Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Music for Programming

musicforprogramming.net

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

271–280 of 448 posts

Re: Music for Programming

#271

Post by makmanalp »

bit-shifter wrote: post #133

I've been a long time fan of the music produced by autechre. When I really need to isolate myself from the outside world to concentrate on a difficult problem, the go-to choice is Incunabula. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunabula_(album) I'm not sure whether it's my absolute familiarity with the album, or that fact that it bears listening to on repeat.

Agree with Aphex Twin - you may dislike it, but it's hard to call it uninteresting. Not sure if that album would work as work music for me though, it's not quiet and calm - it's just varying and loud enough to attract my attention but not quite beat-y to keep me going either. It's interesting to see different opinions on this :D

Re: Music for Programming

#272

Post by makmanalp »

triMichael wrote: post #244
smtf wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been listening to Mirror's Edge OST while programming for weeks now, never thought to look for who created that sound track. Thanks!

Sure! I found Solar Fields by looking for Mirror's Edge remixes and stumbled onto whole songs. Solar Fields has several albums, it's a massive group and I think it's just one guy. Also recently found there is a sister group called H.U.V.A. Network that's pretty good too but has a slower and darker feel.

Yes! Many early-morning lines of code were written to the Ephemeris album! Especially Something Heavens!

Re: Music for Programming

#273

Post by makmanalp »

zos wrote: post #182

This is run by a friend of mine, John Datassette (not real name). He's a bomb game dev, squirty electro peacock and all round Little Lord. Check out his fiendishly hard game "Space Rubbish": https://datassette.bandcamp.com/album/space-rubbish-game-ost I made one of those mixes. Guess which one and i'll fax you some handmade congratulations.

Wow! The Datassette album is one of my favourites - Minus Fourteen is the first song on one of my favourite work playlists.

Re: Music for Programming

#274

Post by vram22 »

Here is one album and artist that I like:

Music video: Sitar - Vilayat Khan - Rarely Heard Ragas:

http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2013/10/music-video-sitar-vilayat-...

I had bought the CD quite a while ago, and like it. Very relaxing to listen to while programming; it is quiet, melodious, almost meditative sitar music, except for a few parts which are slightly louder, near the end, IIRC. A few people also told me they liked it, after reading the above post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qim2av-SRwU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayat_Khan

Re: Music for Programming

#275

Post by ThrustVectoring »

Klathmon wrote: post #228
paki123 wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holy shit, I do this too. Is there a resource(besides adderall) that can help me deal with this and understand this better?

I "vouched" for your comment as it was showing up dead for some reason... I can second sosuke, addforums.com was a great resource. I haven't been there for a long time though.

It probably showed up dead because of automated anti-spam tools that pick up on spammy keywords. Naming a scheduled medication by name is probably more than enough to trigger something like that.

Re: Music for Programming

#276

Post by makmanalp »

I was having a conversation with someone about this yesterday. I actually have two different modes when programming: Theres times when you're just trying to get a bunch of shit done and there it's mostly about getting you amped up and to stop you from getting stuck on trivial shit, and there's times when you have to think about something in super super detail and then distraction is a killer. And I have different music for each.

For the former, I have stuff like this:

https://play.spotify.com/user/infralite/playlist/0FUJY4gSuBO...

and

https://play.spotify.com/user/infralite/playlist/1SpbGdZGmno...

For the latter, I go for quiet personally, or turn the volume way down and put on something chill that I know really well. When it's familiar my mind doesn't get stuck on the music too much. I like Ephemeris from H.U.V.A Network, or some Boards of Canada or some Darkjazz (like Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble or Bohren & Der Club of Gore).

Also, counterintuitively, there is a lot of metal that goes well with this too. Here is one example:

https://open.spotify.com/user/infralite/playlist/6xHbGt1MGWa...

I love music suggestions so feel free to reply with some!

Re: Music for Programming

#279

Post by pimeys »

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…

2. Have you tried some German labels, like Perlon, Ilian Tape, Ostgut Ton or from the jazz side ECM? I bought the Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer Re: ECM album yesterday and it's two cds of experimental smooth modular jazz electronica. Perfect for concentration!

Re: Music for Programming

#280

Post by makmanalp »

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…

> works well because I think my mind is conditioned in an almost Pavlovian way to go into programming mode when I hear it

I agree with this a ton, there are certain songs and albums where I've listened to them hundreds of times and familiarity plays a huge role in helping me focus.

> 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.

Couldn't agree more! See my other comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12849064

We should trade music!

Post reply on HN