Journal FortKnox's Journal: Coders: What do you listen to? 41
btlzu2 thinks he found the perfect music to listen to while coding. This warrents a JE on what everyone else listens to. Me? I like to listen to video game music. I have a CD full of old 8-bit nintendo music, plus mp3's of background music for lots of PC games (lotsa starcraft music, shogun:total war, etc...). I also listen to classical music for movies, like the final credits for Bladerunner. Basically, I listen to background music with no lyrics.
What do you code to?
What do you code to?
Depends on my mood (Score:2)
Other times... I like stuff like Yanni, Henri Mancini, Electric Light Orchestra, Pure Moods etc.
Other times I like They Might Be Giants...
Other times I'll listen to Pink Floyd...
Usually though its music without words.
Metal (Score:2)
SWEET ascii "devil horns" !!!! (Score:2)
Re:Metal (Score:2)
[1] Welcome back, Dave. A great return to form after a couple of pretty dire albums.
[2] I listen to very little that isn't metal, and when I do, it's
Re:Metal (Score:2)
Really?!?!
Hmmmm. If I pick this up and it sucks, its your fault.
Re:Metal (Score:2)
Yes, really -- IMHO, of course. It may not be up there with the great Megadeth albums, but it's head and shoulders above "Risk" and "The world needs a hero". In places ("Back in the day" and "Kick the chair", for example), it harks back to the Megadeth of yesteryear. Sure, I'd like it a bit faster and a bit heavier in places. But most importantly, I'm enjoying it, which is more than can be said of their recent output.
Re:Metal (Score:2)
Techno trance (Score:2)
I like trance music, although I am well beyond the appropriate age to be a raver... 4 Strings, Fragma, 4 Clubbers, Solar Stone, State One, DJ Astrid, etc...
That said, I spent today listening to 80's hair band music, in particular the Scorpions.
Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead. (Score:2)
As for the 8-Bit video game tunes. I have mario-bros as my ring tone. I 0wn.
[NOT TO SELF] (Score:2)
Lots (Score:1)
"Astroid Belt" (astroidb.something)
"Astraying Voyages" (astray.something)
You've probably never heard of them. Both are good, really loud, through headphones.
Other good sources that put me in a move-forward mood:
CDs:
Enigma
Pure Moods I and II.
Pearl's Girl
Quake 2. (If I could find it...it's been missing for years, and I really want it back.)
Oh No! More Lemmings!
MIDI files
Day of the Tentacle
7th Guest
Chill and Fever from Dr. Mario
Dune 2
DOOM and DOOM ][
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Industrial and Goth, Mostly (Score:1)
KMFDM, Ministry, :wumpscut:, Switchblade Symphony, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Skinny Puppy, Zeromancer, etc. etc.
I spent today listening to Mudvayne, The Cult, Stabbing Westward, Godsmack and more.
There a pretty involved thread [devshed.com] on the topic that someone started over at Devshed Forums some time back (it's dead now, however, so don't dredge it back up lest you incur the wrath of the ancient ones and someone locks it).
Re:Industrial and Goth, Mostly (Score:1)
cradle of filth, misfits, clinic, manson, motorhead, morrissey, ministry, front line assembly, bright eyes, bad brains, beatles, radiohead, sepultura, leonard cohen
Phish (Score:2)
NP: Phish - 1994-12-29 - Split Open And Melt
One other one... (Score:2)
Beautiful stuff!!!
I actually think the computer game music would be cool too. I suppose you can find that type of music on various peer-to-peer dens of iniquity?
Re:One other one... (Score:2)
But, if you can do the streaming thang, try Gaming FM [gamingfm.com]. Its a very nice site. Pick from 'old' consoles, modern consoles, PC games, or a variety of all.
Stuff without words (Score:1)
Re:Stuff without words (Score:2)
I find that fast baroque music does wonders. IT has complex melodies and counterpoint that seem to help with complex thoughts. Specifically I use songs with out words, or words in another laguage. Though if I listen to a piece a lot, I know which words are comming up and I tend to sing along (even if I don't have a clue what that German word means).
As an example, I have a playlist of Glen Gould playing the ent
Semi-Obscure Alternative (Score:2)
I heartily recommend bands like The Folk Implosion and The Gufs which are some of the best things I've listened too. The big reasons being that there is real depth to the music itself. It's a swarm of instruments, melodies and harmonies, interesting vocals, and great percussion. Go find the The Folk Implosion's One Part Lullaby CD in your library or something. Seriously, find the CD and not an MP3 of the st
I listen to a mix (Score:2)
Aphex Twin RDJ Album
Boards of Canada In a Beautiful Place in the Country
Method Man Tical
Interpol Antics
Sielwolf IV
Jesu Heart Ache
Arpanet Wireless Internet
The Bug feat Warrior Queen Aktion Pak
Before Blue cut herself she mentioned the story about being a 'black' girl. I remembered Soul Coughi
these days (Score:2)
From 99 to 2003, I was big on a Nicky Blackmarket jump up/ragga jungle set with MC Stevie Hyper-D. "I say junglists are you ready? Oh lord have mercy!"
My old pla
Re:these days (Score:2)
I find that singing (or humming if there are people in the room) along to the lyrics in a song helps to distract the left side of my brain while the right side focuses on coding. Or maybe it's the other way around.
Game music and dance/trance (Score:2)
http://digitallyimported.com [digitallyimported.com]
for game music (Score:2)
Re:for game music (Score:2)
Re:for game music (Score:2)
For overall game music, there's a shitload of creativity being spun off the zelda series. I have 68MB of the stuff myself.
Re:for game music (Score:2)
Re:for game music (Score:2)
Nothing... (Score:2)
Re:Nothing... (Score:2)
speaker phones (Score:1)
SHUT THE HELL UP! I'M TRYIN' TO WORK HERE!
Several types... (Score:2)
I have several playlists I use, depending on my mood... Classical (Mozart, Beethoven, Star Wars ep4 soundtrack, Lord of the Rings Trilogy soundtrack, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon soundtrack, etc -- I love epic movie soundtracks for coding), Easy Listening (Benidictine Monk chant, Enya, Harry Connick Jr., Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole, Loreena McKennitt), and Showtunes (buncha Disney movie soundtracks, Les Miserables, L
It varies.... (Score:2)
I think I've got a good system going with iTunes sharing, although it would be nice to be able to create playlists remotely. I'm still in the process of importing all my CDs, so as of today what
coding homework anything (Score:2)
Dirty Radio [dirtyradio.net]
Soma [somafm.com] (usually groovesalad)
Barring that I pull something from my collection
Fila Brazillia (Old Codes....New Chaos or Mess)
Underworld (anything)
RJD2 (anything)
K-Os
King Tubby
Kings of Convienence
so bascially anything
music (Score:1)
Also hawaiian music and TMBG.
I code to internet radio... (Score:2)
Little bit o' this.... (Score:2)
Other than these have been in my CD stack recently:
howard stern (Score:1)
I'm a a bit late to the thread, but... (Score:1)
Darude
The Alpha Conspiracy
Almost Human/Billion Dollar Brain
Amok Vibes
ATC
Budha Building
Daft Punk
Dirty Vegas
Energy 52
Eple
French Affair
Jamiroquai
Kenny Beltrey
Kid Koala
Lemongrass
Luke the Wizard
Mindflower
Milk Inc
Prodigy
Taxi Doll
Ultrabeat
Wide Receiver
A great site to check out is epitonic.com
While coding, I listen to: (Score:2)
- Primus
- Billy Joel
- Queen
- DMB
- Jimmie's Chicken Shack
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Dead Milkmen
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Cowboy Bebop Soundtrack
- Presidents of the USA
- the TV (cartoon network, sports, TLC, Discovery, or game shows)
-Ab
Better answer (Score:2)