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  • C Cpichols

    I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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    Alister Morton
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    Usually prefer silence but, paradoxically, when I need a music break, it's often something like Jesus and Mary Chain or Pixies or Rammstein or something equally raucous.

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      I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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      Sander Rossel
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      A lot, from electronic dance music to black and death metal to classical to soundtracks. I was just listening to some random electro swing, but I've switched it for Vexed, a metalcore band :D

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      • J Jo_vb net

        Jethro Tull - A Song For Jeffrey (1969)

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        Cpichols
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        There is absolutely nothing like Jethro Tull. Very nice!

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        • M Magrat

          Internet radio. I have two stations I've listened to for years: Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio and Morow.com.

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          Cpichols
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          What do you use to access them?

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            Well now that the #$%#^%^ dogs have shut up (they aren't my dogs, but somehow I have to walk and feed them) I finally put on my QC15s and am listening to the beach boys. Came across some other folders full of music from bad times, so that got parked elsewhere. If I really get into a deep spot, then it's be a soundtrack - Hunt for Red October is excellent.

            Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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            Cpichols
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            I enjoy soundtracks too, but I usually listen to a re-mixed version like what I find on Ambient Worlds yt channel. I especially enjoy the ones with seaside sounds added - Pirates of the Caribbean and HP Shell Cottage. I'll look for the Red October - there might be some ocean noises in that ...

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            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

              A lot, from electronic dance music to black and death metal to classical to soundtracks. I was just listening to some random electro swing, but I've switched it for Vexed, a metalcore band :D

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              Cpichols
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              I love variety. I'm learning to enjoy genres that I've never liked before by trying different artists.

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              • A Alister Morton

                Usually prefer silence but, paradoxically, when I need a music break, it's often something like Jesus and Mary Chain or Pixies or Rammstein or something equally raucous.

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                Cpichols
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                Only the hot and the cold. No lukewarm for you. :-D

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                • C Cpichols

                  What do you use to access them?

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                  Magrat
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                  On my Windows 10 laptop I use my own VB net player based on VLC. On my Android devices I use a very basic URL based player called 'CustomRadioPlayer RadioStream App'. It's very, very simple but works!

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                  • M Magrat

                    On my Windows 10 laptop I use my own VB net player based on VLC. On my Android devices I use a very basic URL based player called 'CustomRadioPlayer RadioStream App'. It's very, very simple but works!

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                    Cpichols
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                    Don't you just love this community where "I use my own ..." isn't unusual, but so, so satisfying? :)

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                    • C Cpichols

                      I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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                      den2k88
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                      Music. Depending on my mood: - Heavy Metal: Nightwish, Nocturna, Lacuna Coil, Metallica, Dio, Saxon, DevilDriver, Warlock, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Korn, System of a Down... - Rock or Punk: Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, WASP, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Pixies. - Dark electronic: mostly Sisters of mercy, some Prodigy, Ministry, Depeche Mode, Type O Negative. - 80s: a lot of 80s miscellaneous stuff like Gazebo, Thompson Twins etc etc. Thanks to my dad collection I have an encyclopedic knowledge of music from that period.

                      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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                      • C Cpichols

                        Don't you just love this community where "I use my own ..." isn't unusual, but so, so satisfying? :)

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                        Magrat
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                        Even more so when I'm only a 71 year old 'hobbyist' programmer swiming with the big fish! I love programming and I'm always trying to write 'difficult' (to me) programs. It keeps the brain healthy (I hope!).

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                        • D dandy72

                          Does your shuffle function stay within a genre? If I allow a player to *truly* shuffle across my entire library, I might get Sinatra followed by some techno...that just...doesn't work.

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                          den2k88
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                          My playlist in a nutshell, I love it.

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                          • C Cpichols

                            I love variety. I'm learning to enjoy genres that I've never liked before by trying different artists.

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                            Sander Rossel
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                            What usually helps is listening to some artists that are slightly different from what you're used to. If you listen to classical music and go straight to the blackest of black metal you'll probably think metal sucks. If you start listening to Nightwish first, for example, you'll probably don't find it half bad and your tastes start to shift. And from Nightwish you can move to harder metal bands. There are always bands who mix two or more genres that you'd probably like if you listen to either one genre and can get you accustomed to the other.

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                            • C Cpichols

                              Only the hot and the cold. No lukewarm for you. :-D

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                              Alister Morton
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                              Occasionally I'll listen to recommendations from a friend who has a show on an internet "radio station", so the last couple of days have been Kid Kapichi, a new one on me. They can be quite raucous ...

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                              • D den2k88

                                Music. Depending on my mood: - Heavy Metal: Nightwish, Nocturna, Lacuna Coil, Metallica, Dio, Saxon, DevilDriver, Warlock, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Korn, System of a Down... - Rock or Punk: Fleetwood Mac, Blue Oyster Cult, WASP, Dead Kennedys, Sex Pistols, Clash, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Pixies. - Dark electronic: mostly Sisters of mercy, some Prodigy, Ministry, Depeche Mode, Type O Negative. - 80s: a lot of 80s miscellaneous stuff like Gazebo, Thompson Twins etc etc. Thanks to my dad collection I have an encyclopedic knowledge of music from that period.

                                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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                                Cpichols
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                                You make your dad proud with that 80s miscellany. Nice :)

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                                • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                  What usually helps is listening to some artists that are slightly different from what you're used to. If you listen to classical music and go straight to the blackest of black metal you'll probably think metal sucks. If you start listening to Nightwish first, for example, you'll probably don't find it half bad and your tastes start to shift. And from Nightwish you can move to harder metal bands. There are always bands who mix two or more genres that you'd probably like if you listen to either one genre and can get you accustomed to the other.

                                  Best, Sander Azure DevOps Succinctly (free eBook) Azure Serverless Succinctly (free eBook) Migrating Apps to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript

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                                  Cpichols
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                                  Great advise! Thanks :)

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                                  • C Cpichols

                                    I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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                                    deanch
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                                    A lot of ambient music. I like the 'classics': Brian Eno, Harold Budd...or a playlist of ambient meditation music on Apple or Tidal.:cool::cool:

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                                    • C Cpichols

                                      I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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                                      basilisk96
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                                      When coding or researching, lyrics are often distracting, so I mostly go for anything purely instrumental: Chillhop, Lofi, etc.. If I'm in a lyrical mood, then songs in a language I don't understand are perfect, such as Japanese City Pop. So good...

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                                        I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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                                        CosmoSpacely
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                                        Trip Hop Channel on Pandora Thievery Corporation Trentmoeller Wax Tailor Chris Joss This afternoon, Lofi Girl on You tube

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                                        • C Cpichols

                                          I'm curious: while working at the keyboard, do you listen to something? White noise, music, nature sounds? Dish.

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                                          Choroid
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                                          I am not sure I could code with background music. I must admit I never tried. I only code as a hobby so production is at my pace. Former job in the hospital someone always interrupting while working with questions but that is what I got paid to do so not complaining. My house is semi-remote in Arizona. Half a mile down the paved road in front of my house the road turns to dirt. When I moved here in 1995 there were about 10 homes that direction. Today the count is about 20 homes. They are all in the $500,000.00 range and up. Across the street for 14 miles is Apache reservation. No homes nothing but old tall pine trees a few wild horses and a bear that likes to maul my trash container from time to time. No more than 20 cars go by the house in a day. While my office has a 5 ft wide by 4 ft tall window I enjoy the view from time to time. The 3 ft diameter Alligator juniper and 15 Pine that are about 50 ft tall in the front gravel (we do not have grass) do block the view a little. After years in an apartment beside the Interstate I do enjoy the solitude and quiet. If you what a peek at the area Google Maps Live Oak Drive Lakeside,AZ

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