
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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…
Great phrasing of the feeling. I started listening to e-books, fiction, after finding that my programming thoughts don't really intersect my verbal thoughts. The benefit being I don't get distracted reading anything else because my speech center is already occupied. The only time I have to pause the music is during a planning session where I do have internal dialogue. ATTN paki123: I can't reply to your comment but y…
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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 ---------------------------…
Vibrasphere, Kaya Project, Random Rab, Easily Embarrassed, Beats Antique, Entheogenic, Shulman, Tripswitch, Bluetech, Gaudi
Here's a Spotify Playlist with lots of good stuff: https://open.spotify.com/user/redconfetti/playlist/03bKMoeCx...
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…
The website timed out on me, but... For me, it's got to be techno - generally happy hardcore - fast, repetitive beats and uplifting but inane (and hence not distracting) lyrics. (I may be the only one. ;) )
I quite like harsh breakcore from time to time, especially in noisy offices. Stuff like Venetian snares - since it's so mental it you have to raise your game to work with / against it.