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Music for Programming (2011)

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Re: Music for Programming (2011)

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Post by wildrhythms »

coreyp_1 wrote: post #35

Am 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 studied music classically from a young age, and I absolutely cannot listen to music while programming (or writing, etc) I immediately fall into studying the music. I truly believe this is a phenomenon among musicians.

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Post by BigJono »

dukoid wrote: post #110
LeifCarrotson wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this site does a decent job of avoiding music that can be focused on. They mention on the about page: > we have found that the most effective music to aid prolonged periods of intense concentration tends to have a mixture of the following qualities: Drones Noise Fuzz Field recordings Vagueness (Hypnagogia) Textures without rhythm Minor complex chords Early music (Baroque, lute, harpsichord) Very few drums or…

Space Ambient is best for this purpose... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuqZTQ_5gsppMEJWlJoH3...

And the closely related Space Atmoblack is quite possibly the worst...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Kbh5Ln8tMJ_h7IykOFkg/vid...

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Post by stanmancan »

coreyp_1 wrote: post #35

Am 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…

It depends on the music. Electronic music with no vocals really helps me concentrate. As soon as there’s vocals I’m doomed.

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Post by boring_twenties »

cheschire wrote: post #90
tombert wrote: post #54

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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.

I really need to know, do these individuals know that they've been IRL-killfiled?

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Post by zV62drdTw6CM »

edem wrote: post #231

Kinda anecdotal, but what works for me is a mix of dark ambient and drone. Anything more intense gets me out of the flow. Relevant playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62CD3gc39cVrOkUGelCRrZ?si=...

Great selection! I added your playlist to my Gist posted above.

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Post by zV62drdTw6CM »

dv35z wrote: post #105

I have found several “brown noise” tracks which I find great for getting into the zone. Right now, my absolute favorite is “cockpit” brown noise (the sound of muffled airline jet noise). For example, you could set this track to repeat endlessly: https://open.spotify.com/track/01Kk9an41cyVj7oIXd2Fsj?si=NnC... For whatever reason, it gives me the feeling of “fast” (jet), important (I’m the pilot of this important thing…

Thank you for the playlist! I added it to my Gist posted below.

On a side note, I find it interesting how we buy noise cancellation headphones against airplane nose but also create playlist with these sounds.

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