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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by Tempest1981 on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:19AM (#39588486)
Any examples or recommendations? I'd like to try this.
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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by jonathanlydall on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:11AM (#39588769)
It's probably a personal taste thing, but on Spotify some of the radios I listen to are based on the following artists of their songs:

- Two Steps from Hell

- Sultan + Shephard

- Tom Player

- Matias Puumala

Some other random playlists:

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E8PiJpaZ8rWVi?si=...

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E35ecXdUS92X1?si=...

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E36Le7GAznRHV?si=...

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E366Mpiqxs399?si=...

I don't really curate my stuff, I occasionally "like" songs or start radios off songs I'm enjoying in the moment.

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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by llarsson on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:57AM (#39590536)
Can't do it myself, but I've heard that people listen to typical traditional "video game music" for this purpose. Fast, upbeat, and never something you need to focus on, but rather, it just helps you keep up the concentration.

...if you're the type of person who can listen to music while working, that is.

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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by jstarfish on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:40PM (#39594183)
VGM is all over the place.

I used to like working to the Hotline Miami soundtrack myself, which worked great for coding menial stuff but sucked for troubleshooting.

The Unreal Tournament '99 OST is way better in that it's fast, low-key, and repetitive. I put on a 3-hour megamix and I'm crushing it until lunch.

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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by hyperman1 on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:12PM (#39594632)
The Unreal OST and first Assasin's creed also work well for me.
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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by phi-go on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:52AM (#39589344)
To add to the other comment. Game music/soundtracks can be good for that, lots of options there, usually that music is to fill the background and keep someone engaged with the game. I also find LoFi music good for that purpose.
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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by theshrike79 on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:29AM (#39590216)
I actually had the Golden Axe theme[0] on repeat for 4 hours and didn't notice =) I also have a feeling it wasn't the full song, but I had clipped it to a shorter length to fit into the space required for a ringtone at the time.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWkT180hNLE

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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by maxace on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:03AM (#39589949)
somafm.com has excellent programming in a variety of flavors
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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by acuozzo on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:04PM (#39598199)
Fast "hard bop" Jazz from the '50s-60s e.g. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers.

It's intense, upbeat music.

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Re:Bring Back Private Offices by ckrailo on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @05:51AM (#39601762)
I've greatly enjoyed https://musicforprogramming.net/ since it's so easy to access, has free downloads, and a web player.
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