What do you listen to while coding?

[Imperial]

I don't do this as a living, and after working a laborious job all day, knowing I have a goal and a kind-of deadline for myself, I have to put myself in the mood to code. Once I'm there, I go at it. And that takes music. Wordless, electronic music that I purposely don't listen to at any other time.

So I usually play C64/Amiga chiptunes in the Droidsound app. How about you?

[Zelex]

same Chiptunes, game music in general (especially final fantasy music). I use grooveshark.com. Good stuff.

[Imperial]

Grooveshark, nice. I check on ocremix as well, but I think my favorite tune to come from ocremix was a few years ago, called "The Beat Have Started to Move." It's a Metal Gear remix, freaking spectacular.

[thefox]

I don't have any specific coding music, I listen to whatever I'd otherwise listen to, and very often simply nothing.

[cpow]

I don't do this as a living, and after working a laborious job all day, knowing I have a goal and a kind-of deadline for myself, I have to put myself in the mood to code. Once I'm there, I go at it. And that takes music. Wordless, electronic music that I purposely don't listen to at any other time.

So I usually play C64/Amiga chiptunes in the Droidsound app. How about you?

OMG chiptunes all the way! I listen to chiptunes even while at work. Have since my first job as a dishwasher at a pizza place. I'd blast Shadow of the Beast, Leander, Agony, Killing Gameshow, cracktro tunes, NES tunes, anything I'd managed to record onto a cassette. Some of my all-time favorites are crack intro or demo musics! I still fire up the Amiga in the basement and turn up the speakers! Kids love it...

[Shiru]

Nothing, as I now prefer to focus better, while music only distracts me. Used to listen various stuff, often rock and heavy metal.

[Kasumi]

I code in silence as well. I used to think certain types of music (things without lyrics etc.) did not distract me, but I've found I work 50% if not 100% faster with no music.

[tepples]

I can only code at certain hours because my roommate insists on playing oldies at high volume.

[TmEE]

When I code I play something from these : http://www.discogs.com/collection?user=TmEE

[zzo38]

I don't have any specific coding music, I listen to whatever I'd otherwise listen to, and very often simply nothing.

Same to me.

[tokumaru]

Nothing, as I now prefer to focus better, while music only distracts me.

Same here. Music distracts me a lot.

[3gengames]

Music distracts me to the point I can't think clear enough to listen to it and code usually, although I do keep the TV on. I HAVE found that ASMR videos, since you're not supposed to focus on the sounds, I can listen to those! Which ASMR is 1000x better than any music.

[Denine]

I can code while listening any type of music, but said music cannot have any lirycs. If it's just music, then I can have a boost in coding power
If music have lirycs, then it is very distracting, and I usually do not code while my brother (with who I share my room) listens to music with lirycs.

[Sverker]

I prefer ambient electronic music, not necessarily always chiptunes, but stuff like Aphex twin, The Shamen, The Prodigy or some assorted demo scene stuff. It puts me in a zone that is this perfect blend of tranquility, creativity and nostalgia.

[Bregalad]

If music have lirycs, then it is very distracting, and I usually do not code while my brother (with who I share my room) listens to music with lirycs.

True, but it's less distracting if the lyrics are in a language you don't understand.