Personally work in IT, mostly fixing server and infrastructure. Big fan of listening to ambiance music while working: the kind of music and sounds that make you forget that you’re listening to it, to me, that’s the perfect kind of working music. Otherwise I will listen to game and movie soundtracks from Lotr, Star Wars, Ghilbi, Harry Potter etc… I used to be all into lofi, but need a break from it now.
Anyways, please share your favorite music to listen to while working, and let us know what you work as too! More fun to see how the profession match with music taste.
Have a nice rest of your day 🌻
Im a mail carrier and I rock audiobooks all day.
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.
Hey, synths are instruments so they definitely fall under instrumental music.
shows what I know
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.)A little bit of everything:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4l4YsYNV4wjqtQ8F4sz0ul?si=WPmi528fSQylVL2Rn9mHxgSome 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.
Thanks for sharing! I will share a little tip back, the Spotify URLs actually contain tracking by default, you can remove everything after the question-mark (including the question-mark) and the link is still completely valid :) So your link above could be, https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4l4YsYNV4wjqtQ8F4sz0ul. (I don’t blame you, I blame Spotify)
Thanks!
I listen to classical, WETA or WFMT or WCPE by default. Sometimes I listen to college radio to hear stuff I don’t know about. Today I listened to a concert by Tom Waits in 1977.
“Elevated Jam Tracks” from youtube, can’t have distracting vocals.
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
I’ve been going through a long Final Fantasy piano YouTube track for a month so far as background music when I’m thinking. Otherwise it’s whatever the group wants. Today it was Pickers Americana Banjo playlist. Sometimes it’s Marley or his son.
Usually Trance or Drum n Bass. Rhythmic with few lyrics.
When I’m not on the phone or with a client, I typically listen to jazz. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lee Morgan, Charlie Parker, etc. Something about it just helps me focus.
I’ll also occasionally listen to movie and game soundtracks to mix things up. It’s very rare that I ever listen to anything with lyrics while working.
I like to cycle through game OSTs when I need to concentrate.
Final Fantasy (X and X-2 especially)
Nier and Nier Automata
Guardians Crusade
Spyro
When I’m less focused I tend to listen to my usual artists like Brand New, Coheed and Cambria, Smashing Pumpkins and The Republic Of Wolves.
Hell yeah! Spyro is such a classic too - ahh the good old days eh
I work from home a lot so I can use my record player, and I’ve got all kinds of stuff ranging from Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey to Electric Wizard and Monolord. I write for a gaming website on the side and often get sent soundtracks to review, so I can spend ages on that as well. It’s mostly what I’m in the mood for, although if I need to concentrate it has to be something without lyrics or I lose focus.
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Software Engineer here. I listen to a lot of Explosions In The Sky to work.
Chill stuff at work
Podcast during commute
(primarily) EDM at home
