Also have the lifetime subscription from a HN-only offer they did some years back. Focus mode has been working for me quite well.
Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
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Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#22I also have a lifetime subscription through some deal years ago, I find the most benefit is the music doesn't catch my attention. I can't listen to classical, traditional or other instrumental music without getting caught in the tune. (Music with lyrics is right out for me when I need to concentrate). I regularly have problems with the ios and Android apps not downloading or connecting, and generally just work with t…
You can try some video game music, esp from strategy games like Age of Empires/total war/endless legend etc, they seemed to me, created in such way as to blend into the background without drawing player attention away from gameplay.
> You can try some video game music
Everytime I read this, I think back to the Quake soundtrack by Trent Reznor, especially the opening track, and think "That's not what I want to listen to when I'm coding." (Awesome as it is. :-)
I'll have to look into these strategy games you mention.
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#23This is AI snakeoil.
I don't care if it's AI snake-oil or a bunch of grandmothers in a yurt in Nepal.
It works, mate!
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#24There's a number of 24/7 YouTube live streams as well that are great for coding. My current favorite -
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#25I bought their lifetime subscription when it first came out, and it's wonderful. I would recommend, I listen to it nearly daily. Here are more detailed thoughts: https://medium.com/@kentf/nootropic-review-brain-fm-addddeee...
I was lucky to jump on when the lifetime sub was available too, it's a great service. I stopped using it for a while because they didn't support Firefox, but it works perfectly now.
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#26While I totally appreciate a zero-config, subscription based, AI arranged pre-recorded, modulated sounds bundle, my personal preference would be to gravitate towards an area where I can control the mix. Something like https://asoftmurmur.com/
The reason is that my choice of music depends on my mood. e.g. If I met a cute girl on my way to getting a coffee in the morning, I want to listen to birds chirp with the sound of waves in the background. But if I am feeling my usual lethargic morning self, I would go for singing bowls in a coffee shop sound mix combined with a distant thunder.
It goes without saying how grateful I am to people who put in the effort to understand psyche and it's connection with music so that we can all be more productive.
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#27Ever heard of Glossolalia? It's a very effective technique.
It helps to empty your unconscious mind and repressions.
Glossolalia :- https://www.osho.com/meditate/more-meditations/meditation-of...
No-mind meditation :- http://www.oshomeditations.com/no-mind-therapy/
It's a simple method which has tremendous benefits. If used regularly it brings permanent transformation gradually.
Lately, many apps are coming with music and what not which is nothing but the hypnosis. Hypnosis is like a drug, a temporary technique which only has instant effects but not permanent one.
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#28Is this thread fake news ... all i see are reviews of how great this is?
Sorry never heard of this and hearing this many HN members gush about a not that well known paid service is odd.
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#29If you want some music to improve, well, anything, I'd sooner turn to, say, Bach, rather than to some engineer who isn't a musician.
I think it may be because I grew up playing classical music, but I can't stand listening to it while trying to focus on anything. I find it far too distracting, there is just too much going on in the music.
Re: Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep
#30I currently use http://mynoise.net which has a huge number of various sounds by a research/sound engineer. I'd try this if I could without creating an account. Maybe I'm missing an immediate test somewhere (start listening now makes me create an account). Also please add google/github auth. I'm really over making accounts everywhere, especially if I'm just trying something out to see if I'll use it, a lot of us are n…
I too would explore this if there was a way that didn't require me to create an account.