What's your kind of music

troubalex

Groove Salad is a classic if you need focus and have to block out distracting sounds. It carried me through most of the content work here.

mgran

Being Norwegian I am happy to admit having Aha (http://open.spotify.com/artist/2jzc5TC5TVFLXQlBNiIUzE) playing their latest album while I'm doing the download report.

tzander

Based on mood etc it can be different things. Yesterday it was Tchaikovsky (Violin Concerto) for instance.
I've been known to listen to Leftfield, Baked Beans or Autechre...
Groove Salad mixes many of those :)

milot.shala

Sometimes when I'm in a good mood for coding faster and my inner-metal-heart is released, I load a playlist with some metal stuff such as Blind Guardian and Slayer, but most of the time somafm is on :)

mariusbu

http://open.spotify.com/album/12hUHS5yqMWJBXiioCxVch

lorn.potter

Hearts of Space, Groove Salad, Bluemars, Jazz. some others. Sometimes I listen to podcasts.

royandre

Think its worth mentioning Ugress as well. Close-to perfect work-music :)

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utkuaydin

To calm down, I listen Farid Farjad, an Iranian violinist. If I need more energy, I listen Linkin Park. :) I'll give a try to Groove Salad by the way. :)

khris

Sometimes, to get more energy I listen Classical Rock(or Metal) or Visual-kei that makes my heartbeat faster.

Stratovarius and Malice Mizer is my favorite musicians.

kkrzewniak

I allways listen to music while coding.
App: Amarok 2
Currently listening to the DiRT 2 soundtrack:
Biffy Clyro - Mountains
Black Stone Cherry - Blind Man
Black Tide - Shout
Blakfish - Jeremy Kyle is a Marked Man
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Bloc Party - Talons
De Staat - fantastic Journey of the Underground Man
Deichkind - Ich Betaube Mich
Die! Die! Die! - Sideways Here We Come
Dinosaur Pile-Up - All Around the World
Eagles of Death metal - Wannabe in L.A.
Elbow - Grounds for Divorce
Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
Friendly Fires - In the Hospital
Glamour of the Kill - A Hope in Hell
Igiu & Hartly - Violent and Young
Kram - Good Love
The Hot Melts - Edith
Ladyhawke - My Delirium
Madina Lake - Never Take Us Alive
MSTRKRFT - Work on You
Proceed - Treading Water
Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister
Rise Against - Injection
Santigold - Say Aha
Scars on Broadway - They Say
White Denim - Let’s Talk About it
Steadlur - Bumpin’
Templeton Pek - Red Lights Flash
The Automatic - Steve McQueen
The Cribs - Men’s Needs
The Futureheads - Radio Heart
Silversun Pickups - There’s no Secrets This Year
The Prodigy - Warriors Dance
The Qemists - Lost Weekend
The Rakes - 1989
The Subways - I won’t Let You Down
The Temper Trap - Science of Fear
The Walkmen - The Rat
Tommy Sparks - I’m a Rope
Triggerfinger - First Taste
UNKLE featuring Josh Homme - Restless
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y-Control
You Me At Six - Save it for the Bedroom
The Stone Roses - This is the One

ucomesdag

Any thing that fits the mood from classic to punk rock and electro jazz to heavy metal :)

mass

Depends on the mood. It varies from 60s blues, soul and jazz to contemporary musicals. I also listen to African choirs, German rock and R&B, etc.

iTunes and Amarok are my players of choice.

aalpert

I personally find music to be mildly distracting while trying to code. But I still often do it, to drown out more distracting noises.

My favorite coding music is the "World Of Goo soundtrack":http://kylegabler.com/WorldOfGooSoundtrack/, closely followed by the Civilization 4 soundtrack. Outside coding, my favorite is Gilbert & Sullivan :) .

TobbY

depend on mood, but basically jazz

giesbert

Hi, I often hear music while coding, dependend on my cuzrrent mood:

Blackmoores Night, Schandmaul, Fiddler's Green so from soft medieval, Irish Folk, Rock, Hard Rock, a bit of Punk and Metal... sometimes even classic (e.g. Rondo Veneciano)

mlong

I have trouble listening to music while I'm working. I typically end up focusing on the music more than whatever I'm working on. It's as if for some reason I tend to use the same part of my brain to process both. It's kind of a curse that music can't really be "background noise" for me. On the other hand, I really do enjoy music very intensely when I'm listening to it.

andre

It really depends. Most often: none at all. At other time, it can range from classical to '80, and from tango nuevo to gothic metal. When I don't want to be destracted too much, I tend to listen to movie sound tracks.

DenisKormalev

Looks like this thread is live again, hehe.
For me it depends too. Most often is some blues or jazz. For now I'm from time to time listen FolkAlley radio.

mogz

I prefer a quiet environment. But sometimes I listen to smooth jazz and slow RnB instrumentals. That way I don't get distracted by the words of an artist.

zester

"Mariachi Band's", Folk & Techno when I am doing research, but when I code it has to be quiet.