For upgrades, patching, P1 issues, anything high-stress I prefer classical - Corelli, Locatelli, Handel. For coding I usually like electronica. I go back and forth between ambient stuff, like Koan or H.U.V.A Network, and vocal trance which has a pleasing, hypnotic aspect. I've tried binaural beats as well, they're not awful but they're not my go-to. Spotify has a ton of these kind of 2-hour tracks. Rainstorms can be…
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Psy-ambient has been my go-to as well for years (see username!). Anyone releasing music on Ultimae (run by Vincent Villius of the aforementioned H.U.V.A. Network) is a pretty good bet. All time favorites of mine are Solar Fields (also of aforementioned H.U.V.A. network) and Carbon Based Lifeforms, who also release music on Ultimae
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#22Krelez's chiptune livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gdhoj8HgaQ
Or sometimes a white noise generator..
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#23Goats yelling like humans in G major.
Can you hook me up with a source? I'd check the torrent sites, but I want to support the artists ya'know.
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#24Video game soundtracks should be really good, as they often contain no vocals and are supposed to keep you focused (on the game). E.g. Deus EX Human Revolution Soundtrack [0]. Movie scores from Hans Zimmer are also really good (e.g. Inception OST) [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyG6YMLEWus
Excellent suggestion. I kept using the Lord of the Rings Online soundtrack as coding music long after I stopped playing LOTRO itself. It really is well suited, for the reasons you mention, but it's not bland or boring.
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#25The Field - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDt7XFhwHg
MiM0SA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXHhKIChMbw
Fuck Buttons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxVZDxK02QE
Philip Glass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqFj81bpok
Police Scanner & Ambient Sounds - http://youarelistening.to/newyork
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#26On one screen, I have inspirational / epic / fantasy music going with pictures always changing (example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQbkJA9ZQs)
I get bored of coding so I like looking at the pretty pictures while I vim away on the other screen.
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#27DeadMau5 radio on Pandora.
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#28Synthwave and lo-fi mixes on youtube. This is almost becoming a cliche, but they work.
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#29Mainly video game music and remixes: http://ocremix.org/
Medieval and Renaissance music too, sometimes.
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#30ADULT. makes for good background noise http://www.adultperiod.com