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Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by companyhen »

terhechte wrote: post #100
duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54

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Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me

I can't recommend CAN highly enough. I've written code to their music since 2006 (with pauses when I couldn't stand it anymore). Their music ranges from kinda rock to kinda ambient but they usually have a solid beat which helps me concentrate and somehow makes me type faster since I try to align to it subconciously I guess. They also have minimal vocals, and if there're vocals, there're hard to understand since it is…

They're an amazing group. Krautrock is a great genre and those albums are among the best. I love Kraftwerk as well.

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Post by bduerst »

afandian wrote: post #40
cullenmacdonald wrote: post #17

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justin didnt understand html or css a month ago

Aha. Well, congratulations to him. Not being snarky, I just don't consider HTML or CSS 'code' (I always considered 'code' to be executable).

Gotta start somewhere :)

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Post by twentysix »

wyck wrote: post #115

http://somafm.com/ Old site, still amazing broadcasts direct to VLC. Real people , not an algorithm "learning" what you like. Don't forget to donate:)

They have some great stations.

I would recommend http://www.zenradio.fm too. It features a mix of light instrumentals and ambient music.

MP3 : http://flux1.zenradio.fr:8800

OGG: http://flux2.zenradio.fr:8000

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by jderick »

duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54
lukev wrote: post #13

Very interesting, but I find I get much the same effect with the right types of music (which are also more aesthetically pleasing, to me). Also, recorded environmental sounds always have a certain degree of annoyance for me. There's nothing on earth I love more than the sound of rain or a crackling fire, but recorded versions just don't cut it (for me). This seems to fall into the same category.

Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me

DJ Shadow, Blockhead, Bonobo

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by martindale »

fumar wrote: post #80
duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54

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Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me

It depends on my mood. I find productive music to almost always lack vocals. I will list some artists and their respective albums, of the top of my head. (subgenres) Many of these artists have great discographies. Electronic 1. Glenn Underground - Atmosfear (house) 2. Aphex Twin - Ambient Works 85-92 3. Moby - 18 4. Space Dimension Controller - The Pathway To Tiraquon6 (soul-house) 5. Boards of Canada - Music has the…

We enforce this in the rules on our communal listening site, http://codingsoundtrack.org -- we like to think it's something to do with that part of our brains already being dedicated to understanding computer language.

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Post by richcollins »

fumar wrote: post #80
duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54

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Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me

It depends on my mood. I find productive music to almost always lack vocals. I will list some artists and their respective albums, of the top of my head. (subgenres) Many of these artists have great discographies. Electronic 1. Glenn Underground - Atmosfear (house) 2. Aphex Twin - Ambient Works 85-92 3. Moby - 18 4. Space Dimension Controller - The Pathway To Tiraquon6 (soul-house) 5. Boards of Canada - Music has the…

Carbon Based Lifeforms

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by david_shaw »

I've got to say that as skeptical as I was--noisy environments tend to annoy me--coffitivity is working very well for me.

Coffitivity plus Soma.FM's Groove Salad station (Soma.FM is great in general) has made me bang out more work in the last hour or so than in the several hours before it.

It could be the placebo effect, but so far, I'm loving it! Thank you!

Re: Show HN: Increase your productivity with ambient noise

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Post by cowpewter »

DerKommissar wrote: post #18

My brain must be wired differently. I listened to that for about three minutes before I wanted to pull my hair out. The only ambient sound I've ever been productive listening to is rain. I've tried to work in coffee shops before. Every few minutes I realize I've been listening to my neighbor's conversation and not doing work. I really dislike working in noisy places.

Not just you, this made me want to scream and throw something after a few minutes too. I program best listening to music I've heard a million times before, preferably something a little bit technical, like progressive rock or metal. It has to be familiar enough that my brain can anticipate every sound that's coming and not be surprised by anything, yet complex enough to give the idle parts of my brain that are prone to distraction something to 'chew' on, so I'm not off to HN every time the actual problem solving part of my brain gets stuck for 30 seconds. I tend to listen to the same album or two on repeat for a few weeks until I get sick of it, then switch to a different album or two.

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Post by lysol »

duncanmcdowell wrote: post #54
lukev wrote: post #13

Very interesting, but I find I get much the same effect with the right types of music (which are also more aesthetically pleasing, to me). Also, recorded environmental sounds always have a certain degree of annoyance for me. There's nothing on earth I love more than the sound of rain or a crackling fire, but recorded versions just don't cut it (for me). This seems to fall into the same category.

Any recommendations on specific music that helps you (artist/album)? I find that Radiohead/In Rainbows is good for me

LCD Soundsystem - 45:33. I can always get a good flow on with a little caffeine. Works just as well for running.
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