Do you listen to music while programming?

smatovic · Post by **smatovic** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:33 pm

Wonder if others listen to music while programming or prefer a calm surrounding...

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Srdja

ZirconiumX · Post by **ZirconiumX** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:03 pm

Though I'm not sure if this thread belongs here, I usually listen to Orange by Waterflame
. It is a chirpy song, and kinda sums me up rather well.

Matthew:out

smatovic · Post by **smatovic** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:11 pm

Though I'm not sure if this thread belongs here, I usually listen to Orange by Waterflame
. It is a chirpy song, and kinda sums me up rather well.

that one is really chirpy, reminds me of the old nintendo game music

i prefer a bit more electronic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q01rWFi65gU

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Srdja

Modern Times · Post by **Modern Times** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 6:54 pm

For something chirpy, listen (and watch) this !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSNSTerj2Kc

velmarin · Post by **velmarin** » Tue Dec 25, 2012 7:36 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXxTibIcYU

lucasart · Post by **lucasart** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:04 am

smatovic wrote:Wonder if others listen to music while programming or prefer a calm surrounding...

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Srdja

Although I like music, when I am programming, I need to focus my brain on the task at hand. And music really breaks my concentration. Same for reading: I can only read when I'm alone in a very quiet place, otherwise I get distracted.

Maybe I have A.D.D. ?

jshriver · Post by **jshriver** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 5:25 pm

I prefer to listen to music while programming. For me it's not a distraction but rather I enjoy the rhythm as it actually helps me concentrate. Almost like having a side carrier for the brain waves to ride on lol.

Lately been listening to Christmas music.

Don · Post by **Don** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:48 pm

I find it too difficult to concentrate when listening to music. I'm a focuser, when I do listen to music I want to listen fully engaged, not just as background noise.

When I'm watching a movie or television I am the same way. I cannot have the television running in the background while I am doing other things and if I'm in group with people who like to talk during the movie it leaves me completely unsatisfied that I was not able to focus on every nuance. That is the worst because I cannot focus on the conversations either.

I think that society has changed since the era of music video's. People now require rich and noisy environments to combat their boredom - to the point that that now we have to be entertained even when we should should be focused. You see this with the fact that more and more people have a cell phone practically glued to their ear. They are bored.

Edoardo Manino · Post by **Edoardo Manino** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 11:42 am

I listen to music while programming just to cancel out background noise! Since background noise is tipically unpredictable, I cannot concentrate. Music, instead, is highly predictable (note: music I've listened to for a long time and I know very well), it is louder than the background noise and isolates me completely.
Of course I need sometimes to focus on some hard algorithmic coding and thus I have to stop my music.

hgm · Post by **hgm** » Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:13 pm

My wife often plays music while I am programming, but I do not listen to it. I am not sure whether that counts as a yes or no. It is not that I dislike the music wy wife likes to play (which is also true); when I am programming I would not even hear it in any case.