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Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by pquerna » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:30 AM UTC

I use Digitally Imported: http://di.fm/

I hop around different radios, but probably too much EuroDance for most people's tastes, but it gets me into the zone

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by chronomex » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:33 AM UTC

pizzaman wrote: post #11

same with me, everything with lyrics distracts me. I listen to soma.fm "drone zone", mellow film scores such as revolutionary road, american beauty, monster. Or tycho "past is prologue" is also played a lot... a discussion on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14987/audio-while-program...

Some time ago I got out of the habit of collecting music. These days I listen to one of three or four internet radio stations, depending on mood. (I have a shellscript `listen` which is basically mplayer and a case statement.)

My current favorites: loads of ETN.fm and evolved.fm, a good deal of bassdrive.com, with a bit of UnitedBreaks.fm for variety.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by tkahn6 » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:33 AM UTC

drx wrote: post #6

* Bach, Mozart, Beethoven (get a complete works so it doesn't bore you after a while. There are many gems which are not known by the general public, like the famous BWV 565, etc.) * Chiptunes (I recommend maktone and dubmood) * Daft Punk, Ratatat * Anything I know by heart -- I won't be distracted by the lyrics. This also works if you don't understand the lyrics

Wow that's exactly what I listen to. It's a good combination isn't it, electronica and classical?

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by pauldelany » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:35 AM UTC

boards of canada

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by endual » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:35 AM UTC

It's freaking me out, but my tastes have totally changed over the years. It used to be The Dead Kennedy's and 70's punk, but lately it's minimalist modern classical, like Robert Rich or David Darling...

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by almost » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:41 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by babo » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:44 AM UTC

I prefer silence when my environment is not distracting but in a busy office AC/DC our similar music through headphone helps to concentrate.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by keyle » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:45 AM UTC

FG dj radios - 4 radios. great house / deep house at any hour.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by jonny_noog » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:47 AM UTC

I'm often preferring silence these days, but when I do feel like tunes, I like stuff that's doesn't tear my attention away from what I'm doing.

The Aphex Twin:

  Analogue Bubble Bath
  Analogue Bubble Bath 2
  Analogue Bubble Bath 3
  Analogue Bubble Bath 3.1
  Analogue Bubble Bath 4
  Analogue Bubble Bath 5
  Selected Ambient Works

Also, Trace Nico and Speedy J.

Re: Ask HN: Music while coding

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Post by drx » Sun, Jul 18, 2010, 10:52 AM UTC

tkahn6 wrote: post #23

drx wrote: post #6

* Bach, Mozart, Beethoven (get a complete works so it doesn't bore you after a while. There are many gems which are not known by the general public, like the famous BWV 565, etc.) * Chiptunes (I recommend maktone and dubmood) * Daft Punk, Ratatat * Anything I know by heart -- I won't be distracted by the lyrics. This also works if you don't understand the lyrics

Wow that's exactly what I listen to. It's a good combination isn't it, electronica and classical?

Indeed. Can you list yours that I haven't listed already? One can never have enough.

Edit: also, yeah. I thought my combo was pretty rare.