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Music to Let you Concentrate

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Re: Music to Let you Concentrate

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Post by jlengrand »

jwdunne wrote: post #7
soitgoes wrote: post #6

Nice service. When I'm coding Trance, mainly Armin van Buuren, works best for me.

Agreed and same. I have a playlist on my phone for just trance which gets listened to whenever I'm working or even exercising. I noticed something really interesting - your pace adjusts to the beat. For example, I took my headphones off to take a call and I was in awe at the speed of the beat, which only 2 minutes ago sounded fairly regular and not as fast.

Agreed.

When I was working for my math exams, having to learn dozens of demonstrations by heart, I have a playlist composed of 6 hours of remixes of satisfaction, by Benni Benassi. Amazing how 6 hours can look like 30 minutes when you listen to the same, repititive music :).

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Post by limmeau »

Nzen wrote: post #9

On the advice of coffitivity, I've turned to human environments for ambient noise. I've been blessed with library access to the BBC sound effects library. http://www.sound-ideas.com/sound-effects/bbc-41-60-cds-sound... Some are the typical sfx fare, but the latter half is of city streets from around the world.

Have you tried Boodler, a soundscape generator?

http://boodler.org/

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Post by bonjourmr »

pepr wrote: post #2

"... two out of three of people like to listen to music while they work, study or read but it’s difficult to find and manage music that consistently works well for this purpose." Precisely! I like to listen to ambient music when working and constantly trying to find new music for this purpose is quite a hassle.

last.fm is great for this. Type in an artist/genre you like and for the next few hours while you work, you will discover plenty of new ones as their radio service works by molding a 'radio service' to your taste.

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Post by limmeau »

To concentrate, I use computer game soundtracks (e.g. from Humble Bundle; particularly the one with Eufloria and Waking Mars), and to drown out voices of coworkers whose volume dial got lost in the laundry, text-heavy music in a language I don't understand (alternating between Czech hip-hop and Finnish hummpa).

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Post by rednukleus »

pepr wrote: post #2

"... two out of three of people like to listen to music while they work, study or read but it’s difficult to find and manage music that consistently works well for this purpose." Precisely! I like to listen to ambient music when working and constantly trying to find new music for this purpose is quite a hassle.

Can you recommend a Top 5 ambient albums for working?

EDIT: Thanks for all the suggestions!

Re: Music to Let you Concentrate

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Post by jechen »

"We are not an entertainment company – we are a productivity tool company. We provide a new additional service you use to get stuff done better."

Yes! This is exactly the kind of music service I've been looking for when I'm working.

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