Coders and code monkeys.... Do you code to music?

Coders and code monkeys…. Do you code to music?

by Amanda Blain
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If so what? I'm looking for some new selections… I usually do some classical or celtic when i am having trouble with a problem.

What about you?

coders and code monkeys do you code to music

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Matt Senter
Matt Senter
12 years ago

I actually code in silence. Music distracts me. I know I'm going to be in the minority on this one…

Michael Manfre
Michael Manfre
12 years ago

Trance, techno, classical. Basically any music without lyrics.

Benjamin Moore Eubank
Benjamin Moore Eubank
12 years ago

I like anything without words that is a little mellow. Mainly to block out my coworker's voices though.

Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy
12 years ago

either bach (piano) or chopin (nocturnes) work for me

Nick Stott
Nick Stott
12 years ago

I always have the best intentions of putting on some music while I'm working, only to look up 3 hours later and realize that I forgot to press play

David Holman
David Holman
12 years ago

I actually listen to some Swedish music, Swedish lyrics that is. But that's just when I'm stuck or writing somethings I've written a million times before. If it's a new problem I listen to the music until I get an idea of how to fix it and then I turn the music off until I'm done writing.

Brad Leclerc
Brad Leclerc
12 years ago

Usually silence, but sometimes I pop onto jamendo.com/ and just listen to random stuff I've never heard. Helps put my brain into "think about things in new ways" mode.

Andrea Rossi
Andrea Rossi
12 years ago

"Irish" playlist on iTunes works pretty well for me! 😀

Adnan Siddiqi
Adnan Siddiqi
12 years ago

It depends. Usually I put headphone while coding.. for concentration. 🙂

Dolidh Young
Dolidh Young
12 years ago

Daft Punk or System of a Down and staple code-music for me… I know the words, so I'm not being distracted by them… and I can't hear over the music – so not distracted by everyone else.

Amanda Blain
Amanda Blain
12 years ago

+Nick Stott i so do that all the time too lol +David Holman +Andrea Rossi do you have some examples?

Carmelyne Thompson
Carmelyne Thompson
12 years ago

I code in silence too, but my go to Music is on loop. Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra

Paul Eubanks
Paul Eubanks
12 years ago

Usually I just throw on whatever strikes me from di.fm If I'm not in an electronic music mood, usually progressive metal like Obscura, Arsis, Encircle, etc…

Patrick Shampine
Patrick Shampine
12 years ago

Ambient music wins when I touch code.

Stacy S
Stacy S
12 years ago

Hard rock or Metal

Korn trash, Korn shoots and ladders, zombie any if it's exceptionaly hard.

Stephen Gray
Stephen Gray
12 years ago

+Matt Senter I also often code in silence, but when I do "plug in" I'm usually on some kind of electronica or something … fewer words distract me less. Recently, it has been the Daft Punk library

Benjamin Pett
Benjamin Pett
12 years ago

I think choosing the music with which you best connect might help you dig into the core of your creativity and find a place where you feel most confident. Once you find yourself in that place, you will start seeing your code objectives as more linear and resolve them more outside the box.

Akamu Akamai
Akamu Akamai
12 years ago

I find that minimal techo is best for coding try Kether, soundcloud.com/kethermusic

Michael-Forest M.
Michael-Forest M.
12 years ago

About half the stuff on http://www.magnatune.com works really well for me. If you like Celtic and Classical, you'll like Magnatune (if you're not already familiar with it, of course)…

Hammad Fauz
Hammad Fauz
12 years ago

If you wanna try something different (and foreign) try the cokestudio tracks. Beautiful music. (and free, too)
http://www.cokestudio.com.pk/Season.aspx?SeasonId=4

Paul Spoerry
Paul Spoerry
12 years ago

If rockin code out I usually listen to house or breakbeat. If I need to focus then classical or techno (just needs to have less vocals).

Liz Krane
Liz Krane
12 years ago

I normally work in silence, but sometimes I like to listen to something really lively and dance in my chair to make boring tasks more fun. 😀 Flamenco, salsa, and big band/swing have become my favorites for a while now.

Steven Sherrie
Steven Sherrie
12 years ago

I like wearehunted.com while I'm coding, because it's good and varied 🙂 Check it out!

Yair Barak
Yair Barak
12 years ago

It depends on the hour of the day.
For example, right now it's 9pm here (and I'm still coding..) – so it's stuff like Travis/Coldplay. I'm listening now to Bon Iver's first CD.

Andrea Rossi
Andrea Rossi
12 years ago

+Amanda Blain Loreena McKennitt – The Two Trees just finished…now playing Island lake ! 😀

Andreas Stassivik
Andreas Stassivik
12 years ago

I listen mostly to lyricless trance (usually a DJ mix) while I code. Vocals that are more instrumental than lyrical won't distract me. Recently I've been repeating Paul Oakenfold's DJ Box on Spotify, mixed with Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Airbase, and Mind.in.a.box. Here's a sampler playlist for fellow trance coders: open.spotify.com/user/hx.stassi/playlist/6n2vKVyDqdUXbI72AaRJsd

Patrick Shampine
Patrick Shampine
12 years ago

+Steven Sherrie check out ex.fm too.

Karl Hansen
Karl Hansen
12 years ago

I've tuned Pandora to play female singers over the last few years. Seems to work well for general coding, but I do switch to surf instrumentals when I've got a crunch or a nasty bit of code. Let me know if you want to listen to that station.

Michael-Forest M.
Michael-Forest M.
12 years ago

+Andrea Rossi, that is one of my favourite songs ever. The whole album is excellent.

Cory Swanson
Cory Swanson
12 years ago

Dubstep, techno, industrial metal, or, if I'm in the mood, death metal… similar to what +Stephen Gray said, fewer words (or in the case of death metal, fewer discernible words) distract me less.

Jonathan Wright
Jonathan Wright
12 years ago

It definitely depends on the day, but it will usually be something fast (Skrillex, deadmau5) or comedy (Flight of the Conchords, Lonely Island, mc chris) or indie rock (Black Keys, Raconteurs, Florence + the Machine)

Akamu Akamai
Akamu Akamai
12 years ago
Benjamin Pett
Benjamin Pett
12 years ago

+Yair Barak Woo hoo! Bon Iver… they're from Milwaukee, where I live.

Yair Barak
Yair Barak
12 years ago

Till the birth of Google Music, I was using Jango.
But now, I've got all my collection click away…
Sometimes I just shuffle.

Maria Stepanov Sommerfield
Maria Stepanov Sommerfield
12 years ago

No I can't code to music. I know a lot of people do but I need absolute quiet. Sometimes my coworkers listen to music so I hear theirs

Andrea Rossi
Andrea Rossi
12 years ago

+Michael-Forest M. glad to see Google+ is full of people with excellent musical tastes…The Mask and the Mirror is one of the most beautiful albums of '90s!

Brett Bjornsen
Brett Bjornsen
12 years ago

I usually code to Rage Against the Machine, Bad Religion, Daft Punk or anything with a decent beat really… if I really need to flush my mental cache I crank it to 11.

Deanna Bonds
Deanna Bonds
12 years ago

New Age meditation music, celtic, and pink floyd are my main ones. But late at night I will put on 'driving' music to keep me awake – Foghat is great for that.

David Holman
David Holman
12 years ago

+Yair Barak Until the birth of Spotify I used to buy music, now I don't.
+Amanda Blain Great minds work… alike?

Oh, and I've decided to try something new, seems like a lot of people listen to vocal free music when programming so I'm gonna try classical and jazz, hate techno and dubstep I've never understood!

Adrian Arias
Adrian Arias
12 years ago

http://www.di.fm/ is the way to go! I highly value my premium subscription. No fussing over play lists and other distractions. Also check out somafm.com/ and http://www.16bit.fm/. I can't see how anyone can concentrate let alone write good code when listening to Glitch or Dubstep. I prefer liquidDnB, trance, vocal, industrial, progressive, and my new favorite, oldshool acid.

Andrea Rossi
Andrea Rossi
12 years ago

Mike Oldfield also does a great job on concentration…

Michael-Forest M.
Michael-Forest M.
12 years ago

BTW, +Amanda Blain, here's an sampler of excellent Magnatune stuff: magnatune.com/artists/albums/braid-soundtrack/ (It's the soundtrack from the game Braid, which was taken from various Magnatune albums.)

Stay away from their rock selection unless you really like Indie and Alternative and don't mind wading through hit-and-miss quality albums (especially the earlier stuff).

Hal Thompson
Hal Thompson
12 years ago

Qntal, hard to find in North America, but if you like celtic you'll probably like them

Stacy S
Stacy S
12 years ago

Oh, I mess with those that have to have silence

Tom Ford
Tom Ford
12 years ago

Bassdrive.com, UnitedBreaks.fm, NuBreaks.com and other assorted vocal and regular trance. Breakbeat, Drum n Bass and all around Electric…all on Shoutcast Radio (via Winamp)…

Gavin Rasmussen
Gavin Rasmussen
12 years ago

Beethoven, Craig Armstrong, Movie Scores if I'm struggling. Most forms of Trance music when I'm on a roll.

Michael Rutherford
Michael Rutherford
12 years ago

I code to the Sci-Fi channel (still can't call it the Syfy channel). So, not to music.

Sebastian Carrozzo
Sebastian Carrozzo
12 years ago

Monkey present!

Andrea Rossi
Andrea Rossi
12 years ago

For ultimate experience, listen to binaural tones… 😉

Dave Wick
Dave Wick
12 years ago

Code to neoclassical, trance or dubstep.. depending upon how much I've procrastinated and OTD is looming 😛

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