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Re: Web development music?

Erisan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:11:14 GMT

blehbleh wrote:
Only this : www.SlayRadio.org ... the station for coders! They play c64/AMIGA remixes...

I think Kohina is better because they play original tunes not horrific remixes :( ...
-> http://www.kohina.com/

Re: Web development music?

ZippyV — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:03:33 GMT

I download Podcasts/Dj mixes from Dance Tunes. The Sensation ones are the best.

Re: Web development music?

PerfectPhase — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:05:40 GMT

Bas wrote:

I should look for more music like this, except I have no idea in what genre I should look. It's a bolero and has no lyrics, maybe those are the key ingredients.

For the day to day coding tasks (i.e. the boring ones) I favour things like Harddance/trance, I like the fact that most of the tracks are instrumentals and the high bpm helps focus my mind, blocking out the world around me so I don't get distracted :)

For more thoughtful tasks I favour something more ambient.

Re: Web development music?

Bas — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:54:17 GMT

I know this is weird, but I find that when writing, playing the end credits music for Moulin Rouge! somehow speeds me up. The song lasts about 8 minutes, and while part of it keeps repeating over and over the overall song changes constantly. It only lasts 8 minutes, but I often find that in those eight minutes I'll have gotten along much farther than when I'm not playing the song. It sort of shuts off my brain and puts me in the zone instantly.

I should look for more music like this, except I have no idea in what genre I should look. It's a bolero and has no lyrics, maybe those are the key ingredients.

Re: Web development music?

Mark Brown — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:35:48 GMT

Chemical Brothers for me. Good driving bass line, kicking drums, gotta love it :)

Edit: Also some primus as well, but not all of it.

Re: Web development music?

Rossj — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:29:22 GMT

Anything repetitive for me, I don't actively listen to it, but I find it puts me in the zone quite easily. I find it much harder nowadays without music, especially in an open plan office where it takes someone 10 seconds to disturb me and then another 10 minutes to get back into the zone - I blame old age.

Re: Web development music?

Erik Porter — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:33:29 GMT

Sven Groot wrote:
I actually find I work better with music in the background.

Same here. In fact, I find if I don't listen to music while working, my brain starts playing music in my head for me, which I find takes extra cycles, so I'm much more productive if something else is playing the music for me.

I like to rock and electronic (any variation). Lately it's been Korn, 311, Sevendust and a few others (for rock) and Chemical Brothers, BT and Crystal Method (for electronic).

Re: Web development music?

Erisan — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:39:43 GMT

Melt-Banana (Wikipedia)

Re: Web development music?

Bent Rasmussen — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:11:47 GMT

Perhaps ambient.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/x3qv/
http://www.amazon.com/Animatrix-Album-Peace-Orchestra/dp/B000095J68

Re: Web development music?

martin_lovick — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:45:50 GMT

im not a web developer so I cant really comment on web development,

but I listen to some kind of classical music on the ipod when im developing

Re: Web development music?

cornelius — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:46:37 GMT

Cyonix wrote:

littleguru wrote: Dance and house. Or better none, if you really need to focus (which is often lately). Dance and house have always the same melody - no variations - simple music - that's why it isn't distracting for me.
Yeah I agree. Dance and house don’t distract, I sometimes also listen to Gregorian chants either mixed in with dance music or on its own.

yep tuned into di.fm ,most of the time, i like to start of with chill out channel in the mornings i dunno sort of inspirational at times

Re: Web development music?

Jonathan Merriweather — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:52:32 GMT

littleguru wrote:
Dance and house. Or better none, if you really need to focus (which is often lately). Dance and house have always the same melody - no variations - simple music - that's why it isn't distracting for me.

Yeah I agree. Dance and house don’t distract, I sometimes also listen to Gregorian chants either mixed in with dance music or on its own.

Re: Web development music?

tehDaneh — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:46:16 GMT

I always enjoy developing to the WOXY.com radio station or any quiet indie music. It really helps you relax and get in the zone.

Re: Web development music?

Sven Groot — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:50:48 GMT

I actually find I work better with music in the background. I will listen to anything, rock, metal, blues, jazz, pop, whatever, though I find that if I really need to concentrate, classical works best.

Re: Web development music?

JChung2006 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:17:18 GMT

Silence is golden. The only time I listen to music while working is when the work environment is too noisy otherwise.

Re: Web development music?

Lloyd Humphreys — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:25:33 GMT

webmonkey wrote:
Apparently my managers seem to think the sound of drumming in the next room, the bass from parties outside and the repetition of video editing mixed in with the drone of air con units & a dash of loud meetings 5 meters away would make us work better.

Occasionally they try to really help us out by bringing a group of people to tour our office.

Sounds a bit like my IT "lab" (its not worthy of the name)which is situated right next to the music rooms :D

As for tours... too many people think it's apt to walk in at the most annoying moments.

Re: Web development music?

webmonkey — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:18:14 GMT

Apparently my managers seem to think the sound of drumming in the next room, the bass from parties outside and the repetition of video editing mixed in with the drone of air con units & a dash of loud meetings 5 meters away would make us work better.

Occasionally they try to really help us out by bringing a group of people to tour our office.

:@

Re: Web development music?

Christian Liensberger — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:42:58 GMT

Dance and house. Or better none, if you really need to focus (which is often lately). Dance and house have always the same melody - no variations - simple music - that's why it isn't distracting for me.

Re: Web development music?

Dorian Muthig — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:39:29 GMT

Manabi wrote:
What kind of music would be good for developing web applications to?

So how's that meant?
Do you want to embed music, do you want to listen to music while coding or do you want to code something based on what the music is like?

If it's music to listen to, I'd recommend something which lets you forget about the time :D This way you'd get more work done.

Re: Web development music?

Lloyd Humphreys — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:29:16 GMT

Manabi wrote:
What kind of music would be good for developing web applications to?

I like to develop (when I do) to rock music. Something Good-charlotte style, with a good rythm. Or Dance music, I'm a big fan :D