Too many words! Not the greatest material to hack to, I find it difficult to program while listening to songs with (comprehensible) words.
Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape
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Re: Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape
#22There's also slayradio.org, which is mostly C64 remixes. It's mostly pretty fun stuff to listen to, although some of the songs get way too much playtime.
Don't forget kohina and scenemusic.eu
C64 chiptunes > NES chiptunes, and I didn't even own either, as I was a Sega kid.
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#23Check out Press Play On Tape as well. www.pressplayontape.com. It's a Commodore 64 revival band and way cool :D
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#24Jeremy, fyi the player you're using: http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf contains a flash stack overflow error in some effect event handling code that makes the page unviewable with the debug flash player installed.
Good to know. I'll switch the player up this evening.
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#25So what's the appeal of 8-bit music? I don't get it.
Sharp, clean sounds with a bit of nostalgia. It appeals to a certain demographic; if it's not for you, then so it goes.
I used to listen to it but then I realized, "holy fuck why am I living in the past?"
Also, if you want sharp clean sounds you can listen to minimalist techno, some house music, etc. Most music is composed of sharp clean sounds because it's digitally recorded and fine-tuned by sold sound engineers.
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#26So what's the appeal of 8-bit music? I don't get it.
It's often distributed as scores (source code) designed for a particular classic synth chip (an API), not rendered audio. It's very hacker-friendly.
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#27Rap and coding don't mix.
Any kind of music with lyrics is to me very distracting while coding. Unfortunately the human brain can't really mix processing spoken language and written language.
Try writing while listening to someone, unless you're writing down what they say, you'll surely mix up somewhere and write down what they say anyway.
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#28Too many words! Not the greatest material to hack to, I find it difficult to program while listening to songs with (comprehensible) words.
Definitely agree. Generally, I think good hacking music is unobtrusive (doesn't become a distraction), and somewhat repetitive (causes me to maintain focus). I hate a lot of electronic music because it's often too formulaic, but when it's right for hacking it's oh so right.
Some of my hacking favorites: Aphex Twin--Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (the one essential for hacking IMO), Sigur Ros--Takk..., The Field--From Here We Go Sublime, Linstrom--Where You Go I Go Too
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sharp, clean sounds with a bit of nostalgia. It appeals to a certain demographic; if it's not for you, then so it goes.
I used to listen to it but then I realized, "holy fuck why am I living in the past?" Also, if you want sharp clean sounds you can listen to minimalist techno, some house music, etc. Most music is composed of sharp clean sounds because it's digitally recorded and fine-tuned by sold sound engineers.
Like with anything, creativity can spawn some really good 8-bit music that isn't only re-hashed zelda tunes. For a good starting point, have a look at that documentary I posted in the comments, I used to think it was just "living in the past" until I watched it and looked up some of the music.
edit: I'll include the link again for the lazy: http://www.vimeo.com/3734864
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#30Significantly better than similar concepts I've heard in the past. The rapping is actually very good, not just a gimmick. I especially like the Mega Man track. Well done, thanks for posting.
You're very welcome.