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Gracie Gregory (she/her)
Gracie Gregory (she/her)

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What songs help get you "unstuck"?

Hello friends!

In honor of Monday and the new season swirling around outside my window, I have a simple question about productivity and resetting your brain...

Assuming music is part of your daily life, is there a particular song that helps rest your focus? Maybe you listen to it while coding, or maybe you take a walk around the block with headphones in when you need a context-switch...

For me, it's Avril 14 by Aphex Twin. I've loved this beautiful melody for a long time, but it actually really helped to clear my writer's block last Friday β€” and inspired me to buy a keyboard piano over the weekend so I can learn to play it myself! How about you?

Music is magic and the great equalizer, as far as I'm concerned. Happy Monday! Wishing you a productive and melodic week.

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D\sTro

Gangnam styleπŸ˜†

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Roman R

Something completely different and unusual ;)
youtube.com/watch?v=tDroa5WTU34 and other 24-tone stuff like youtube.com/watch?v=un4Zhrb-nLA

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Vitor Hugo Fernandes da Silva Pimentel

I got one album that helped me just today

for those into post rock and stuff like it, this band is formed by the guy from Slint.

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Maulik

I have a habit of singing while coding. But yes, sometimes I listen too.. my playlist keeps changing over time but my current playlist includes

  • Shallow
  • I never love again
  • Perfect
  • Photograph
  • Set fire to the rain
  • When we were young
  • Killing me softly
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NicolΓ‘s Omar GonzΓ‘lez Passerino

Depending the situation at work, i go for one of two paths

  • A more calm and relaxing style, like instrumental, smooth classic/jazz or lo-fi. My best example is a song recomended from a friend "A cycle" by Men I Trust
  • An intense and strong song to focus in moment of urgency (because we have 1 day to deliver that feature to prod). Hanz Zimmer has a lot of soundtracks like "Red Warrior" or "Ronnin" (I just love 'The Last Samurai' album).
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Louis Low

EDM

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Isaac Hatilima

The Vamps Paper Heart

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Matthew Bland

LOFI πŸ‘ LOFI πŸ‘ LOFI πŸ‘

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Lea Rosema (she/her)

I like silhouettes by Avicii, it's so motivating, especially that part of the lyrics where it says

Straight ahead on the path we have before us
Day by day, soon the change will come
Don't you know we took a big step forward
Just lead the way and we pull the trigger
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Tea

Wow. Now that is a great pick. As I like repeating, Aphex is a genius.
Depends if I need to clear my mind or feel energized. The former? Rhucle and Chihei Hatakeyama 🌊
The latter, Grischa Lichtenberger and Wowaka πŸ”₯

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Luke Westby • Edited

Any of Lauren Babic's work does the trick for me

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

This japanese song about my dog Linda

I love tango so this one too

Celia Cruz for reminding me that "Life is better when you sing"

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Andrew Baisden

Other than the usual music and soundtracks from legends like Hans Zimmer. I also like to listen to anime soundtracks.

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Mike Bybee • Edited

Unstuck, you say? Why, "Doing the Unstuck", of course. It would be criminal not to include it in this discussion.

Probably the most widely panned Cure song, but one of my favorites (from Wish, their best album, don't @ me with Disintegration or Pornography), and my go-to for tearing down the nonessentials and focusing on what matters (in work, love, or life in general).

LET'S GET HAPPY!

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Wouter van Marrum

While I don't have a "specific" song that helps me get unstuck I listen to a varity of music genres.
Main ones are rock, hard rock, dubstep and hardstyle. Somehow my mind will get a bit more loose when some good base is in the songs.