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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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If I listen to music while coding it is to shut out the distracting noises from around me. So I usually choose Bach(anything from The Well Tempered Clavier to the St Matthew Passion) or more recently Palestrina - as the music needs to be something that will not distract me from my thoughts but will mask distractions coming from loud people in the office or cereal bowl clanking.
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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I'm 31 and I use the same method. Dangerous amounts of caffeine mixed with music. Which music depends on my mood but I usually switch between: * Old school heavy metal (Metallica, Armored Saints, Judas Priest, Dio) * Blue Oyster Cult, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac * Power / Epic Metal (Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Rhapsody of Fire, Dragonforce) * Grunge, a lot of it (especially Alice in Chains and Soundgarden) * Gothic: Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Sisters of Mercy, Type O Negative * Alternative metal: Korn, System of a down, Slipknot and some Italian band on that turf * Rave music: mainly Prodigy and Ministry.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I'm 31 and I use the same method. Dangerous amounts of caffeine mixed with music. Which music depends on my mood but I usually switch between: * Old school heavy metal (Metallica, Armored Saints, Judas Priest, Dio) * Blue Oyster Cult, Jethro Tull, Fleetwood Mac * Power / Epic Metal (Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Rhapsody of Fire, Dragonforce) * Grunge, a lot of it (especially Alice in Chains and Soundgarden) * Gothic: Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Sisters of Mercy, Type O Negative * Alternative metal: Korn, System of a down, Slipknot and some Italian band on that turf * Rave music: mainly Prodigy and Ministry.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
Ditto for all of that.
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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Oink Floyd, "Wish you were here" (the album) works extremely well!
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally! JaxCoder.com
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Oink Floyd, "Wish you were here" (the album) works extremely well!
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally! JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote:
Oink Floyd, "Wish you were here" (the album) works extremely well!
I feel the album sounds rather grunty.
List to the album Animals if you think that one is grunty.
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally! JaxCoder.com
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List to the album Animals if you think that one is grunty.
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally! JaxCoder.com
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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No music. I don't need the distraction. --edit I also don't see how music helps to stay in the zone, unless you are already in a place where the music would drown out more annoying sounds. When taking exams or tests, you don't hear music booming through the class-speakers. Silence works best, because the brain can easily ignore the ear.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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'stooopid tea' (steeped for at least an hour) and right now Pink Martini, Devil Doll, and The Squirrel Nut Zippers are playing
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No music. I don't need the distraction. --edit I also don't see how music helps to stay in the zone, unless you are already in a place where the music would drown out more annoying sounds. When taking exams or tests, you don't hear music booming through the class-speakers. Silence works best, because the brain can easily ignore the ear.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
When you are at the keyboard as much as I am, silence can become an oppressive, scary thing. It starts pressing in on me. And I really don't find music distracting, at least not in a bad way. I'm so apt to just go Rain Mode when programming that it's probably good for me to throw down some bread crumbs along the way.
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So, if I want to get into dangerous programming overdrive, some "alert authorities before ingestion" type coffee plus some good music works wonders. What's your goto music for getting into the programming zone? Though I'm 55 and the music of the mid-70s was 'my music', I almost always find myself going to the 90s for the good stuff. The Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" or "Siamese Dream" seriously move me. And, strangely I somehow managed to miss the whole shoegaze thing back when it was happening, but I really love a lot of that these days. Something like My Bloody Valentine's Sometimes really speaks to me. No Doubt's Magic Kingdom, the RHCPs, Blues Traveler Four, Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Radiohead (everything pretty much), the Jellyfish, Fionna Apple's Tidal, Mazzy Star, and on and on. In retrospect, I think that the 90s was sort of the last great peak of music before everyone just starting stealing it and before massive digital manipulation became a matter of course. Not that I don't like the 60s/70s, I just never get the urge to put any of it on with a cup o'joe and program like a crazy man.
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Mostly jazz (Boney James, Gerald Beasley, Bob Mamet, Candy Dulfer), some chill, some New Age, and Gregorian chant if I've got a migraine coming on.
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When you are at the keyboard as much as I am, silence can become an oppressive, scary thing. It starts pressing in on me. And I really don't find music distracting, at least not in a bad way. I'm so apt to just go Rain Mode when programming that it's probably good for me to throw down some bread crumbs along the way.
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Dean Roddey wrote:
When you are at the keyboard as much as I am, silence can become an oppressive, scary thing.
I'm continously behind it, every day. If you are busy, you don't notice silence.
Dean Roddey wrote:
And I really don't find music distracting, at least not in a bad way.
Most schools will still not allow it, regardless of the amount of kids claiming it helps to study.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Dean Roddey wrote:
When you are at the keyboard as much as I am, silence can become an oppressive, scary thing.
I'm continously behind it, every day. If you are busy, you don't notice silence.
Dean Roddey wrote:
And I really don't find music distracting, at least not in a bad way.
Most schools will still not allow it, regardless of the amount of kids claiming it helps to study.
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Hence why I grew up and stopped letting other people tell me what's good for me I guess. And I doubt you are behind it nearly as much as me. Not many people are.
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Mike Hankey wrote:
Oink Floyd, "Wish you were here" (the album) works extremely well!
I feel the album sounds rather grunty.
I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, and the music I used to make back when I was able to have a wee studio was very Floydian in nature. But it's just not something I'd listen to while working for whatever reason.
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I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, and the music I used to make back when I was able to have a wee studio was very Floydian in nature. But it's just not something I'd listen to while working for whatever reason.
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It is something music does to me, it does not let me think about anything else other than what is going on in the song. I presume this is what happens to you too since you're a musician (I just sing). I avoid listening to music before going to bed as it stimulates my brain so much that I lose sleep for the next 2-3 hours. Onboard with you on Pink Floyd.
