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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Anything with good bass and beats.
Agreed! Here's a good mix: youtube.com/watch?v=ZSk8k6basWw ✌️
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.
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!
I love listening to calm and sweat stuff. I really like music like vexento's: a kind of electro with a good rhythm and no lyrics so I can stay focus.
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
Witcher my friend
I completely forgot about Ben Prunty. Thank you! So good!
Generally Death Metal but it may vary from day to day. Some days I need more heavy music, others a little bit softer.
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.
For me, it can't have words - I must focus on the music when it has words.
There are a million genres that work fine, but when I need to be in the full zone, I like Squarepusher + Aphex Twin.
From deep house to thrash / power metal :)
Most of the time I listen to Chillstep. For example 'Blackmill'