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What's your favourite type of music to listen to while coding?

Survey period: 7 Dec 2015 to 14 Dec 2015

Yes there are a near infinite number of genres and sub-genres but choose the one that best fits your tastes or select other and tell us in the comments. What sounds get your creative juices flowing?

OptionVotes% 
Rock29714.18
Pop844.01
Metal21410.22
Jazz713.39
Classical22810.89
Country401.91
House / Techno21910.46
Hip Hop / Rap462.20
R&B190.91
Punk271.29
Indie381.81
Oldies733.49
Other1959.31
I don't listen to music while coding54425.98



 
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General80's music in general (mostly british stuff) Pin
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Generalsoma.fm Pin
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GeneralRap, of course Pin
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AlexCode6-Dec-15 21:15
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I love my noise-cancelling headphones Smile | :)
Sometimes I put them on without any music and it's all I need.

Some other days/tasks I need to shake things a bit so I go to some more aggressive stuff.

Pure Pop and Rock are usually only used to create a low volume background environment (with the headphones).

I've also read somewhere that music and coding stimulate the same part of the brain, which causes concurrent access. As our brain is not shaped to do multiple things at a time, this can be a problem.
I honestly feel it especially when I like the music... it easily gets me distracted from the task.

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GeneralListen to music only when doing non-thinking working OR ... Pin
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