What songs or kind of music you like to listen to when you are coding?

Awesome. loving the list !

Classical. Bach, Mozart. Chopin. I used to code to a tape of 1960s by the kinks, the Mama's and Papa's, Donovan, but that was a more communal exploratory type situation. I find now lycics don't help.

I love listening to the sounds of nature while I'm coding. TRON like music is brilliant as it gives me a lot of energy! Anything with spoken words or a thump beat is too distracting for me!

I tend to go with electronica, but require it to be wordless (or very, very few words). I originally picked that because I did not like it; I would be able to tune it out and it would block ambient conversations and noise. I now like a lot of what Pandora plays on that channel, and it is still very tune-outable.

I mostly just need something to prevent hearing conversations. My brain tunes right into them. My wife used to watch TV to fall asleep to. The slightest conversation going on there can wake me and then, despite how tired I may be, my brain wakes up. Fwiw, she is currently in a no-going-to-sleep-with-the-tv phase. I really appreciate it.