Would love it if there were Spotify playlist links for these.
I searched for the artists of episode 1 in Spotify. Only ~1/3 of them could be found and often the specific songs were not there.
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As a DJ/producer, I have a professional obligation to loathe trance music, but I can't deny that it's just the perfect thing for programming. Some of my favorite balearic stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdhIwGZxtLA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTODkLro8gs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-p_Ihm95KQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyTRd8A7pm8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl2SOwjx5Vc http://www.youtube.com/watc…
As a musician, I love it. That's probably half due to roughly 70% of my songs ending up as trance by the time I'm done though. What is it about it that you dislike exactly?
Let me be clear: I have no issue with trance as a form (highly repetitive 140 bpm 4/4 dance music). But trance music as a scene since the mid-90's has been characterized by melodramatic, over-produced, formulaic and not forward-thinking music. It's akin to being a filmmaker and disliking plotless Hollywood action films.
These days there's a lot of innovative and interesting dance music coming out in the wake of dub step. I tend to play stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbj6iVyIgAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH4GIL1wYWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHweamNAkjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUYQTPhPJZE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34GJld5OmiE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH_Ondi_ojA
Music with new ideas, character and soul. Unfortunately interesting music sometimes demands a little too much attention when you're trying to code!
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#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a musician, I love it. That's probably half due to roughly 70% of my songs ending up as trance by the time I'm done though. What is it about it that you dislike exactly?
Let me be clear: I have no issue with trance as a form (highly repetitive 140 bpm 4/4 dance music). But trance music as a scene since the mid-90's has been characterized by melodramatic, over-produced, formulaic and not forward-thinking music. It's akin to being a filmmaker and disliking plotless Hollywood action films. These days there's a lot of innovative and interesting dance music coming out in the wake of dub s…
"melodramatic, over-produced, formulaic and not forward-thinking music"
Haha. I do see much of that. Although I can't say it's always bad. What's your take on this track? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80l-YzcGsQ
Liking this stuff you linked. I know what you mean by some music being too attention-grabbing to listen to while coding though.
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#144I love listening to Paul Kalkbrenner while programming.
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#145Music 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 realized today that I've been listening to the same playlist 203 songs for about a year now. It usually plays all day long. I'm kind of bored with it when I'm actually paying attention to it and want to listen to music, but it's great for programming. The songs are so well known to me at this point that I don't really consciously think about them. My brain just kind of sings along without me while I write code.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
Let me be clear: I have no issue with trance as a form (highly repetitive 140 bpm 4/4 dance music). But trance music as a scene since the mid-90's has been characterized by melodramatic, over-produced, formulaic and not forward-thinking music. It's akin to being a filmmaker and disliking plotless Hollywood action films. These days there's a lot of innovative and interesting dance music coming out in the wake of dub s…
"melodramatic, over-produced, formulaic and not forward-thinking music" Haha. I do see much of that. Although I can't say it's always bad. What's your take on this track? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80l-YzcGsQ Liking this stuff you linked. I know what you mean by some music being too attention-grabbing to listen to while coding though.
I don't know, it's compelling and I do have soft spot for this kind of stuff, but I find it as "melodramatic, over-produced [and] formulaic" as anything on Anjuna. Sometimes I'm in the mood for that, but it doesn't satisfy me at all intellectually. It's like candy: tastes good while you're eating it, but doesn't feed the body like food or the soul like a warm cup of tea. I think in this analogy, programming music should be like gum or a cinnamon stick!
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#147Music 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…
Trance/Ambient stuff drives me nuts. For the longest time it jaded my view of electronic music because I thought it defined it. I prefer faster beats, well structured complex melodies a la Skrillex http://soundcloud.com/skrillex/sets . The first few listens might be a little distracting but once I know the songs I find myself typing like I'm playing the song with my keyboard.
As Tossrock, dubstep is usually a pretty slow BPM. I'm a fan of fast myself and usually listen to a lot of DNB & breakcore (up to 190bpm), you might enjoy it.
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"melodramatic, over-produced, formulaic and not forward-thinking music" Haha. I do see much of that. Although I can't say it's always bad. What's your take on this track? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80l-YzcGsQ Liking this stuff you linked. I know what you mean by some music being too attention-grabbing to listen to while coding though.
I don't know, it's compelling and I do have soft spot for this kind of stuff, but I find it as "melodramatic, over-produced [and] formulaic" as anything on Anjuna. Sometimes I'm in the mood for that, but it doesn't satisfy me at all intellectually. It's like candy: tastes good while you're eating it, but doesn't feed the body like food or the soul like a warm cup of tea. I think in this analogy, programming music sho…
Thanks for the response. I was hoping you would slap it with the labels you mentioned earlier. It means I'm not crazy! I like the analogy as well.
Thanks for the replies, and the music. Have a good one.
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#149this music is the suxx0r. goa trance > all
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#150Music 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…
This is a super netlabel for the trance listener: http://www.ektoplazm.com All of their music is released under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial purposes. They offer a wide variety of trance genres, including Goa, Progressive, Psychedelic, Uplifting, etc. Plus, all music can be downloaded in FLAC, WAV and MP3 formats.
yo mon. this is the shit! love ektoplazm.