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What's playing in your headphones these days?

Ben Halpern on April 12, 2022

Not the first time this has been asked, won't be the last.

Please drop titles and/or links to music and sounds you have in your headphones for focused work these days.

Madza • Apr 12 '22

Built Devtunes FM just for this, recently been on Lo-Fi and Future Garage stations 😉✨

Andrea Pavoni • Apr 14 '22

so cool! I've just discovered it from your comment. Any chance to see its source code? I've a similar idea, but I'm struggling finding details about embedding/streaming soundcloud tracks.

Maybe I just need to dig deeper into SC API docs

Madza • Apr 14 '22

Unfortunately, the code is not public currently 😉
Anyways, a while ago I made an article describing it in more details. 😉

Andrea Pavoni • Apr 14 '22

Ok, just one technical question: given you have N playlists with tracks, are you just using a custom player to stream songs from SC? Did you need to register an app on SC platform or did you have to use their API keys to do that?

I'm reading the docs, I understand what the app-registration or the API keys are used/needed for, what I'm unable to find/understand is what's needed to play a bunch of tracks through a custom player on a web page. I don't need search features, adding/removing tracks, etc... I just want to play a set of tracks (the list of track IDs/URLs stored somewhere).

Thanks in advance for your help.

Madza • Apr 17 '22 • Edited

All you need to work with their API is your client_id. You have to go to SoundCloud, sign in, open a track/playlist, hit F12, and go to the Networking tab, then start the song and use the search box to look out for requests containing a client_id. There you can also find other parameters like track_id, playlist_id, etc.
Then go to developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api... to see all the available API routes and use that client_id for authorization at the end of each query you want to fetch.

For example, to return a track, you would use https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/tracks/{track_id}?client_id={client_id}.
Or, to return a playlist: https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/playlists/{playlist_id}?client_id={client_id}.

Andrea Pavoni • May 2 '22 • Edited

Thank you! I’ve been stuck on the API for some day, until I’ve re-read your comment mentioning the API v2.

Still working progress, and I took a slightly different path, but it’s online and I’m enjoying it ;-)

radio.pavonz.com

thank you again for your help and hints!

Madza • May 2 '22

My pleasure to help 👍😉

Eric O'Brien • Apr 12 '22

This is a really cool project!

Madza • Apr 13 '22

Thanks a lot! 👍😉

Michael Tharrington • Apr 12 '22

I've been listening to the new Chili Peppers album quite a bit recently. 🌶

There's a really funky song called Aquatic Mouth Dance that I keep tuning into:

tiff • Apr 21 '22

I haven't checked out the whole album yet but I'm going to today

Michael Tharrington • Apr 21 '22

Nice! I hope you dig it. 🙌

arielbk • Apr 12 '22

I've had this on repeat too! All of them, but especially this track and Poster Child 👌

Michael Tharrington • Apr 13 '22

Saaaaaame... the whole album is a lotta fun, but the funky tracks like Aquatic Mouth Dance and Poster Child are just such a good time. 🙌

Ben Halpern • Apr 12 '22

For me, I have Skyfall by Adele on repeat a lot for some reason these days.

As far as music with lyrics goes, I tend to put it on repeat so the actual active listening sort of fades into the background.

fischgeek • Apr 12 '22

Bob Ross.

Ben Halpern • Apr 12 '22

While coding?

fischgeek • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

100%. Not only do I experience ASMR reactions, but his voice (like your repeat on Adele) fades to the background. There's just something about the sounds of the brushes, water, mixing paint with his knife and softness of his voice really sharpens my thinking. Sometimes, I admit, I get distracted by what he's doing. Marvel at it for a bit, then jump back into it.

fischgeek • Apr 12 '22

Also, should mention it's a great Pomodoro timer too. Each episode is right around 25 minutes (minus the intro and credits).

Ben Halpern • Apr 12 '22

Neat

Arika O • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

Top three songs on my Spotify "On Repeat" playlist:

These last days I listened to more electronic music than usual, no idea why.

Thomas Bnt • Apr 12 '22

This title ❤

Erin Bensinger • Apr 13 '22 • Edited

I'm big on vibey dream pop lately! I like to put a single album on loop for focused work, and I've been spending a lot of time with this one:

Mahmoud Harmouch • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

I used to listen to the heavy metal thing back in the days. The first album I stumbled across was the one and only Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory. It is now one of my favorites. RIP the beautiful human bein' Chester. His voice is irreplaceable.

Edit: Sometimes, i listen to mozart:

Valencia White • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

Surprisingly enough, these past few days I haven't listened to much music besides the playlist I shuffle through when I have to drive somewhere.

Instead I have re-connected with an audiobook that always seems to find me when I need it most, called "The Game of Life and How to Play It (Florence Scovel Shinn, 1925)".

Ben Sinclair • Apr 13 '22

If I'm not listening to records, I'm listening to my bandcamp collection which are all downloaded and played on my desktop through dopamine which is a simple-but-pretty player.

If I want to push the boat out, I'll go with r/listentothis streamed through music player for Reddit where I've found loads of cool quirky things, or poolside FM for some, I don't know, cheese-wave or whatever.

Late at night I'll stick on something like SF 10-33 from Soma FM or browse the world through Radio Garden.

Ricardo Giro • Apr 12 '22

Lots of Bonobo, Portishead, Chet Faker and Skunk Anansie.
Oh an the Codenewbie podcast too :)

Michael • Apr 15 '22

Saw Skunk Ananse open for Rammstein in '99. If anyone was as loud as Rammstein, it was SA.

Ricardo Giro • Apr 15 '22

Never got to see them unfortunately. But I did see Rammstein and that was a crazy show that's for sure!

Tina Huynh • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

No way by Max & Harvey, Ahead of Myself by James TW, Independent with You by Kylie Morgan, etc. ❤️🧡💛

Ben Halpern • Apr 12 '22

I hope we're still friends, but I don't like any of that music. 🥲

Tina Huynh • Apr 12 '22

hahaha definitely still friends :D I listen to a lot of stuff to be honest...but tend to not never be stuff on the radio or anything. I mean like Are We Happy Now by The Ready Set, What the Hard Times Taught Me by Jason Gray, Might Not Like Me by Brynn Elliott, Legacy by Lost Stars, Dark Side by Kelly Clarkson, and Just the Way by Parmalee and Blanco Brown xD lol

Michael Tharrington • Apr 13 '22

Oh wow!! Now, I'm going into my mind palace to see if I can relive those Max Payne games! Such good games.

And I just remembered what this music made me think of... you ever heard of Avatar (the band)?

Christian Heilmann • Apr 12 '22

Teams meetings.

Michael Tharrington • Apr 12 '22

🤣 ... that song always gets stuck in my head too.

Gracie Gregory (she/her) • Apr 12 '22

90s D'Angelo!

Bobo Brussels • Apr 12 '22

‎Rumours by Fleetwood Mac on Apple Music

Album · 1977 · 11 Songs

music.apple.com

Michael Tharrington • Apr 12 '22

Classic! That's absolutely one of my faves.

Natalia Asteria • Apr 15 '22 • Edited

I lovee JPop and Cantonese songs so much.

My big favs are:

Sailor - Zheng Zhi Hua

Yoasobi - Into The Nights

Dhravya • Apr 12 '22

Emptiness, by zodicac wave . I've also been loving some blends with me and my friends, absolutely love that feature

Zachary Ferguson • Apr 13 '22

Oh man finally time for some new PotF!

Like you said in a previous reply, I discovered them through Alan Wake (The first time I heard "War" I fell in love with the band) and I've been obsessively listening ever since. Marko's voice is captivating

Etienne Burdet • Apr 13 '22 • Edited

A lot of Meute:

rubenvangrins • Apr 13 '22

Thanks! This is awesome!

Jilles van Gurp • Apr 15 '22 • Edited

I have a wide variety in music. Anything from techno, heavy metal, sixties psychedelics, eighties punk, nineties alternative music, jazz, and thanks to spotify a lot of obscure new bands as well.

Lately I'm into something called Khruangbin which is a Texas trio doing mostly instrumental music. Pretty laid back style and works great as background music while coding. They only have a few albums but their live music is actually better. Lots of full concerts of them on Youtube. This one is great: youtube.com/watch?v=q4xKvHANqjk

Marco Antonio Dominguez • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

I've been listening this guy for a while, really good for coding!
YouTube:

Dendi Handian • Apr 15 '22

Are you listening to Plini & Intervals as well?

Marco Antonio Dominguez • Apr 15 '22

Some I hear: open.spotify.com/playlist/0VIdZFvD...
In the list:

Arch Echo (Favorite One)
Intervals
Paralydium
Voyager
Plini
Vitalism
Sithu Aye
Jizue
Polyphia
DGM

Hope you like the list as I do

Dendi Handian • Apr 16 '22 • Edited

Of course Polyphia would be in the list too, I will try listen to the rest.

Javier Guerra • Apr 12 '22

Chelsea VS Real Madrid, well it will be in a few minutes

metacollective • Apr 12 '22

What a game!!!

Evan Trujillo • Apr 14 '22

I usually go between lo-fi and ambience. I love nature ambience, depending on the season and weather. Right now it is spring and sunny, so I am listening to this!
Relaxing Nature Sounds - Mount Shuksan
On rainy days I prefer the sounds of a fireplace crackling, and imagining I am studying in a library.
Ancient Library Room

cyph3r57 • Apr 13 '22

Pink Floyd - The Division Bell

Michael Tharrington • Apr 13 '22

Aw man! This is really cool. I love how theatrical the music video is. Great share!

Dendi Handian • Apr 15 '22 • Edited

I'm exploring Indie-like music for the past 3 years, I found great underated artists like Parcels, Men I Trust, The Marias, Vulfpeck, Roosevelt, Tennis, L'Imperatrice, PREP, Vansire, Sunflower Bean, Caroline Rose, Pale Waves, Far Caspian, Phum Viphurit, The Midnight, Luna Luna, and more.

I made a list of them with one song per artist open.spotify.com/playlist/5cD5PRKa.... I picked the songs that could give you more engagement to explore the artist more.

fischgeek • Apr 12 '22

I heard about some interesting music where they take songs or sounds and slow them down by 1000%. Most notably is the Jurassic Park Theme 1000% Slower. I once found the Windows 95 bootup slowed down, but couldn't locate it again.

I also love to listen to movie scores. Anything by John Williams is great.

tiff • Apr 21 '22

I'm old so I have playlists that range from 90s hip hop, 80s neo-funk, 80s r&b, 90s alternative, 90s EDM, 2000s hip hop, the garage band revival of the early 2000s, 70s/80s hardcore punk, and stuff like Modest Mouse, At The Drive-In, and bands like The Mars Volta, each playlist for different moods and things I'm working on.

Need to hit a deadline fast? 90s hip hop or At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta.

Need to think about a problem? Modest Mouse or late 90s/early 2000s EDM.

It works out well for me.

Kirill Shestakov • Apr 14 '22

This and m-a-n-y o-t-h-e-r- b-e-a-ts

Joao Polo • Apr 12 '22 • Edited

Led Zeppelin (all the time)
New Order (don't ask me why)
The Doors
and a bit of OMD:
youtube.com/watch?v=Y43XLVqjytQ

Ben Sinclair • Apr 14 '22

I like the Indie Summer one, but I usually pick at random :)

Joao Polo • Apr 12 '22

thank you very much for sharing... it's awesome!!!!

Heather Williams • Apr 13 '22

Random selections ranging from Two Steps From Hell to Sabaton, depends how screamy my day feels for if I listen to bands like Sabaton or bands like Two Steps From Hell. I like having a mix of songs that I have not heard before so the radio function to play similar songs to ones I like is helpful.
Although currently I just have the headphones on and have not started any music going which sometimes happens if I get sidetracked.

Tosin Hunter Odebiyi • Apr 17 '22

I've Had "A Moment Apart (Deluxe Edition) and flume playing all week, they've both offered just enough clarity and ambience to get most of my work done.
A couple comments in here have me shook tho. someone said "Bob Ross" 😹😹 wow how do you do it?? I know i'd be so distracted.

Chadwin Deysel • Apr 12 '22

The Minecraft Soundtrack by C418. Been listening to Shuniji on repeat.

Michael Tharrington • Apr 12 '22

OMG! A friend and I were talking about just how chill the Minecraft soundtrack is the other day while playing. It's so comforting! 😌

Karan Gandhi • Apr 14 '22

Another PoTF fan !!

Evan Trujillo • Apr 14 '22

I go betwen lo-fi and ambient sounds. Right now it is Spring and sunny here, so I am listening to some similar nature ambience:
Relaxing Nature Sounds - Mount Shuksan

On a cold rainy day I like to imagine I am in a large library with a crackling fire while I work:
Ancient Library Room

Nikita Koselev • Apr 18 '22

If I emember correctly, music distracts, although wearing headphones helps to concentrate. So my choice is noice-cancelling headphones, with no music. The other option is to get max protection builder's headphones - works like a charm.