I just go to stereomood.com and pick the mood I want to get into.
Thanks for that. I've mainly been using old.thesixtyone.com - and I've grown rather bored.
Ask HN: What is your programming music?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your programming music?
#12Right now, my Pandora "Nobuo Uematsu" channel. Very well tuned, IMO.
NIN, RHCP (the soft stuff), and trance.
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#13Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Explosions in the sky, Interpol
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#14Things with interesting music, but without lyrics. Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts I-IV" is a good start, as is the NIN ambient 'music' of the sound-track to the original Quake. The Canadian indie label Constellation has a number of artists that make good coding music, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, and Do Make Say Think. Other relevant artists include: Mogwai, Boards of Cana…
Agreed on many of these. The "Post-Rock" genre, which usually is anthemic and instrumental makes great music for concentrating on intensive tasks. A lot of ambient electronica can be good as well, but sometimes the repetition gets monotonous.
Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, Ratatat, F*ck Buttons, Tortoise, and El Ten Eleven have been in constant rotation for me lately. I often use them as seeds for Pandora as well. Works like a charm.
Re: Ask HN: What is your programming music?
#15Things with interesting music, but without lyrics. Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts I-IV" is a good start, as is the NIN ambient 'music' of the sound-track to the original Quake. The Canadian indie label Constellation has a number of artists that make good coding music, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, and Do Make Say Think. Other relevant artists include: Mogwai, Boards of Cana…
I forgot to mention: the other day I stumbled across instrumental cello music by Zoë Keating, and immediately thought "Wow, this'll be good coding music": http://music.zoekeating.com/
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#16Classical music (Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky), and chilly House music
Re: Ask HN: What is your programming music?
#17Things with interesting music, but without lyrics. Nine Inch Nails' "Ghosts I-IV" is a good start, as is the NIN ambient 'music' of the sound-track to the original Quake. The Canadian indie label Constellation has a number of artists that make good coding music, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, and Do Make Say Think. Other relevant artists include: Mogwai, Boards of Cana…
Agreed on many of these. The "Post-Rock" genre, which usually is anthemic and instrumental makes great music for concentrating on intensive tasks. A lot of ambient electronica can be good as well, but sometimes the repetition gets monotonous. Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, Ratatat, F*ck Buttons, Tortoise, and El Ten Eleven have been in constant rotation for me lately. I often use them as seeds for Pandora a…
Agreed on Nine Inch Nails and LCD Soundsystem. Sigur Ros is also great and hasn't been mentioned.
Re: Ask HN: What is your programming music?
#18"Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta" by Geto Boys, of course... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space)
Re: Ask HN: What is your programming music?
#19John Cage's 4'33", on repeat.
Re: Ask HN: What is your programming music?
#20Something I've listened to a lot, otherwise I get distracted by trying to pay attention (mostly to the lyrics). Lately, I've been listening to Girl Talk's All Day http://www.illegal-art.net/allday/ a lot, but I also like putting some NIN and Tool into the rotation as well.
This. All Day is excellent, and for more on the mashup side of things check out "wait what" http://www.waitwhatmusic.com/
I also love Buckethead. Energizing!