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Discussion on: What kind of music do you listen to while working?

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Michiel Hendriks

In generally I prefer not to listen to music as it generates various forms of distraction. Singing is the worst as the text affects you train of thought. But also a strong beat, or rhythm can clash with the current flow. These can affect your productivity. I mostly listen to music when there are other distractions I need to cancel out.

When I do listen to music I listen to video game music which has been created for ambiance. This music can easily dissolve in the background and not cause more distractions.

Several artist I listen to are:

  • Austin Wintory. Albums like Journey, ABZU, and Flow.
  • Ben Prunty. Especially the FTL soundtrack is good.
  • Disasterpeace.
  • Jeremy Soule. Mostly the Elder Scrolls sounds tracks, as a lot of the others are not really that ambiant
  • Garoad. A lot of good background music in the VA​-​11 HALL​-​A soundtrack.

Generally noc-action focused simulation video games and classic puzzle games have good background music suitable for programming.

Sometimes I kick it up a notch with some strong sythwave from

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Priyansh Jain

Witcher my friend

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Ryan Norton

I completely forgot about Ben Prunty. Thank you! So good!