I want you Bach...Baby
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
I used to code while listening to (and singing with where possible) classical, oratorios, and opera. Most anything from 1100 AD to 1920 AD. I love Wagnerian opera and many times would spend the day going through the Ring cycle while coding. Messiah, Elijah, and Beethoven's 9th, other choral music were must haves. These days with constant Teams meetings and family interruptions while working from home I no longer find the ability to flow in the music. I believe it helps, but needs must.
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Ah, Bach ... If you want to "pimp it up" a bit, I'd suggest Wendy Carlos "Switched on Bach". There seems to be a terrible YouTube video labeled "Switched on Bach (midi)", which should be avoided. Instead try the sample here: [Switched-On Bach - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-On\_Bach)
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I may still have that LP....
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
J. S. Bach music has always accompanied me since I was in school. Now as a seasoned programmer I cannot live without baroque music. :cool:
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TBH, stuff like this: ‘Intelligent’ Drum & Bass - Selected Works Part 2 (1994-2000) - YouTube[^]
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
Me, I'm more 70's fusion when I code Weather Report, Return To Forever, Jaco Pastorius, Al Dimeola, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clark, Billy Cobham, Wayne Shorter, and oddly, the decidedly non-fusion Motorhead.
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
Brian C Hart wrote:
Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed?
I'd love to have the ability, but I get distracted by music. It hinders, it doesn't help, my thought process. The only time I'll listen to music while coding is when I'm writing the sort of boilerplate code I've written a million times before, and don't need to make any sort of intellectual effort. But then, if I've written the same sort of code a million times before, I've probably wrapped it in some library and no longer need to do it. So the occasion rarely presents itself anymore.
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
I code in silence and debug to Godsmack.
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
When winter stops and summer begins I switch from learning to code to making things with my woodworking power tools track saw and table saw I have never been good at listening to music and enjoying it IF I AM FOCUSED on another task Any way the debate comes up when ever a Woodworking YouTube channel has a promotional sponsor for hearing protection head phones with Blue Tooth here are some interesting facts from one respected YouTuber Can you focus on work while music is playing? - YouTube[^] The most relatable occupation that are avid listeners to music while working are the Surgeons I have know many and the one who did reconstruction surgery on me I have worked in 5 different states and hospitals and had reconstructive surgery at UH Cleveland Medical Center 10 hours under the knife Most times the music does not start till you are under anesthesia
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
I've played prog rock drums for almost 50 years, but when coding it's gotta be smooth ambient music https://musicforprogramming.net/latest/[^]
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
Nope, can't do that. When I listen to music, it's a foreground task for me, and the more masterpiece it is, the more real time compute of my brain it needs. So no chance for Bach here. However any job that can itself be put into background, like driving or washing dishes, I have to have something for the foreground! PS: Brandenburg Concerto is amazing
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
I wouldn’t say for speed, but for depth/focus/concentration, I tend to drumming (world drum, tribal, Native American, etc.) or trance/edm. As others have mentioned, lyrics get distracting. I do have some classical (Bach Cello Suites, Beethoven (Walter Weller), and Paganini (Itzhak Perlman)). Will have to try some of that. :thumbsup:
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Funny Bach Puns[^] I am currently listening to J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major BWV 1047[^] on repeat while I program. Hearing those violins just sawing away, with that fun, occasional little four-note sequence (bah BAH bah bah..) makes my fingers just fly over the keyboard while I am programming! According to an article by the NIH: Cognitive Crescendo: How Music Shapes the Brain’s Structure and Function - PMC[^] music stimulates the mind while working on intellectual tasks. Anyone else have any favorite music they listen to make them write code at hyper speed? Regards, Brian Hart
It depends on how intense my concentration has to be. For reasonably routine coding, I listen to my usual music playlist, which happens to include things like Switched On Bach. When it gets more intense, I'll switch to new age (e.g., Diane Arkenstone). But if it's really at the limit of what I can do, I need absolute silence. That doesn't happen very often but it does happen.
