Everyone needs good music for coding (a little side project of ours)

[rtf]

When I want "coder background music" I just listen to a psytrance onine radio station.

[imsteve]

Seconded.

[andr]

trance is good, but for work? maybe that's why your coding isn't going so well :)

[alexsolo]

pandora.com is really good. When coding, I alternate between trance http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh11364865758277320 and mellow hip-hop http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh236914974523469512

[tjr]

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[pepeto]

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[codesurgeon]

I agree with the title of this post, but don't really get what the referenced post is supposed to do in order to help. I think the topic is really interesting and I'd like to know what other hacks are listening to.

I posted "Coding In Flow - Does Music Get You Higher?" on my blog in 2006 on the very same topic listing my favorite music for certain development tasks.

http://codesurgeonblog.com/2006/08/coding-in-flow-does-music...

[a-priori]

Good music is important for me to get into "deep hack mode". Usually, it's house, trance or something like that. One day last week though, though I had David Wilcox's "Do the Bearcat" on repeat for about 2 hours. It was the most productive 2 hours I've had in a month.

Who would have thought?

[imsteve]

The internet radio stations I listen to for programming music require each mix (song) to be between 45 and 90 minutes, not fade or do other distracting effects, and a couple other basic rules that make it quite good for programming.

[edw519]

"deep hack mode" I love it!

Thanks for the David Wilcox reference, but no thanks.

Just the other day I cranked Gershwin's Rapsody in Blue and had the most productive 17 minute in a month. Who would have thought?

[gscott]

You could make it so that if you are not coding fast enough it stops the music.

[mosburger]

I've discovered a lot of "programming music" using last.fm, and I totally agree on elecronic/trance for background. Lately I've been listening to a lot of Boards of Canada. I can't recommend them enough.

[pchristensen]

Another music sharing service:

http://www.jukefly.com/

[nose]

What do you think of an app that analyzes text on your screen and plays appropriate music.

[ardit33]

musicovery.com is good. I usually listen to electronica, down tempo, negative mood.

The key is listening to music that has vocals and that are more monotonous. Vocals can get distracting.

[amohr]

some good music there - although I prefer albums when I'm coding. I think it provides good quantized units of time to work on things

[parbo]

Invite?

[simianstyle]

daft punk

[andr]

doubletrue.