This is really subjective. Classics of Rock like Pink Floyd works for me, but I'm not sure that it works for my mate who asked me to "stop the music". Lofi is a good option too.
Music for Programming (2011)
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Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#82Am I the only person who can't listen to anything while coding? My attention goes straight to the music, and I can't concentrate on the task at hand! When I was in high school, my math teacher would play Mozart during tests, claiming it would help us. It would drive me crazy, and I doubt that my grades improved as a result of the distraction. For what it's worth, I have a BMus in Piano Performance. I love music... bu…
I'm a pianist with an active performing schedule and I'm the same way. I'll listen to music at work if I have relatively mindless tasks to get out of the way, but when it comes to actual coding or anything requiring careful thought, forget it. All music ends up being distracting, either because I really enjoy it or because I find it really annoying. I'd be curious to know if there are any serious musicians here who c…
I've played guitar and bass for 15+ years, and I can't work without listening to music. Sometimes it feels like there is 20 voices in my head when working, like while trying to develop a report I'm constantly juggling the all thoughts of the queries, design, database updates, etc. Music makes my brain tend to focus on the task at hand.
Though I cannot listen to anything spoken word like podcasts or talk radio. Drives me absolutely nuts.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would invest in a pair of nice noise canceling headphones. They work wonders for me and are a must have in open offices.
Did you read parent poster? What good are noise-cancelling headphones if you can't listen to music because it's distracting?
They're cancelling noise whether or not you're listening to music ;-)
Sweet sound of silence.
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#84I'm not familiar with any of these musicians, so I'm going to have to check them out. Thanks! I was lucky enough to score a second-hand set of Deutche Grammophon's Complete Beethoven Edition at an estate sale, and I like to crank up the piano sonatas when coding (and save the symphonies for consensual sex and ultraviolence). When I'm not rocking out to the Ludwig van, I've got some other stuff I like to play while co…
> and save the symphonies for consensual sex... mmkay, thats nice, but what do you listen to for non-consentual sex? /s
he was making a reference to A Clockwork Orange...bit of the ol' Ludwig Van.
referring to how the character murders people or has threesomes in the film to a symphony.
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would invest in a pair of nice noise canceling headphones. They work wonders for me and are a must have in open offices.
Did you read parent poster? What good are noise-cancelling headphones if you can't listen to music because it's distracting?
Noise cancelling headphones can cancel noise without any music playing.
It's not 100%, but they'll get rid of like 80% of the background noise without playing anything. To get that last 20% yeah you need something playing to help mask it(even at an extremely low volume).
Sometimes I wear mine with nothing playing while at work just to get rid of random office chatter.
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would invest in a pair of nice noise canceling headphones. They work wonders for me and are a must have in open offices.
Did you read parent poster? What good are noise-cancelling headphones if you can't listen to music because it's distracting?
You can get a nice pair of ear muffs for much less.
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would invest in a pair of nice noise canceling headphones. They work wonders for me and are a must have in open offices.
Did you read parent poster? What good are noise-cancelling headphones if you can't listen to music because it's distracting?
But the parent was also talking about ambient stuff. Noise-cancelling headphones would definitely help.
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#88Am I the only person who can't listen to anything while coding? My attention goes straight to the music, and I can't concentrate on the task at hand! When I was in high school, my math teacher would play Mozart during tests, claiming it would help us. It would drive me crazy, and I doubt that my grades improved as a result of the distraction. For what it's worth, I have a BMus in Piano Performance. I love music... bu…
Have all my upvotes. I just cannot work with music on. I work from home and silence can be depressing all day long, so I make a point of turning on the radio in breaks, but never when I code.
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#89There's a guy who makes a playlist on Spotify called Programming with a coffee emoji, I listen to it so often I even found his Twitter or something and reached out to him to show appreciation. Turns out listening to Scandinavian Rock (melodic and lyrics I can't follow) is really good for productivity lol
Re: Music for Programming (2011)
#90Am I the only person who can't listen to anything while coding? My attention goes straight to the music, and I can't concentrate on the task at hand! When I was in high school, my math teacher would play Mozart during tests, claiming it would help us. It would drive me crazy, and I doubt that my grades improved as a result of the distraction. For what it's worth, I have a BMus in Piano Performance. I love music... bu…
You're not the only person; it's why I absolutely despise open offices. I have trouble getting things done with people talking, and "just putting on headphones" doesn't really work because I have trouble focusing on anything but the music. The closest thing I'll do to address my particular problem is find audio of stuff like thunderstorms or waterfalls and more ambient stuff. Personally, I find that much easier to tu…
I use bose in-ear noise cancelling headphones with a custom spectrum of noise from mynoise.net playing which is specifically tuned to the same frequency as certain louder individuals in my office. Completely blocks it.