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

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by kaisix • 8 years ago

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sepisoad• 8 years ago

check this: http://musicforprogramming.net/

kaisix• 8 years ago

Awesome. loving the list !

binarynate• 8 years ago

The lo-fi hip hop radio channels on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHW1oY26kxQ

Anything else is too distracting for me.

ggm• 8 years ago

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.

mimixco• 8 years ago

EDM

InboxZeroEmail• 8 years ago

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!

kleer001• 8 years ago

Goovy things without lyrics. There's tonnes of Calm Radio / LoFi Hip Hop stations on Youtube these days.

sethammons• 8 years ago

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.

magic-chicken• 8 years ago

Mostly downtempo, trip-hop and instrumental music. See Bonobo, Tycho, Mogwai, Amon Tobin, RJD2, God is an astronaut, Quantic, Ratatat, Emancipator, Massive attack, El ten Eleven.

brandonb2124• 8 years ago

This. Bonobo, Ross From Friends, Jacques Green, Ta-Ku, and Four Tet are some of my go to's. Recently was recommended Frederic Robinson as well and liking him so far.

wingerlang• 8 years ago

For the people who replied already, do you listen to different music when not programming?

Asking because I listen to the same kind of music regardless of activity (kpop, if that matters).

zygotic12• 8 years ago

Hard rock albums. If I've heard any of it or notice when the music stops then I haven't been concentrating and check the code very carefully... otherwise bonzer. BTW programming not coding. I code in the shower.

throwaway413• 8 years ago

Ambient jazz and hip-hop instrumentals if I’m in the zone, tropical house if I’m trying to get in the zone.

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

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