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Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by kennywinker »

shearn89 wrote: post #97

My absolute favourite album to code to would actually be the Tron Legacy soundtrack by Daft Punk, but I've also spent the last few years at uni listening to http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/ while I code: his albums are all available for free/donation, and the genre is kind of down-tempo electronic. There's the occaisonal vocal sample, but I've found it doesn't distract me from work. Endtroducing by DJ Shadow is also…

I listen to the Tron Legacy soundtrack a few times a week. It's perfect for getting shit done. Enough intensity to keep me focused, not enough to be distracting.

I'm also partial to Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport when I want something weirder, and DRMHLLR when I want something less electronic.

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Post by manveru »

udp wrote: post #10

I think the site is starting to creak under the strain. Perhaps a torrent of the MP3s would be a good idea?

I only have one, but it's quite nice.

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:RT5HIT44ZRQPNZOBCP7WAWXC4X5XT43D&dn=music_for_programming_4-com_truise.mp3&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce

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Post by brey »

dogas wrote: post #80
ctdonath wrote: post #5

Music possessing these qualities can often provide just the right amount of interest to occupy the parts of your brain that would otherwise be left free to wander and lead to distraction during your work. Finally - someone who recognizes that there's a curious & busy part of the brain which must be kept preoccupied during complex tasks, and mixes music just for that purpose. "Trance" music podcasts are a great approx…

I might as well plug my buddy's site: http://trance-mixes.com Very nice site, well put together.

oh, this is good. just what I've been looking for.

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Post by mark_h »

My go-to artist is Zoe Keating (layered cello, and on bandcamp as an added bonus: http://music.zoekeating.com/). She's also quite interesting to follow: she's heavily into twitter, and is quite open about her profits, dealings with labels, etc.

Otherwise though, vocal-less trance is usually pretty effective. I love all the recommendations these threads bring up -- thanks everyone!

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Post by minikomi »

bengl3rt wrote: post #90
ctdonath wrote: post #5

Music possessing these qualities can often provide just the right amount of interest to occupy the parts of your brain that would otherwise be left free to wander and lead to distraction during your work. Finally - someone who recognizes that there's a curious & busy part of the brain which must be kept preoccupied during complex tasks, and mixes music just for that purpose. "Trance" music podcasts are a great approx…

Anything by Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto puts me all the way in the zone.

Was going to post the same! Lovely, hypnotic and minimal.

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Post by xxpor »

ctdonath wrote: post #5

Music possessing these qualities can often provide just the right amount of interest to occupy the parts of your brain that would otherwise be left free to wander and lead to distraction during your work. Finally - someone who recognizes that there's a curious & busy part of the brain which must be kept preoccupied during complex tasks, and mixes music just for that purpose. "Trance" music podcasts are a great approx…

What kind of manager doen't let you listen to music?

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Post by eLobato »

Ludovico Einaudi and Max Richter put me in the mood quite nicely. Mozart, the three tenors, and similar stuff also work (but most of the time not as good as the former artists).

Nonetheless that's rara avis among my coworkers, anyone else listening to similar stuff while coding?

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Post by damncabbage »

mark_h wrote: post #114

My go-to artist is Zoe Keating (layered cello, and on bandcamp as an added bonus: http://music.zoekeating.com/ ). She's also quite interesting to follow: she's heavily into twitter, and is quite open about her profits, dealings with labels, etc. Otherwise though, vocal-less trance is usually pretty effective. I love all the recommendations these threads bring up -- thanks everyone!

This is wonderful; thank you for the link. Just bought the download. :)

I've recently been hooked on 41 Strings, a short vocal-less composition by Nick Zinner (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs). He's performed it live in a bunch of places, but it's available for download here: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/download-nick-zinners...

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Post by Hortinstein »

MetalMASK wrote: post #89

This is definitely one of the areas that is to each his/her own. I found (the majority of) trance music superficial and get quite easily bored listening to them. Songs with lyrics messes with the language processing module of the brain and I don't want that kind of distraction. So I listen to classical, instrumental, OST and some techno (that are NOT tons of bass). Example of songs I am listening to now: Pierre Bensu…

good call on glitch mob, I would check out emancipator too

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Post by moondowner »

Reading through the comments, I'm glad that there are people on HN who know what good music is - from Trance and Ambient to Dubstep and what not.

And I want to say that Com Truise's album Galactic Melt is one of the best albums for me for 2011. It gets even better if you combine it with Daft Punk's TRON OST and put those two on shuffle.

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