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Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by porkbird » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 2:36 PM UTC

Anyone into contemporary classics? I really enjoy piano and cello music while coding, like Ludovico Einaudi, Brian Crain, Julia Kent, Zoe keating etc.

Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by buro9 » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 2:49 PM UTC

pivo wrote: post #47

buro9 wrote: post #35

For classical I like Bach symphonies. But usually, I find myself incredibly productive when I listen to house music. My recent discovery has been Maceo Plex and the album "Life Index". Maceo Plex merges the tracks into a continuous mix, roughly 128bpm, and once you skip track 1 (a dialogue), the music flows smoothly for a good 90 minutes. Beyond that, I've always liked Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" for programming to.

Bach symphonies? Are you talking about JS Bach or his sons? I didn't think JS Bach wrote any symphonies.

Johann Christian.

Should've clarified.

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Post by Valdemar » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 2:55 PM UTC

Com Truise is fast becoming one of my favorite musicians.

PS: Usually at this point when discussing music for working, somebody has mentioned "Selected Ambient Works" :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-ecyzuMNs0

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Post by tacogordito » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 3:01 PM UTC

Redditunes is good too.

http://www.redditunes.com/?g=Ambient

http://www.redditunes.com/?g=Chill

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Post by Flow » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 3:24 PM UTC

Ltj Bukem & MC Konrad, good stuff

For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFVHjZYoq4Q

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Post by bizarref00l » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 4:08 PM UTC

Personally, I enjoy Strobotone http://www.ideology.de/archives/audio000261.php also there are other good Ideology.de artists, that are well suited for "music for programming" IMHO.

Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by shocks » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 4:58 PM UTC

I'm a big fan of C418 for programming music: http://c418.org/

I also like the indie game music bundles. I posted this a few days ago but it didn't gain any traction: Game Music Bundle 2!

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3573416 http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/

Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by plessthanpt05 » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

Karolis_K wrote: post #26

I'm usually listening to this one: http://somafm.com/play/groovesalad

love somafm! ...a bunch of great stations for programming.

Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by wickedchicken » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 5:44 PM UTC

I really like the design of the site (unusually so) but I am annoyed with the 'aesthetic' part: http://www.musicforprogramming.net/?c=aesthetic

"the most effective music to aid prolonged periods of intense concentration tends to have a mixture of the following qualities:" is too clinical to describe something as personal and emotional as music...

Re: MusicForProgramming();

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Post by plessthanpt05 » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 5:45 PM UTC

this chiptunes station is pretty great: http://tunein.com/tuner/?StationId=127100&