I just discovered that my productivity while coding gets improved while listening to Bach. Damn! I usually listen to Epic/Doom Metal while coding, but it 's more like a quick fix, while the Bach effect is like a long distance runner. I guess I will be doing the Baroque during the low energy days from now on.
Stay away from Mozart...LOL http://articles.cnn.com/1999-08-25/...t-frances-rauscher-mozart-sonata?_s=PM:HEALTH
That's quite the jump, from Epic/Doom metal to Bach. When I'm doing work I like to have some mellow music playing, like downtempo, ambient, etc. In other words, music without lyrics.
That is very interesting. I am always listening to classic rock solos mostly (slash, orianthi, deff, zeppelin, etc) I will switch it up to some Bach now and see what happens.
To add to my "coding" music, here's what I typically listen to while working: Ulrich Schnauss, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, Ulf Lohmann, and others that I'm blanking on now.
Owkay, THIS IS COOL science! I have made a little dedication to this thread: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...346560-secret-about-our-lives-everything.html
I use 1 FM - Otto 's Baroque Music (shoutcast link). Also, I like Great Bach and his Family (again, shoutcast link) You can create a real desktop app for Shoutcast by using Opera 's widget functionality (enable opera unite, download the widget creator app, visit the Shoutcast directory, click the creator 's icon, bam - you have a real desktop app to add to your shortcuts)
Yes, it was nice for a while, but if I have to lose time chosing tracks all the time, it 's not a benefit. So, I prefer online "radio". They do the hard work for you.
Ya agreed, but its fun building playlists with friends, especially those that like the same kind of music. Dynamic playlists FTW.
Recently I'm experiencing almost the same thing. I like all types of music. Everything except Top 40 and I like to think I can listen to dubstep, metal, underground hip hop, hard bop, classic rock and the rest while doing work but the last few weeks I start listening to only Mozart and binaural brainwave music while working and my productivity shot through the roof in every area of life. I told some of my friends about it and they get similar results with chores and homework.
drum n bass is my working music and occasionally dubby minimalist dubstep. good drums, nice dubby bass and not too much going on on top puts me in that working / coding frame of mind.
I thought the same thing as you, but it seems a lot of Spotify users have no idea about things like Spotibot (I didn't when I first started using it). Using Spotibot is just like using Pandora. You put in a few artists and it builds a playlist for you that you can drag and drop to your Spotify. Because it pulls from the Last.fm user database, I like a much higher % of the songs than on Pandora's algorithm, too! Anyone using Spotify should definitely give it a go! http://spotibot.com My favorite background playlist is jazz, but it all depends on the mood. I'll definitely give Bach a go after reading this
I don't really listen to classical music but I love death/gothic/power/symphonic/melodeath/neoclassical metal and was listening to classical video game music last night (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) I thought I'd recommend listening to this harpsichord cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3yXAMiFgyI
