I enjoyed reading the following article by a fellow Dev.to'er:
And I wanted to share with the community what I listen to.
I have different modes for when I'm coding, hacking (e.g. bug bounties), working (e.g. writing emails), or just doing mind-numbing chores.
The following is what I jam to for each of those modes.
Coding
No distractions. No lyrics. Soft tracks are ideal, but not too soft that I would fall asleep during late-night coding sessions.
Genres that meet these criteria: Chill Step, Deep House, Liquid Trap
Spotify playlists:
Hacking
Get pumped and get in the mood 😈 with upbeat jams. Fast, electronic beats with sick bass drops are ideal. Lyrics are fine too.
Genres that meet these criteria: Drum and Bass, EDM, Trap, Dubstep, Nightcore
Spotify playlists:
Working
Upbeat, poppy, but not-too-fast tracks hits the spot for this category.
Genres that meet this criteria: ePop
Spotify playlists:
Chores
Podcasts, actually. Word? 🤓
Wait. Hear me out.
Because of the inherent nature of chores, I don't need focus on the minutiae of the task. Instead, I take these opportunities to catch up on the many technical/coding/engineering podcasts.
Genres that meet these criteria: Podcasts
Spotify actually has podcasts you can listen to, but I will shamelessly plug my collection of awesome-podcasts 😅
Miscellaneous
Every once in a while, I get a craving for something entirely new and different, but they still tend to fall within broader categories.
Genres that meet these criteria: Synthpop, Remixes, Hip Hop, but with a twist 👩🎤👨🎤
Spotify playlists:
- Women Wa Bas! - Arab women in one playlist
- Arab Hip-Hop
- Arab X - Global cross-overs with/by Arab artists
- Arab Raggae
- Hacking - Synthpop
- Synthpop / Electronic / Dark Wave
- Pop / Rock Remix
- Remixes Of Popular Songs
- K-Pop Daebak
- K-Pop Rising
- JPop / Anime
I love getting exposed to new music, so what do you listen to?
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It doesn't matter too much as long as it's the same few songs over and over again. The noise gets tuned out when I slip into a focus-state. Which... is why I can't listen to podcasts when I code.
Here's a screenshot of my spotify playlists. Haha!
If I'm struggling to focus, I've honestly found the "lofi hip hop music - beats to relax/study to" playlist on Spotify to be very useful for helping me focus without distracting me. Not my style of music necessarily, but it works.
If I'm already feeling focused, I like listing to post-rock or post-metal. Russian Circles, Caspian, Pelican, or Explosions in the Sky are some great bands to have on in the background and get you pumped, although certain Explosions songs can put me to sleep...
For when I'm not coding, Brand New, Kevin Devine, alt-rock in general, or some embarrassing post-hardcore from my teen years will find it's way onto my Spotify.
black metal like Taake, Limbonic Art, early Burzum when i dont want to be too distracted.
more melodic black metal like Vintersorg, Emperor, Solefald, Falkenbach, Cor Scorpii when I feel i can follow more the tunes.
if doing coding chores I can go hard with Anaal Nathrak, Obscura, Beyond Creation
if i feel groovy then stuff like Clutch, Kvelertak
but it´s not always only metal. sometimes the office is noisy, and I want to be isolated but not with too much noise in my head and then i put on some synth ambient techno stuff like Ogre Sound, VHS Glitch, Electric Universe..
Actually there's a website for that musicforprogramming.net
Have fun 😜
Grindcore, Death metal, Black metal, thrash metal, powerviolence, crust punk, discore (Confuse, Gai, etc.), harsh noise, & experimental. And some folk and small amounts of jazz and 70's synth.
I listen to dream theater and Diablo Swing Orchestra too.
I prefer rock and metal (the Beatles, Dio, Guns 'n Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc), but very often I listen a mix of a lot of genres (pop ballads, rap, hip-hop, techno, bachata, salsa, etc).
Sometimes, I like to listen to totally new genres (for me at least), and for that I check out this page: Every Noise at Once. It's an incredible work of data analysis where you can listen to practically every genre of music.
There I've discovered genres like ambient trance, fallen angel and new tribe. It's pretty interesting, check it out! 😁
Wow. That’s awesome. Definitely bookmarking that!
Basically Tech-House, UK Garage, Shallow/Getto/Bass House, and little bit Techno, Acid 303, 808 909, Jungle Terror, Tribal & Percussions, Futuristic.
Not That Boring List:
youtu.be/TQoDUuvu3_c
youtu.be/h27sFzkp6oQ
youtu.be/amlef8dvEHA
youtu.be/5fjV0Qh6oTE
youtu.be/JGJoGtt3n5Y
Something Else
youtu.be/hR2DhxM9eRY
Lo-fi hip hop, for me the best to focus on my work without distractions!
Melodic death metal anyone? Black metal?
It really depends. I am very syncretistic in my taste. My spectrum ranges from Chillout to Dubstep, from Pop to Rock and (Death-) Metal. But I too enjoy good Old School like NWA.
If somebody hacks my Spotify account he may wonder if I am a whole family instead of a single person 😂
Prog metal. Just posted about the new Haken FINALLY dropping.
Yes! Black Metal is my jam when coding, especially Funeral Mist, Behemoth, Marduk, and Spectral Wound!
I'm listening to a really wide range of music too 😄From country to blackest black metal. Depends on the mood I guess.
Yes! Sometimes it has to be Cradle of Filth or Dimmu Borgir :D
CoF!!!!! That brings back memories...
I feel you. I’m the same way. In my Spotify account, I’ve got pop folder, rock folder, hacker folder, coding folder, acoustic/instrumental folder, yoga folder ...etc
I could keep going, but I’ll stop embarrassing myself now. 😂
Pop Rap (Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, A$AP Rocky), or R&B (GoldLink, Rejjie Snow, Smino), whichever I feel like.
Oh, and BROCKHAMPTON. Best band.
Lately, I've discovered that in order to give a better performance while writing code or thinking for problem solutions music is really distracting so I rather not listening during that time. But I will definitely listen to a lot of this playlist later.
Wow. A lot of great resources to listen while doing the great work.