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What music do you listen to when coding?

Mine’s ODESZA’s A Moment Apart album. It’s gold.

on December 21, 2020
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    I have a playlist that I work on over time for both Spotify and Apple Music when I'm coding.

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Vaakov2VlTyEzuRPGUseU?si=4gSKPu2MR0eF6dgfjQXM5Q

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    Nice choice with A Moment Apart.

    Have you managed to get it so that the intro is a 1-minute onramp to flow state, and by the time the first chord of A Moment Apart hits a minute in you're ready to go?

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      Yeah man, this is GOLD. It gets me in the zone all the time. The first thing I listen to right out of bed.

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    The theme tune to Mission Impossible.

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    Lo-fi, deep house, electronica, ambient. No vocals! Nature sounds also help a lot.

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    I start my days with https://www.brain.fm/
    Then move to https://www.focusatwill.com/ in the afternoon

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    I actually really enjoy the AI powered music of Endel: https://endel.io/

    But if it's a real nail bitter of an algorithm, then I always go back to the fray.

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    Piano / lofi / spa-music.

    Everything that's calm with no or minimal singing.

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    lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qap5aO4i9A

    Also available in Spotify.

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    Cool :D

    I love rap and lo-fi. My favorite artists include Jack Harlow and John Wolf.

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    Relaxing music playlist (nature sounds, instrumental, etc.).

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    I'm currently listening to Josquin de Prez (https://youtu.be/O71wjSoystA).

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    120bpm or nothing.

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      💖 that ;)

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    Old game soundtracks are totally zen.
    Try Warcraft 2

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    He.art album by Astrix
    it really rocks 🤘🏻

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    Deathcore from Australia
    or
    Lo-Fi beats :D

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    I pretty much always listen to Kurzgesagt soundtracks: https://www.youtube.com/c/Epicmountainmusic/playlists

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    Its funny that humans should recommend music to other humans, but it works. Try asking our global community what they're listening to today!

    www.gruv.me/beta

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    I have a massive playlist with albums that I find engaging.

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31wHlrQWBnKMvayC6x17m2?si=blUhsGz9RtSlvbqiVvA8uQ

    It focuses on video game music, which is designed to be engaging without being distracting. It has a few other albums from artists that have the same kinda vibe. I don't listen to this kind of music normally, and the downside is that it completely wrecks my Spotify end-of-year wrap-ups.

    If I'm having a really intense coding session, I'll loop a single boss fight song ("Radio Tower Takeover!" or "Bombs for throwing at you") to try to bring out the right intensity. I can't do it every day, but it helps when I'm in crunch time.

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    Lately the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack has been great for background coding music

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    Piano sonatas, especially Chopin when I'm working on something harder. When I'm doing routine coding, I just listen to podcasts

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    I'm really into lofi but these days I've also enjoyed listening to some orchestral music https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ENGoyM7iTTjvf5plo7ry4?si=E6tif3oeQou2rfk19DFmXA

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    I stick with Lo-fi beats

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      Absolute gold. Have you checked out the Brown Noice playlist on Spotify? However, I do like to mix it up with some upbeat electronic music :)