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Re: Music for Programming

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Post by ryankey721 »

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…

Wish I could help with the studies, but if you're interested in more anecdotes, I can help there.

Your #1 and #3 definitely work, especially in harmony, but I have found that I do well with songs in langauages that I don't know at all but I like the general style. For example, when I need enegry and work, I listen to Rammstein or The Pillows (Japanese). If I need to relax a bit and work, Seeed (german reggae) or something french are my go to. There's a lot more and sometimes I just put on a Spotify international playlist. The randomness and lack of understandable lyrics helps me, as long as I don't try to learn what they are saying.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by p0nce »

solutionyogi wrote: post #289
p0nce wrote: post #97

I'm listening to this same 2 hours mix for years: https://soundcloud.com/cid-inc/cid-inc-artist-of-the-week It has become an anchor that always puts me in mood for deep work.

This is an unbelievable mix. Non vocal electronic music with perfect tempo and transitions. Thank you so much. I bought my brain.fm subscription but I didn't think I needed to. Please share if you have any other mixes like this.

Currently in my "mixes" folder:

- Dmitry Molosh Live @ Just Movement Recyclelounge Gallery Club 44 (Amsterdam July 2th 2016).mp3

- Roger Martinez - Live @ Oh Cha __ Bombay India __ 24-04-2016 Final.mp3

- From Cid Inc again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRk59Tn-lCk

I can also recommend the Marcelo Vasami Inception show.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by 3chelon »

rorygreen wrote: post #339
3chelon wrote: post #233

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Yes, I find the sub-genres hard to describe. Future Sound of London. Burial. Four Tet. Boards of Canada. Some DJ Shadow. Suggestions welcome, actually, it's all a newish field for me...

You've got some really great selections there! I've picked a fairly random list of albums and EPs from a range of electronic music, I really hope you find things you like amongst it. Also I don't want to be the genre police but I wouldn't call any of this EDM, that term seems to have been adopted by a type of music of which, I guess I'll just say I'm not a fan. In no particular order: Arovane - Tides (2000) Tim Hecke…

Thanks for the list! The Massive Attack album is one I already love, so I'll check out the others.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by zos »

mind_heist wrote: post #354
makmanalp wrote: post #273

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

I have bumped into his name so many times , but never once though it was a made up name ! Is he a game dev himself ? Can I ask for the list of games he made , would love to check them out .

Yeah, he puts all his game stuff out here http://slakinov.com/. But I think his server is still down after Hacker News crushed it, ha.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by oriel »

jkalmadi wrote: post #344
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…

Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

Plug of my own. I'm a maintainer on an OSX toolbar plugin called BeardedSpice. Simple mapping of play/pause/etc/ keys to website audio players.

I was really happy to see we already had a controller strategy for brain.fm. You guys are making great stuff.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by timkofu »

jkalmadi wrote: post #344
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…

Co-founder of brain.fm here. Thanks for the love! Here's an exclusive deal on the lifetime membership for the next 24 hours. It's a $29 deal (or 80% off) for the lifetime membership. Our best offer :) Link: http://brain.fm/HN

When is an Android app coming?

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by rjbwork »

awongh wrote: post #385
Klathmon wrote: post #288

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It's very similar for me. My music is EDM like many other coders, but it's more live performances, as they just don't end. Generally i'll grab a playlist of like 3 or 4 live shows from the same producer and i'll play them back to back. But the multitasking thing is a bit different for me, it's more one-sense-at-a-time for me. My wife has laughed at me before because she'll come home and i'll be watching a youtube tal…

this. I find stuff like brain.fm too minimal, and not engaging enough, personally. Interesting how everyone has a personal threshold of not engaging enough / too engaging. I wish there was some reliable resource I could go to to find 3-5 hour blocks of edm type music.

What about soma.fm?

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by thejosh »

lighttower wrote: post #290
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 signed up when they first launched. I cought lifetime membership for $25. The beta version ran my CPU to 200℅ because some funky animation on the website. That added ab ambient white noise layer from the PC fan. It's was a feature :-)

Glad someone else had the same experience, was trying to figure out how to disable that tacky animation.

Re: Music for Programming

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Post by oriel »

inanutshellus wrote: post #377
jkalmadi wrote: post #361

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Yup! 80% done, sprinting to release it.

Whenever I hear a programmer say "80% done" I think of the contractor's version: "two weeks", from the old '80s movie Money Pit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xGgWIw5tU

The joke at my old work was 'basically done'. Meaning they spent a weekend equivalent on a prototype. Management heard 'done' the rest of us heard 'not production ready'.
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