Baroque concerti work for me: Bach, Corelli, Handel, Buxtehude, &c.
Music for Programming
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#52For me, the "The social network" OST by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross always works: https://open.spotify.com/album/1ijkFiMeHopKkHyvQCWxUa
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#53I have two rules when I’m listening to music while programming: 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip) 2. I pick one song and repeat it for the entire day, sometimes for several days in a row. I’…
Number 2 sounds like hell
You can give it a try with the amazing Infinite Jukebox! Here's a perennial favourite, "Call Me Maybe": http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRORQWV137...
(I will not be held accountable for your resulting lapse into total insanity after 20 minutes or so.)
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#54I listen to dozen of different guitarists. Jason Richardson and Jeff Loomis are my favorite now.
Also, check the entire discography of Vinnie Moore.
I'm into retrowave lately. Perturbator and Dance with the Dead make my fingers start moving by their own.
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#55I like to listen to stuff like minimalistic Detroit techno mixes from people like Jeff Mills or Robert Hood. Loopy simple techno that slightly changes over the course of minutes while blending in and out of the previous and next song in a subtle way. Yet it's quite hard and energetic compared to most Berlin styles of minimalistic techno.
Lately I've been picking up on retro Wave kind of music, I see Com Truise is on the list as well. It's slightly less annoying for other people since there's still something like a melodic component but it doesn't have too much of a build up to a massive drop thing that most EDM has. It rather continues all the time in rhythm.
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#56I have two rules when I’m listening to music while programming: 1. My favourite genres are K-Pop and Industrial – it helps that they are also very energetic genres — and my rule is that I can only listen to them while programming. Helps to really put me in the “you’re working now” space (thanks to Julian Shapiro for this tip) 2. I pick one song and repeat it for the entire day, sometimes for several days in a row. I’…
Number 2 sounds like hell
I remember spending a shift (in a kitchen) listening to nothing but "Going Loco Down In Acapulco". The challenge being to not break before someone else did.
You gotta just commit to the song.
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#57When programming I need music to be something I know already, but it can be any style - just enough to keep my overactive brain in check! I'm a DJ too [1], so I have plenty of long sets of music (no iterruptions, no gaps), that can really help when I need to plough through a difficult chunk of work.
Currently on rotation (and has been for a while) is the Tekkonkinkreet soundtrack [2]. So beautiful, but also hypnotic (the film is amazing too):
[1] https://soundcloud.com/paullouth
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WixQfMABnFA&list=PLCE193349F...
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#58For me I find SomaFM good for working - http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/missioncontrol - http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/defcon - http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/cliqhop
http://somafm.com/player/#/now-playing/dronezone is my favorite for writing code.
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#59I rarely listen to music while programming, but when I do, it's usually Megadeth for trivial work or Ashkenazy playing Chopin - Bercuse for complex work. Possibly swapping Sigur Ros () for Chopin.
I search on YouTube for a URL and throw it in YouTube repeater.
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#60Why specific music for programming? E.g. I mostly listen Caprice (the elvish one) for programming just because I like Caprice.
Lots of people, myself included, find it difficult to program (or concentrate on any mentally challenging task) while listening to certain types of music. Personally I'm partial to Norwegian Black metal for programming.
Could you provide some youtube link showing what you like to listen?