Alex Gwartney

Posted on Jun 7, 2018

Recomeded music to listen to while programming?

#discuss

Hey guys I was wanting to know if you have any music playlists. That you guys can recommend. That you listen to while programming?

Oldest comments (17)

Divyesh Parmar • Jun 7 '18 • Edited

I mostly use FreeCodeCamp's 24x7 live music on their YouTube channel. Its really soothing and helps focus.

I've tried other EDMs, Rock stuff but I felt distracted with those.

Hope to see others sharing too

Alex Gwartney • Jun 7 '18

Oh ok cool will have to check that one out. And yea will be intresting to see what others have as well.

Valentin Baca • Jun 7 '18

I've been listening to this Programming Music playlist for years. Seriously, years. By this point the very first few notes of the first song instantly put me into "the zone." This playlist and I have spent hundreds of hours together in crunch times and late nights up (and browsing dev.to and reddit lol).

I think, like most people, I end up in this loop though:

do {
  if (quiet || noisy) headphones.play();
  code(); // can easily throw InterruptionException usually caused by a tap on the shoulder #FIXME
  if (code == hard) headphones.pause(); // to think...
} while (true) // inf loop

Alex Gwartney • Jun 7 '18

Yep lol. I had to laugh at the part that said pause to think lol. Its like a meme I saw a while ago. That says turns down the radio when driving to be able to read the address of a house better. Also I added the playlist to my spottily will check it out.

rhymes • Jun 7 '18

This might help

What kind of music do you listen to while working?

Robert Newton

#discuss

I don't have a specific type of music for programming, tough if I'm reading something really complicated I tend to turn it off for a while :D

Alex Gwartney • Jun 7 '18

Thanks for that link will have to take a look at all the others posts. And yea lol i do the same thing. It becomes a distraction at some point when you cant figure something out.

Ekim Kael • Jun 7 '18

When i'm coding, i usually listen LoFi musics or orchestra music.anything where there isn't a voice or lyrics.
I'm more focus on what i do.

Quentin Sonrel • Jun 7 '18

Mostly (all sorts of) Metal, Synthwave and Jazz for me, which is really just my usual music. I don't have a specific style of music or playlists for when I code, although I prefer something with high BPM when I work (more stimulating).

Right now I'm listening to Tokyo Rose.

Spotify's daily mixes are my go to when I lack inspiration though.

Marc Bujold • Jun 7 '18

I've been using mtcb.pwop.com/ for a couple of years now almost exclusively.

Ben Sinclair • Jun 7 '18

Vincent Grovestine • Jun 7 '18

Digitally Imported channels are my default go-to whether building, debugging or absorbing:

Liquid DnB, Melodic Progressive = energy to straight-up write code, build and achieve flow.
Atmospheric Breaks = distract from a noisy office to remain productive.
Deep Nu Disco, Indie Dance = mid-energy, general purpose work tunes.
Downtempo Lounge, Chillout Dreams = slower paced, deliberate thought tasks like planning, troubleshooting, documentation, etc.
Ambient, Space Dreams = reading and comprehension.