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Re:Reversing the effects of long programming sessions by sarreph on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @07:03PM (#17770499)
If you’re a composer/conductor then you’ve probably already tried this, but for me two types of music work well (as I’m a similarly analytical musician):

- Minimalism, specifically Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians suite

- Atmospheric, specifically ‘Skyrim Atmospheres’ by Jeremy Soule

Both are so versatile: minimalism for journeys and coding; atmospheric for ‘creative’ periods, walking and sleeping. I do somewhat envy your ability to listen to white noise as it is infinitely replicable, but fear it a little distracting in of itself!

Re:Reversing the effects of long programming sessions by Diederich on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @10:36PM (#17771469)
I checked both of them out, and they're nice, thanks! But in both cases, it's definitely music, and as such I'm definitely distracted by it.