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Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by habith on Thursday August 14, 2014 @05:53PM (#8180059)
When I'm churning out code I sometimes listen to WritheM Radio on Grooveshark, mostly techno/electronic: http://grooveshark.com/#!/writhem/broadcast

Otherwise, it depends on my mood and if I need white-noise to concentrate on something. Or loop a song I like non-stop until it fades in the background :)

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by reinier_s4g on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:08PM (#8180116)
yeah, techno/electronic is a common choice, right now i'm listening to Chillout, but it not always work, thanks for your input!
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by allanmacgregor on Thursday August 14, 2014 @09:04PM (#8180595)
There you go, a bunch of my favorite tracks to get me in the right state of mind:

http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by DanBC on Thursday August 14, 2014 @05:56PM (#8180071)
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by reinier_s4g on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:06PM (#8180110)
yeah, i figure haha, thanks! will check it out
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by notduncansmith on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:26PM (#8180179)
I'll probably stick out like a sore thumb in this crowd, but... I have a Spotify playlist called "Tasteless Rap". A lot of catchy rap songs that are of very little depth, but pleasant to listen to. I know all the words to pretty much all of them by now, and it's a fairly high-energy playlist that helps me get in the zone quickly and keep momentum.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by MalcolmDiggs on Thursday August 14, 2014 @07:31PM (#8180374)
I do exactly the same thing. As long as the lyrics are completely mundane/meaningless they don't screw up my internal monologue.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by KhalPanda on Friday August 15, 2014 @10:54AM (#8182426)
I don't have any Spotify playlists for you, but personally, I always listen to metal. It puts me in a productive mood and allows me to block out all other distractions.

Sometimes I listen to Bandit Rock (http://www.bandit.se).

Disclaimer: I also listen to metal most the time when I'm not programming. :-)

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by vijucat on Friday August 15, 2014 @08:14AM (#8181792)
Bvdub - A Moment's Peace : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exr3IAMaLPM

is a favourite track of mine. However, it's just for initiating the session and writing down the TODOs or Goal before starting. I need silence to really think the rest of the time.

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by logn on Friday August 15, 2014 @04:53PM (#8184133)

    Ace Of Base, Air France, Alanis Morissette, Alors Danse, Alors On Danse, Alphaville, Aphex Twin, Apparat, Araabmuzik, Band of Horses, Baths, Battles, Baxter, Bear In Heaven, Beastie Boys, Benny Benassi, Better Than Ezra, Black Devil Disco Club, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blind Melon, Boards Of Canada, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Booka Shade, Bush, Candlebox, Caribou, Celly Cel, Chamillionaire, Chromeo, Client, Clubfeet, Cobblestone Jazz, Com Truise, Copy, Counting Crows, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Daft Punk, Darkstar, Dave Matthews Band, David Bowie, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Deep Blue Something, Delorean, Depeche Mode, Dev, Dieselboy, Digitalism, DJ Khaled, DJ Screw, Drake, Dr_ Dre, Eat Static, Echotek, Electric Universe, Eliot Lipp, Ellen Allien & Apparat, Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Fatali, Felix Da Housecat, Felix Laband, Ferry Corsten, Fischerspooner, Four Tet, Fractal Glider, Fuck Buttons, Gardens & Villa, Gary Numan, Gemini, Genghis Tron, Gin Blossoms, Glass Candy, Gnarls Barkley, God Is an Astronaut, Gold Panda, Gotye, Grand National, Grateful Dead, Grimes, Guns N' Roses, Health, HEALTH, Hella, Holy Ghost!, Hydra, Imogen Heap, Infected Mushroom, Jack Johnson, Jay-Z, J_Cole, Jeff Samuel, Jewel, John Mayer, Junior Boys, Justice, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Keller Williams, Kennedy, Kid Cudi, Kiln, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, Lali Puna, Lana Del Rey, La Roux, LCD Soundsystem, Lightning Bolt, Lil' Wayne, Lily Allen, Lindstrom, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Live, Lorn, Luna, Lusine, Lykke Li, M83, Marvin Gaye, Medeski_ Martin & Wood, Memory Tapes, Metric, Metro Area, MGMT, M_I_A_, Michael Jackson, Midwest Product, Mike Watt, Miles Davis, Moby, Modest Mouse, moe_, Moving Units, Mylo, Natalie Merchant, Neon Indian, New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Parts and Labor, Passion Pit, Peaking Lights, Pearl Jam, Phantogram, Phil Collins, Phish, Phoenix, Prince, Prometheus, Radiohead, Ratatat, Real Estate, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R_E_M_, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Röyksopp, Rusted Root, Salem, Santigold, Scarface, Shooting Spires, Silver Swans, Skrillex, Sleigh Bells, Small Black, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Solar Fields, Son Of The Electric Ghost, Soundgarden, Steven Wright, Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime, Submarines, Superpitcher, System 7, Teebs, Teengirl Fantasy, Telepathe, Tennis, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Avalanches, The Chromatics, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Dandy Warhols, The Dude Of Life, The Field, The Fitness, The Glitch Mob, The Killers, The Knife, The LK, The Notorious B_I_G_, The Notwist, The Polish Ambassador, The Rapture, The Samples, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Sounds, Ticon, Tiesto, Timbaland, Tim Hecker, TOBACCO, Toro Y Moi, Tycho, Tyga, Ulrich Schnauss, Underworld, Van She, vibrasphere, Vitalic, Washed Out, Weezer, We Love, YACHT, Yelle, Youth Lagoon, Zero 7, Zoot Woman
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by BorisMelnik on Friday August 15, 2014 @02:33PM (#8183491)
I find music to be very distracting, I prefer silence while I work but if I must have something on in the background it would be television news. For some reason that is easy for me to drown out and almost hypnotizing.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by Zergy on Friday August 15, 2014 @04:02PM (#8183877)
I like to listen to this YouTube playlist I created https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AEDED4BDDADFDD1.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by ksherlock on Friday August 15, 2014 @10:57AM (#8182445)
Not exactly music, but sometimes I listen to SleepResearch_Facility which is ambient/environmental noise (but more interesting than the environmental noise I get naturally)
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by redmaverick on Thursday August 14, 2014 @09:59PM (#8180728)
Samurai Champloo by Nujabes. Pretty sweet.

http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by anishkothari on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:56PM (#8180266)
SomaFM has some great stations http://somafm.com/
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by bnejad on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:06PM (#8180111)
Digitally Imported

www.di.fm

Free stations of curated electronic music. Stations are by genre. Soul house and Liquid dnb are some of my favorites

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by reinier_s4g on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:10PM (#8180127)
nice, will check it out!
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by MaysonL on Thursday August 14, 2014 @05:32PM (#8179971)
Bach: Goldberg Variations on loop.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by dllthomas on Friday August 15, 2014 @02:38PM (#8183516)
The Uncle Meat Variations

Or, y'know, whatever comes on Pandora.

Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by reinier_s4g on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:09PM (#8180124)
haha, you know, i also listen to a lot of classical music while coding, but sometimes you just need something more...up? or not so complex...
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by coppolaemilio on Thursday August 14, 2014 @05:54PM (#8180063)
So classy!
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by sunseb on Friday August 15, 2014 @04:17AM (#8181369)
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by artsandsci on Friday August 15, 2014 @03:02PM (#8183629)
Brian Eno's Music for Airports always helps me focus and get stuff done.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by efferifick on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:07PM (#8180113)
NPR all songs considered 24/7 audio stream.
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by RUG3Y on Thursday August 14, 2014 @06:56PM (#8180267)
Dead Kennedys, the Melvins, Black Flag, hmm...
Re:Ask HN: What music do you listen to while programming? by nastygibbon on Friday August 15, 2014 @06:07AM (#8181566)
Emily Howell.