🦄 Chip Uni
What (if anything) do you listen to while you're programming, or doing work that requires a lot of concentration?
💪 Joe
A lot of Spotify. Usually instrumental or harder to understand vocals. Have had it hooked up to last FM so that's fun to look at stats and whatnot last.fm/user/joewrong
Rai
I put my favourite online streaming radios in a git repo and pick from there. github.com/kidd/ra... . Feel free to add yours there!
🔚 Bort Simpson
Lou Reed - "Metal Machine Music" on repeat for 8 hours every weekday
Cliff Zero
Anything by GAS en.wikipedia.org/w...)
Chicken Waffles
nothing that has lyrics or singing-including chants by gregorian monks. preferrably uptempo and melodic
🦞 Lob Ster
I used to listen to whatever was familiar on repeat -- one year I listened to Sufjan Steven's Christmas album for most of the year! Now I mostly listen to lo-fi hip hop or cafe jazz music , although I'm trying to get used to silence.
Ian Kettlewell
I alternate between music and ambient rain. Music can feel too distracting, but it keeps me motivated.
Michael Toomim
All the wonderful ambient tracks at musicforprogrammin...
🧨 Stephen Coley
Anything from metalcore to hiphop to soundtracks to dreampunk. Sometimes I'll put on one of my favorite horror movies.
🧨 Stephen Coley
The newest would be the latest Code Orange album. Some others I rotate often though are Converge, The Bled, Fear Before, Cult Leader, Oathbreaker, Leeched, etc...
⚫ Aaron
I was recently turned onto Code Orange. So good. Converge and The Bled are staples. Haven't heard of Leeched. Going to check that out right now.
🧨 Stephen Coley
Code Orange's new album is nuts. Love it. Been a long time Converge and The Bled fan. The Bled was my first hardcore show along with Senses Fail and My Chemical Romance for like $12. I miss those days.
🚲 Koen West
Recently I have started to use a particular combination of ambient noises with the app Dark Noise (which I can highly recommend), and I now notice that it really gets me in the zone. I have different noises set up for different tasks.
Sr
The "Organic Chill" playlist on Spotify is my go-to. It's interesting but not distracting.
🍃 Matt Harwood
Big fan of Lo-fi. Nightride.fm is a good place for cyberpunk / Lo-fi, as well as Youtube...
🖕 Moderator
Add plaza.one to the list
David Timmins
Freaking amazing! Thank you!
🍃 Matt Harwood
No problem!
Xy
i like having twitch irl streams running in the background that i don't need to pay attention to. it gives me that coffee shop vibe i miss, which i know not everyone enjoys, but works for me.
Joseph Gilmore
Have you done much bike touring yourself? Where have you gone? It's something I really want to get into but currently don't have the money for a new bike or equipment.
Xy
i have only done one long, unsupported tour around the pacific nw with a group of buddies, but i ride pretty frequently around my current city. once it's easier and safer to travel internationally, my dream is to ride the silk road. i purchased my current touring bike (miyata 1000lt) used for about $500 a decade ago from a really nice guy off craigslist who had ridden it from london to singapore.
Nick Thomas
Pretty much ditto on that. Love the vibe. Makes me feel like I could go on forever, well till i am no longer productive.
Joseph Gilmore
Yep same. Mostly mixes on SoundCloud or albums on Bandcamp. ChillHop Essential albums are especially good. chillhop.bandcamp....
🧩 Ben
used to listen to whatever was on spotify, now i realized it's nice to work in silence
Mihail
Anything instrumental that can move to the background once in 'the zone'. If I like the music too much I never get around to beginning the work. Be Svendsen does the trick for me.