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Lots of synthwave and electronica. But mostly without lyrics (I hesitate to say instrumental, since y'know, it's all electronic). I'm a software developer, and I find words too distracting.

I have a hard time listening to that music when I'm not working, since it tends to be painfully repetitive.

Depends on my mood.

Happy: Necroticgorebeast Sad: Necroticgorebeast Tired: Necroticgorebeast Bored: Necroticgorebeast

Also, in a meeting: Necroticgorebeast

I think Spotify called it "indie electro hacker Thursday".

If I need to do any thinking at all - complete silence
If I do not need to do any thinking - edutainment podcasts, mostly space stuff (Universe Today, Astronomy Cast, etc.)

Metal. Mostly death metal, melodeath and deathcore.

Programmer here.

Infected Mushroom or Eskimo for when I'm in the zone and pumping out code.

For debugging: Boards of Canada, Plaid, Lone, Ciaran Byrne

I listen to live sets from a bunch of different genres usually. The recommendations on my music-only YouTube account at work are incredible.

Dijon - Absolutely has been a frequent play lately

Shuffle my entire library of course.

Satie after Lorna Shore? Of course kind sir

I cycle through genres every month or so. For a while it had been ska, now I'm in a funk mood. March is all Irish music, then maybe some death metal before I switch to deep classic rock cuts and live shows.

Recently started listening to Classical on Apple Music. If not, just Pink Floyd

A little bit of everything:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4l4YsYNV4wjqtQ8F4sz0ul

Some instrumentals, some video game music, some electronica. The general theme is that i can properly listen to it without diverting too much of my focus, as opposed to the progmetal I normally listen to.

Mostly (though not exclusively) Alt-country/Americana, because that's what I always listen to. As long as I've already heard it a few times, I don't typically find lyrics distracting. I'm a Contracting SME for a software company, because it's better hours and fewer crazies than being lawyer.

Seems I'm an outlier in this gang, LOL.

J-pop/Mando-pop. I'm trying to pick up Canto-pop too but not being able to read the script makes it super hard.

The soothing music of Robert Evans's nasally voice saying the word Raytheon

While doing work or studying i likt to listen to liquid drum and bass or coffe table jazz (name of the spotify playlist, it‘s just very chill jazz) :)

Maybe try some post-rock. It's usually just instrumental and often crosses almost to ambient. Bands like God is an astronaut, Mogwai, Hammock, Sigur Ros, Mono, Red Sparowes, etc.

You should listen to Brian Eno's Music for Airports if you haven't already. It's beautiful calm for when you're in a chaotic environment.

Depends how much I need to concentrate. Heavy concentration requires music without lyrics so that is classical with some concentration in classical guitar for me.

If I just want some music, then heavy metal and/or rock of most flavors. Sometimes that will be www.hardradio.com .

I have a percentage of my CDs ripped and on my PC so often I'll just randomize everything in VLC. I do still spin my discs sometimes too in the 2 portable CDs players I have near my desk.

In summary: It's complicated.

ETA: I recently discovered these videos with no lyrics heavy metal. Held my interest for a little while. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hours+of+no+lyrics+metal+music&pn=1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dl4fnaKBmt9k

The sound of silence. Not the song, but the actual sound.

About 90 seconds of alt rock, then someone will get my attention to ask a question, I'll take my headphones off, then sit for three hours with them on my neck until I remember to put them on again.

'old on, Gov. Some of us are quite simple creatures what can't walk and chew gum at the same time. I can't listen to any music if I'm working, writing, or doing anything that requires concentration. Music is such a whole encompassing experience, I have to give my full attention to it and it totally detracts me from whatever else I'm doing.

Lately, Nosaj Thing - Aquarium.

Mostly Opeth and Meshuggah discographies lately.

• Johann Johansson
• Tangerine Dream
• Gregorian chant
• medieval religious music in Latin
• surf rock

Dance tracks from the 80's-00's help me get through the day with a smile on my face and a bounce in my step.

I prefer old-school trance, mostly, but anything high-energy and instrumental works. I've been known to use the Mario Kart soundtrack now and then. The important part is that either there are no lyrics, or the lyrics are in a language I've never attempted to learn.

Mostly just 2 hours instrumental playlists off YouTube from places like Epic Music Empire or PandoraJourney. Usually like movie trailer music. It's good for when you need hard heavy background noise to keep you focused but without lyrics so I don't get distracted.

Soma FM is my go-to when I just want something in the background.

At my current job I can't really listen to anything. At my previous job I mostly listened to NPR.

When I'm at home doing chores, I tend to like sea shanties, most of them were literally made for doing monotonous bullshit, so it's fitting.

Doing stuff outside of my normal chores, I tend to listen to a lot of folk metal.

with all the meetings and such I don't bother.

Whatever's been stuck in my head if I've got very little to do and the lyrics won't distract me. Piano and softer instrumentals when I want music but am also working on something. Podcasts when doing mindless data shuffling or cleaning. Rainy Mood when studying.

And Megalovania if I need to work on a time sensitive priority 1 fix/task.

Okay this is a cheat code I will share with you. When coding I listen to 3blue1brown music.. If you have been watching that guy you will notice feeling like a fucking genius solving problems all the time :)