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Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by reinier_s4g » Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 10:10 PM UTC

bnejad wrote: post #7

Digitally Imported www.di.fm Free stations of curated electronic music. Stations are by genre. Soul house and Liquid dnb are some of my favorites

nice, will check it out!

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by notduncansmith » Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 10:26 PM UTC

I'll probably stick out like a sore thumb in this crowd, but... I have a Spotify playlist called "Tasteless Rap". A lot of catchy rap songs that are of very little depth, but pleasant to listen to. I know all the words to pretty much all of them by now, and it's a fairly high-energy playlist that helps me get in the zone quickly and keep momentum.

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by anishkothari » Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 10:56 PM UTC

SomaFM has some great stations http://somafm.com/

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by RUG3Y » Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 10:56 PM UTC

Dead Kennedys, the Melvins, Black Flag, hmm...

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by MalcolmDiggs » Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 11:31 PM UTC

notduncansmith wrote: post #12

I'll probably stick out like a sore thumb in this crowd, but... I have a Spotify playlist called "Tasteless Rap". A lot of catchy rap songs that are of very little depth, but pleasant to listen to. I know all the words to pretty much all of them by now, and it's a fairly high-energy playlist that helps me get in the zone quickly and keep momentum.

I do exactly the same thing. As long as the lyrics are completely mundane/meaningless they don't screw up my internal monologue.

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by allanmacgregor » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 1:04 AM UTC

There you go, a bunch of my favorite tracks to get me in the right state of mind:

http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by redmaverick » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 1:59 AM UTC

Samurai Champloo by Nujabes. Pretty sweet.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by sunseb » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 8:17 AM UTC

SomaFM : http://somafm.com/

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by nastygibbon » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 10:07 AM UTC

Emily Howell.

Re: Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming?

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Post by vijucat » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 12:14 PM UTC

Bvdub - A Moment's Peace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM

is a favourite track of mine. However, it's just for initiating the session and writing down the TODOs or Goal before starting. I need silence to really think the rest of the time.