Who listens to music while they code?

jchigg2000

I do! I have a 6 gig ipod mini that never leaves my desk at work. Sometimes I spend more time clicking through songs than coding! ;P I mainly listen to a recent rock bands (Breaking Benjamin, Cold, 32 Leaves, Trapt), but I also listen to some Christian rock (Kutless, 12 Stones etc)...they have similar sounds to the bands I mentioned above.

Brady Kelly

We've just hauled sound system into our office. There are only three of us here, and our tastes intersect quite well. We thought the sharing adds to our team building experience, instead of us all sitting isolated with headphones on. It seems to be working.

benjymous

I've got a little DAB radio on my desk, that's almost permanently tuned to BBC 6 Music[^]

Lost User

When I work from the home (which is most of the time). On current heavy rotation: Robbers & Cowards by Cold War Kids Weekend in the City by Bloc Party Hats Off to the Buskers by The View Neon Bible by Arcade Fire

V 0

sadly I do not. :sigh: I can't stand stuff put in my ears and my colleagues probably don't want me to listen to my music all day long :->

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Marc Clifton

I just finished listening to some Mozart. Marc

Thyme In The Country

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brianwelsch

Most of the time I listen while I code. My playlist is on Last.fm[^]. Currently listening to a mix of ambient/downtempo/lounge.

BW

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Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peart

brianwelsch

I've had a "Best of Mozart" CD in my car for weeks now. Some great driving music.

BW

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peart

Abu Mami

When I'm here in the office by myself, I put on GotRadio classic rock on Media Player. At home when I'm working on my own projects I've got the Stones, ZZ Top, Clapton, Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, and all my classics. Really helps my productivity. But why is it that when I was growing up my parents would yell at me to "turn down that damn music" - and now my wife and kids do the same :( Sheesh!

Frank Kerrigan

I develop next to folk that are on the phones all day so I need my headphones with music. I listen to mostly: Pink Floyd The Doors Led Zep Enigma

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jchigg2000

LOL! When I clicked your link the firewall told me: Forbidden, this page is categorized as Dating/Social.

Chris Losinger

i've always listened to music while coding... ever since high school. these days, my iPod is always on, and always on Shuffle.

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brianwelsch

:-D It is social, though you'd be hard-pressed to find a date on there.

BW

Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand.
Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
-- Neil Peart

Marc Clifton

jchigg2000 wrote:

Forbidden, this page is categorized as Dating/Social.

You know, this whole firewall Internet security nazi'ism is rapidly becoming NOT a laughing matter, IMO. If there ever was a time when the idea was to protect the data, computers, and network, it seems we've moved far far beyond that, to micromanaging the employee's work habits "because we can". All under the guise of security, of course. If there's something fundamentally wrong with what are employees are doing (and I question that) then the root issues should be addressed rather than applying bandaids that we laugh at, when we should be doing anything but laughing at how we are so completely controlled. Marc

Thyme In The Country

People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

Brett G 0

I listen to music most of the day. I started working from home a few months ago and was starting to get sick of regular radio so I decided to sign up for Sirius and now have that playing pretty much all day at home. Brett

lost in transition

jchigg2000 wrote:

I also listen to some Christian rock (Kutless, 12 Stones

I rock out on: Kutless, 12 Stones, Pillar, Dead Poetic, Demon :mad:Hunter, Red, BlindSide..... I am a Christian and having music that is similar to Trapt, AC/DC and GunsnRoses is very nice.:) Well here is the kicker Yanni is in the playlist also, mainly when I am in the design phase.

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jchigg2000

I agree. It is pretty bad when you can't go to Mens Health because of "Provocative Attire". I probably surf the net more than I should...but then again, I get more work done in half a day than most of the people around me can in 2 days. Since we are on salary it is evident that we are getting paid to do a job...not for the number of hours we work. Therefore they shouldn't require 40 hrs to be worked onsite or be filtering our internet!

jchigg2000

Red is very good! Do they only have the one album (End of silence)? I don't think it's that old but I can't wait till their next release!

Franc Morales

Always on, specially http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/[^] where jazz programs are superb.

leckey 0

Currently on my playlist: Zero 7 Esthero Under the Influence of Giants Basement Jaxx Bernard Fanning Frou Frou Massive Attack Future Sounds of London

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