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When I'm heads-down coding, I usually listen to a few things depending on my mood. But I don't want the music to have lyrics. To me, that's distracting.
I use the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones connected to an iPod nano.
1 - Classical/Symphonic Music
I have a play list of primarily tone poem works like Respighi (Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals, Brazilian Impressions...), The Planets (Holst), La Mer (Debussy), Also Sprach Zarathustra (Strauss), some other works like instrumental concertos. A lot that I can just set it and just let it play for hours.
2 - Spa Music from Kohler Water Spa
Had this for years since my wife and I visited there in Wisconsin for our 10th anniversary. Loved the music. Bought the CD then. Have used it since. Very relaxing music to block things out. Link[^]
3 - Dixieland Music
4 - Light Instrumental Jazz
5 - Classical Guitar
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I use an ipod nano as well, so do you leave your phone in the car or somewhere in your Desk to avoid further distraction?
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Yes. I don't use my phone (HTC One M8 - Windows Phone) as a music player even though I could. I generally keep it on silent (as in everything silent) close by, in my pocket, or in my backpack and only check it every few hours.
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Total silence, unless I'm working on something that doesn't require any concentration at all--then I may play some music.
I actually want to pay attention to the podcasts I subscribe to, so there's no way I can listen to them while working. I don't subscribe to podcasts to provide me with some background noise.
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Silence. Anything else distracts me.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Whatever I feel like... Really just about anything.
Currently I listen to quite a bit of experimental and psychedelic (black) metal like Aluk Todolo, New Keepers Of The Water Towers, Oranssi Pazuzu, Ufomammut, Watain...
A while ago it was more electronic music, dance, trap, dubstep, but also trip hop and chill out.
Sometimes just whatever, bit of jazz, rock, pop, what have you.
Also currently on my playlist are Parov Stelar, Neurotech, Ghost, Igorrr, and even Babymetal.
I'm not bound to any genre 
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Silence because when I turn music on, someone always starts talking to me.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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All too familiar, unfortunately 
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Today I'm listening to Merle Haggard. RIP, Merle.
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I like to hear what the time to become more productive. But usually I hear: EDM, Rock, classic music and others.
But never in silence.
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If it is too noisy from coworkers, I fire up the pink noise loop and imagine bacon sizzling in the pan.
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It varies but today it's mid-50s doo-wop...Frankie Lymon, Jarmels, Moonglows, Cadillacs, some of the best street corner harmony ever recorded. Fast rhythm Speedo to wake you up, followed by slow ballad Sincerely to mellow out.
And those lyrics...Rama-lama-ding-dong, sh-boom sh-boom
Other days it's jump bands (Louis Jordan) or swing (Benny, Artie and Glenn). And every few months I take in an opera (Wagner and Bizet).
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For me, Bach is best for getting into "flow" state when coding.
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Van Morrison, Neil Young, the Doobie Brothers, Beatles, Led Zepplin, the Kinks and the WHO
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that is along train ruuning after the gold rush, which really got me going to let it be! Needless to say I can hear for miles, but it is there a stairway to heaven, for the brown eyed Girl?
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What band did you play in? Mine was Robin and the Rockets. guitar (me), Girl singer (Robin), Bass player (Franklin), and my dell laptop and hundreds of midi sequences to drive the Sound Canvas. By the way we dill all of those tunes except Stairway... I could not ever get the best guitar solo ever done down.
A giraffe is a horse designed by a committee and created by an Agile team.
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I do not play music, although I did write a song with a buddy once, it was the lyrically like NIN to a folky Bob Dylan acoustic sound! If I was to do anything in music i would be more like Bernie Taupin! 
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Music.
Almost every programmer in our company has headphones on most of the time. That way everyone listens to what they like without annoying everyone else around them.
Dan Dingus
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I prefer silence while coding and Godsmack while debugging.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
"I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Depends. Sometimes music, other times silence (which I rarely get in the office!). Whoever said open plan offices produce better results wasn't a developer. I say that knowing some developers like the "collaboration" the open plan engenders. I, however, am not of that belief.
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An open Plan is best for the Bar, I like my privacy, and in seclusion I work better!
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Mostly classic music .Everything that has vocals gets me distracted.
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