Otherwise, it depends on my mood and if I need white-noise to concentrate on something. Or loop a song I like non-stop until it fades in the background :)
I'll probably stick out like a sore thumb in this crowd, but... I have a Spotify playlist called "Tasteless Rap". A lot of catchy rap songs that are of very little depth, but pleasant to listen to. I know all the words to pretty much all of them by now, and it's a fairly high-energy playlist that helps me get in the zone quickly and keep momentum.
is a favourite track of mine. However, it's just for initiating the session and writing down the TODOs or Goal before starting. I need silence to really think the rest of the time.
I don't have any Spotify playlists for you, but personally, I always listen to metal. It puts me in a productive mood and allows me to block out all other distractions.
Not exactly music, but sometimes I listen to SleepResearch_Facility which is ambient/environmental noise (but more interesting than the environmental noise I get naturally)
I find music to be very distracting, I prefer silence while I work but if I must have something on in the background it would be television news. For some reason that is easy for me to drown out and almost hypnotizing.
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[ 228 ms ] story [ 1095 ms ] threadOr, y'know, whatever comes on Pandora.
Otherwise, it depends on my mood and if I need white-noise to concentrate on something. Or loop a song I like non-stop until it fades in the background :)
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1525445
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6149361
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3907881
etc.
www.di.fm
Free stations of curated electronic music. Stations are by genre. Soul house and Liquid dnb are some of my favorites
http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Programming001/95161345
http://grooveshark.com/#!/search?q=Samurai+Champloo
is a favourite track of mine. However, it's just for initiating the session and writing down the TODOs or Goal before starting. I need silence to really think the rest of the time.
Sometimes I listen to Bandit Rock (http://www.bandit.se).
Disclaimer: I also listen to metal most the time when I'm not programming. :-)