Music for programming

[MichalK73]

Hello.

I really like listening to music while coding. I use Spotify the most. I can find most of them there and write lists for myself. However, I slowly became familiar with all of them and I am looking for a new inspiration, the more so as I am probably preparing for several months of programming. What am i listening to? Example: Carbon Based Lifeforms, 009 Sound System, Jarre, Madis (Polish electronic music) Marek Bilinski (same as Madis), Nigel Stanford, ERA, Mike Oldfiield, Tengerine Dream. But I also like to listen to rock, pop, club: Armin, Queen, Bon Jovi, Skillet, Brother Dege, Depeche Mode, Adele, Celion Dion, Axwell etc.
Usually, I prefer rhythmic one, which won't put me to sleep completely but also won't upset me like Metal or HardRock music.
What artists, albums, types for listening to music while programming?

 

[LucaMs]

listening to music while programming?

 

[Erel]

I really like listening to music while coding

Same here.

Nowadays I mostly listen to radio paradise: https://radioparadise.com/

 

[JGiunta]

Mike Oldfiield

Standing... On the edge...

Aside from that, i usually listen to more pumping music, like Kanye West ("Power" is an amazing song, but if you lke hip hop I suggest listening to his whole discography), F-777, Daft Punk, Gorillaz, AC/DC and some Touhou songs like "Night of Nights" or "U.N. Owen was her?"

 

[Sandman]

I really like listening to music while coding.

Same here, always. I listen to lots and lots of music, almost always electronic with minimal lyrics. (Because I'm stupid like that, if I hear lyrics I start thinking the lyrics instead of thinking the code... )

Here's some albums that I tend to return to when I focus on deep thought:

Minilogue / Animals

Animals - Minilogue | Album | AllMusic

Animals by Minilogue released in 2008. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

Minilogue / Island of If

Island of If - Minilogue | Album | AllMusic

Island of If by Minilogue released in 2014. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

The Field / Infinite Moment

Infinite Moment - The Field | Album | AllMusic

Infinite Moment by The Field released in 2018. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

Some uptempo is also nice sometimes:

Girl Talk / Feed the Animals <- really good if you're into mashups

Feed the Animals - Girl Talk | Album | AllMusic

Feed the Animals by Girl Talk released in 2008. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

And if I don't feel like picking and instead go with some Internet radio:

SomaFM / Groove Salad

SomaFM: Groove Salad Song History (Recently Played Tracks)

somafm.com

 

[alwaysbusy]

When coding on some engine, I like the "Synthesizer Greatest - Volumes 1 - 6" from Ed Starink (I'm missing Volume 7). It brings me in the zone

When coding on client apps, I like more a mix of Metallica, Queen, Blink 182, Nirvana, Green Day, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit, ... to get pumped up

 

[Sandman]

When coding on some engine, I like the "Synthesizer Greatest - Volumes 1 - 6" from Ed Starink (I'm missing Volume 7). It brings me in the zone

When coding on client apps, I like more a mix of Metallica, Queen, Blink 182, Nirvana, Green Day, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit, ... to get pumped up

Yeah, because it's two different mental accounts, right? One account for deep thought and another for let's finish this!

 

[Douglas Farias]

Ouvir rádio online - O melhor da música internacional | Antena 1

Os grandes clássicos das décadas de 70, 80, 90 e os melhores lançamentos da música internacional você só escuta na rádio Antena 1, a número um em música!

www.antena1.com.br

 

[hatzisn]

I like hearing some Vangelis music (it is the composer that has created the music theme of the movie 1492) f.e. something like:




An other option is the coderadio of freeCodeCamp, I have posted in another post:

Code Radio - 24/7 concentration music for developers

Code Radio - 24/7 concentration music for developers

coderadio.freecodecamp.org

 

[stevel05]

I can't listen to music in the background. If it's good music, and I wouldn't listen to any that wasn't, I can't help dissecting the melodic and harmonic structures which stops me from concentrating on anything else.

 

[Johan Hormaza]

Zone Mix

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[rabbitBUSH]

listen to radio paradise

I really like listening to music while coding.

Dylan Radio

I can't help dissecting the melodic and harmonic structures

Oi - the curse of being a professional musician - same as being a fine art painter - or - amazingly - a signwriter (those hand-crafted signs in the world become a mental pandemic of question marks).

 

[rabbitBUSH]

PLEASE - NO - we have just emerged from a 4-year drought - this is water torture - - - - especially the dripping sounds

 

[LucaMs]

PLEASE - NO - we have just emerged from a 4-year drought - this is water torture - - - - especially the dripping sounds

One more reason: to dream, to hope that it will rain.

On the other hand, some areas of the world have suffered floods due to rains.

I like it, it's relaxing; other times I need motivating, upbeat music.

 

[labcold]

I only like instrumental while programming as I find the words interfere with my flow - I use DI FM and just stream whatever channel mood im in - techno, chill, lounge, psy

 

[Alex_197]

Du Hast Rammstein, Chopin, Blue Grass Country

 

[Acuario]

The Orb or one of the many Chillout streams on YouTube

 

[Sandman]

The Orb

Very good. Fluffy little clouds, and all that. I even enjoy Pomme Fritz.

 

[pliroforikos]

Fantastic music all of them. I just cant code without music.
Try something different...

 

[Sandman]

Try something different...

Considering this was one of the biggest hits of the '90s I'm not entirely sure it could be classified as "different"

Here's my take on "something different":

Prefuse 73 / Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives


Two Fingers / Instrumentals