Music To Code To

What do you listen to when you code?

For me, it's mostly metal or Peter Gabriel. Sometimes both.

Any music uninteresting enough so you don't get distracted by the lyrics.

I usually just leave Winamp running randomly through my entire music collection when I'm working. Either that or I'll put on some TV show or movie as background noise.

coding? nothing special, but, today i found out that my driving gets better (faster anyway) when listening to the Prodigy.

Usually some rock, rap or hip-hop. I usually don't care.

I might (again) be the only exception here 'cause I'm mostly listening to jazz and brazilian music...

I might (again) be the only exception here 'cause I'm mostly listening to jazz and brazilian music...
Possibly. On the other hand, I never specified the language the rock music is in (mostly Japanese). :thumbsup:

http://www.di.fm/ - Mostly the Trance and Vocal Trance channels.

Anything from dj doboy (http://www.djdoboy.com/).

Usually Metal/Rock/MetalRap.

Lately I've been listening to "gretchen", "saliva" and "megadeth"

I have my player(s) on shuffle all the time until they hit a pocket of cool stuff.

But when listening I get less done when something from Gomez, Drive by Truckers or Old 97's comes on.

I seem to get real productive when things like Combichrist, Assemblage 23 or OhGr etc... come on.

I was streaming Digital Gunfire at work and then they asked me to stop.

Mainly a mixture of U2, Rush and Rufus Wainwright.

Personally I like to use The Music Genome Project to cod to, you can find this at:

http://pandora.com/

Basically you choose a favorite artist, songs, etc and the program will begin playing songs based on the artist you chose. As you go along you can rate weather or not you like a particular song and the program will customize itself to your music style. Its pretty sweet.

I can't really code while listening to music. I usually stop coding to just enjoy the music :)

I usually listen to some metal or rock like System of a Down, Tool, Pantera, or Trivium. But I listen to a lot of other stuff and I have found that "When I Come Around" by Green Day is a great song to code to, that or "Soulfly IV" by Soulfly.

2,658 songs. 232 folders. Shuffled in iTunes. Code, Code, Code till the music lasts.

My collection ranges from trance to '80s rock. Lately, it's been U2, Angels & Airwaves, and New Found Glory. I have some things that are various languages, too, not that I understand all of them. :p

Got to be trance. Lyrics annoy me when I'm programming. Although, I have 190gb's of mp3s, so I've rather a selection when I get bored.

Some sort of Noize music, whether it be harsh or melodic. Noizz it what makes me want to code.

I usually listen to some metal or rock like System of a Down, Tool, Pantera, or Trivium.

Trivium?! Good-freakin'-lord, man... you could drink fifteen cups of coffee and get the same effects!

LOL! :D Good music though.
If I'm coding I usually listen to Emiliana Torrini, Enigma, Enya or Evanescence...


I usually have to take a little break after a while to wipe the tears from my cheek and regain my composure.


Or I could cut off my nads and get the same effect.

If I'm coding I usually listen to Emiliana Torrini, Enigma, Enya or Evanescence...
I guess you are all about the letter 'e'! :p

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LOL. Guess so.
Right On! :D

Anything I already know off by heart, as that is what stops it from distracting me. I work in an open plan office and rely on my trusty huge headphones to keep me sane.

Today I coded to:
* Butthole Surfers - Independant Worm Saloon
* Prodigy - Fat of the Land
* Aphex Twin - 26 Remixes for Cash (don't try this at home, lol)
* Mr Bungle - California
* Lamb - Fear of Fours
* Mad Professor vs. Massive Attack - No Protection (thanks to brothercake for the recommendation ;))
* Tool - 10,000 Days

Oh, and I happened to take my ukulele to work aswell today. That was fun :D

Hey Andrew, how's 10,000 Days? I've been meaning to look into it.

Last things I listened to were:
Element Eighty - Element Eighty
12 Stones - Potter's Field
3 Doors Down - Another 700 Miles

I guess I am the oddball. I like coding to jazz, especially older jazz like Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald. The music never seems dated and I never get that "God! I cannot listen that song again!" feeling I get when listening to anything else. Plus, since for most of the jazz I listen to, I do not have a music video popping up in my head, I can just relax and get the job done. And, as an extra bonus, the music is so relaxing, I do not get too enraged when I get unforseen errors come up in my work.

I like coding to Daft Punk myself, not sure why though :confused: