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Background Music for Coding for Every Taste🎶

Anastasia 🏄🏻‍♀️ on April 20, 2021

*header pic by Shen Comix The right background music can boost our concentration. But chill and lo-fi beats won’t satisfy every taste. What makes ...
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creativcoder

There's lofi.cafe

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Travis Fantina

came to say this, I've been listening to this a ton since they launched a few weeks ago.

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Mateus Salvi

came to say this too

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Bruno Dantas

Wow! Loved your tip ;)

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Nathaniel

Thank you for this... Freaken awesome.

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HDenizD

damn, this is amazing! thank you for sharing this

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Andrew Abraham

Thanks!! This is awesome.

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Tyler Arrigoni

I haven't been seen a site this fresh and original in so long. What a fun app to write.

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Nando

I can't share this playlist enough, been listening to it heavy lately. it hits the spots when you need some hip hop beats without the crappy lyrics https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjiB1Gm1BUm9X3IEMTSe-KWsEgiNnS1ll&feature=share

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ritaoportunity

nice, I love it! would have never thought of it myself

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Thalita G.

Hmm, I occasionally listen to chillhop whenever I'm suddenly possessed by the chillhop gods or something. 😂 I mainly listen to jazz, ambient, breakcore, and whatever album I feel like listening to at the moment. I also specifically love this instrumental math rock playlist and can't find anything quite like it. :) It's just so weirdly happy for a math rock playlist.

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Didn't know about Epic Instrumental. My bookmarks say thank you.

I would add three more:

Post-Rock

Witch House


And, of course:

Mac Quayle's Mr. Robot Soundtrack

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Hekitakai • Edited

Nice list. I will definitely listen to Celtic and fantasy list. Lo-fi is great, but sometimes too distracting, so I see these missing:

  • ambient
  • binaural beat

And a bit of personal preference:

  • synth wave / chill wave
  • chip tune
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Lars Richter

Great tips! Thank you.
I like "Music to Code by" by Carl Franklin. He created Pomodoro-sized (25 minutes) tracks that help you focus. But it's important to mention, that it's not free. It's $19.99 for 21 tracks (almost 9 hours of music). I think it's a fair deal.

And one special tip if you are "bug-hunting". You should definitely check out "The Mission" by Jail Job Eve. It's a song about a headhunter on a mission. The lyrics are just perfect for finding and fixing bugs. 😄

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TheLifeIsYours

I usually go for no vocals deep house music, the similar beat between songs helps me not focus on the music. Usually I get caught up on the details in a song, be it simple repeating lyrics, but house music I can have going in the background for hours.

open.spotify.com/playlist/7m38nRc7...

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XavierDESCHARD

Thank for this and all the links...
I like to listen to hardcore or industrial techno, it helps me to focus while coding. I almost only listen to this kind of music while I am working, I am usually less hardcore... 😅
My main source of hardcore techno is a YouTube channel from Berlin : youtube.com/c/H%C3%96RBERLIN
3 or 4 DJs are doing a one hour mix each day, you can found all kind of DJ so you can skip if it is not your thing...

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cblte

Thank you. Only showing a minimal subset of what is available, it is a nice list with nice channels.

Personally I prefer much more voice less audio and try to a avoid YouTube. Which reminds me to write up a list of channels outside of YouTube.

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manu • Edited

Check out code-fi. Made by AMP channel
youtube.com/watch?v=f02mOEt11OQ

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Heather Williams • Edited

I'm old school: classical music is often the perfect thing for me. But sometimes I end up listening to a wide array of other things all depending on the task. Norse folk music (wardruna.com/ and the likes) can be really good at times. :)

And of course epic music (two steps from hell and the likes) is perfect for going on bug killing quests with.

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Bob Forgey

For coding, I like silence. If I can't get that, I prefer music that's undistracting yet somewhat energetic. I found some on jedentageinset.de/ (for instance, soundcloud.com/arel_schaefer/bahnw...). But, I don't know German, and I'm not very familiar with current genres. Can anyone suggest how I can find more music like this?

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Gabriel González

I have found the playlist Dark Academia Classical of spotify helps me get things done (both studying and coding)

The playlist features multiple composers from different eras: Chopin, Beethoven, Satie, Haendel Mozart, Bach, etc. I like most of them, but I can't stand Eiunaudi. Maybe you will love him and truth be told, his music is great for setting up a focused mindset.

here's the link: open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF...

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Ireneusz Budzowski

While coding, I really like listening to epic music. Here is my playlist, over 24h carefully selected music:
open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ik3HiGz...

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gshah2020

This was recently released on producthunt: lofi.cafe/

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Cesar Dario Garcia Jimenez

I love to listen to Psymbient music too while programming or reading,
this is a nice playlist if you like:
open.spotify.com/playlist/12Pv037S...

I have also created a miscellaneous playlist with a variety of genres inside for anyone interested in exploring another playlist:
open.spotify.com/playlist/0h08eVc9...

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Andrew Rothman
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Anibal Sanchez

Another excellent lofi site lofimusic.app/

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Jason C. McDonald

Chillhop hits the spot for me. Never heard this before. Thanks!

(And, ofc, the red panda is adorable.)

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Andrei Gatej

For me, the music in the background has to have lyrics. Otherwise.. I feel like something is wrong :).

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Lakh Bawa

I wanted a very simple thing for music, I guess freeCodeCamp is for me. Thanks

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SebasProgrammer2020

ths i like them

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Margo McCabe

Very cool! Our dev team also recently compiled a playlist of their favorite coding tunes!

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Alex Turner

Bit of 1974 mall muzac...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=CPQfSjr5L38

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Tyler Arrigoni

Appreciate this... I was in a total funk with my music. Chillhop is working for me today. Thanks!

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Joe Klemmer

I seem to be the odd man out in that I can't program with any kind of music playing. I can wite papers with some hard rock in the background, but I need either silance or random/white noise.

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Sibusiso Dlamini

LOFI BEATS REIGNS SUPREME 💯

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Luciano Jung

Hey there 👋
Although I hear lofi music sometimes i'm more an instrumental listener while programming

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OchungJ

Great compilation,
I also recommend youtube.com/channel/UC5CRP-6oxYenI...

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Wesley

All you need is in here:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTWDLMN...

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Akin C.

Hello Anastasia,

thank you for your article :)!
I like every suggestion you make. I already knew some of your suggestions and I am glad to find them in your list.

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Douglas Fugazi

I've been listening these 2 playlists.
Spotify: spoti.fi/1ajqh2x
Deezer: deezer.com/playlist/1168491523

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Cédric Rémond

I love listening to post-rock while working, here is one of my go-to playlist : open.spotify.com/playlist/4MRGjKql...

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atom

cool! thanks for sharing 👍

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Atulit Anand

I sing myself to sleep. 😂

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Philip Mutua

A list of the mentioned here I have noticed listen to frequently. Has anyone listened to the Elder Scrolls V sound tracks? youtu.be/5OWdMHIRld8?list=PL8CB794...

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BBB

Here's my Youtube radio when coding :
Random Chiptune Radio | 24/7 Music Stream - youtube.com/watch?v=dMXc9eeAtoA

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Christopher C. Johnson

I've been listening to this YouTube station for the last couple of weeks while I work:

"lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to (24/7)"

youtube.com/watch?v=yf18K9g-XV0

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Carlos

Unreal Tournament Soundtrack (Full)
youtube.com/watch?v=7MSFW8pZ-_4
90's kids will remember

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Peter

Love me some LoFi hip hop radio, I've also been enjoying this on repeat will building my portfolio Relaxing Video Game Music in a Cozy Room (Nintendo 64)

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Peter

Yeh I like parts of this too

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