Looking for what others find good for their productivity or code writing. What kind of music do you listen to that gets you in the zone?
For me, it can be anything from classical to metal, lofi to an entire playlist of hans zimmer.
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In generally I prefer not to listen to music as it generates various forms of distraction. Singing is the worst as the text affects you train of thought. But also a strong beat, or rhythm can clash with the current flow. These can affect your productivity. I mostly listen to music when there are other distractions I need to cancel out.
When I do listen to music I listen to video game music which has been created for ambiance. This music can easily dissolve in the background and not cause more distractions.
Several artist I listen to are:
Generally noc-action focused simulation video games and classic puzzle games have good background music suitable for programming.
Sometimes I kick it up a notch with some strong sythwave from
I completely forgot about Ben Prunty. Thank you! So good!
Witcher my friend
Personally mostly progressive and house music.
I like what can be called "brain food" music. It puts me in a mood where I am 100% into my work and cannot be distracted.
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That's awesome👌 thanks, Landry 🙏
While I'm coding, I listen to these playlists too:
Beats to think I
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Beats to think II
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House and ambient music are my favorites. 😏
Check out this house mix: youtube.com/watch?v=ZSk8k6basWw
There are some good pointers here:
Why do some developers listen to music while they code?
Sathish
I do not differentiate between coding music and music for the rest of the activities :-D.
I mostly listen to various playlists on Spotify, the last album I enjoyed was Cardi B's.
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Orphée is a favorite of mine in the soothing music department.
I've also tried listening to Max Richter - Sleep which is 8 hours of music designed to be listened to while... sleeping :-D
Both Jóhann Jóhannsson and Max Richter are in my playlist as well. You've got good taste. ;)
Ahah thanks!
Generally death metal, doom death, dark ambient and anything else atmospheric and distant. Usually I start the day with slower material and increase the intensity as the hours pass.
One of the few! Tempo for me is usually dependent on my mood at the moment, but I generally stick to faster death metal or grindcore while working. My "head down and focusing" album has been Cryptopsy - None So Vile.
Circle of Dead Children, Human Harvest.
Kataklysm, Valkenfyre, Bloodbath, Behemoth are part of my high intensity fallbacks.
Anything with good bass and beats.
Agreed! Here's a good mix: youtube.com/watch?v=ZSk8k6basWw ✌️
For me, depends on the mood I arrive at the office: disco, oldies, new age, pop or rock en español; but in general I preffer dubstep or music like that (with high bass, weird sounds and no lyrics) at high volume. I need to isolate from conversations or whatever are happening at the officce.
I love rock and classical music, but I find I lost focus very quickly aprecciating songs, so it's very easy to get distracted.
All sorts of stuff!
Often I'll just let youtube or spotify run wild and see what happens. After work I sometimes find I have a song or two stuck in my head. I'll usually dig into that genre and listen to it for a few weeks or months.
I'm not going to lie, part of why I enjoy programming is because I get to listen to music most of the day. On that note, after almost ten years of listening to music with headphones on, I'm pretty sure my hearing has suffered.
I love listening to Drum n' Bass whilst I'm coding, I love listening to it when I'm at the gym too, really helps me zone in.
Gym and Code are two separate playlists, coding one with less distracting vocals in there and the gym one with uplifting stuff 👌
And for super laser focus time I use brain.fm which uses science!
My general best working music is largely ambient electronic with minimal or unclear vocals such that it’s not distracting, but with some dissonant/jarring qualities to keep my work rhythm up. Some of my favorites are Gazelle Twin, Alec Lambert, Andy Stott, Disasterpeace, Susumu Hirasawa, and the Mr. Robot soundtrack.
If I want to switch it up, I either put on some upbeat foreign-language pop music or the communal company Spotify playlist, since sometimes I think just switching my playlist can get me out of a rut and most of my coworkers have very different and fun music taste!
I don't distinguish between the music i listen to when coding or any other time but i try to avoid music with to much singing because that music tends to distract me. So my favorite music genre is Drum&Bass and fortunately there are many tracks with no or few vocals.
Playlists i prefer:
Run 'N' Bass 170-175 BPM
Drum & Bass Top Tracks
Technimatic's Box of Tricks
chillhop beats! Or really any smooth instrumentals with an added hip hop snare flavor. artists like jinsang, tomppabeats, and Wun Two are especially nice to listen to. Not too distracting, not too relaxing, just smooth enough to keep you focused and calm. These are my usual playlists if anyone would like to try!
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I stay away from vocals. Mostly ambient or electronic if not just various instrumentals
I've made a list that I listen to on Spotify
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Adam Young/Owl City/Port Blue
Darren Korb
Disasterpeace
Soundtracks like Skyrim, FTL, Borderlands. These tend to be designed to keep you on task. I don't have compete evidence to prove it, but it does help me focus.
Also, the Wolf359 podcast has a soundtrack by Alan Rodi that can be purchased on Bandcamp.
SO good. Very ambient and quiet. Good background music to anything you're doing.
I listen to anything, but for intense, serious coding sessions, I use:
Lyrics can be distracting sometimes!
It depends on what I'm doing. If I'm zoning it and I know exactly what I'm doing then it's House/Trance and other repetitive music. Deadmau5 is a favourite of mine, as is the YouTube channel "The Grand Sound".
But if I'm researching or making a lot of small changes, documents, etc, then probable Rock/Metal. I've been listening to a lot of Gojira, InMe and Dethklok at the moment.
These all help me concentrate.
I've got a sweet house mix for you! youtube.com/watch?v=ZSk8k6basWw