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Ambient is pretty good for work

Silence for studying.

Surprised nobody posted this yet.

Game soundtracks, mainly World of Warcraft because of the sheer amount of different music ambience and also because of the nostalgia hit.

I recommend https://youtube.com/@meisio for very very well crafted videos of pretty much every zone the game has or is offering.

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Depends on how much brain capacity I need. When I need to actually think, it has to be instrumental. So game soundtracks, classical music etc. Stellaris is one soundtrack I quite like for thinking. When it’s something I have to think really hard about, it’s music off though.

Otherwise, when I’m working on a repetitive, brainless task, it’s whatever I’m in the mood for. Metal, country, j-pop, post-punk… could be anything really.

Video game and movie soundtracks. Ambient electronic and IDM. Trance and Psychedelic Trance. All without vocals. It helps me focus on work.

Instrumentals.

I have an instrumental playlist for this because lyrics distract me.

None. Music would be a distraction for me.

I need it to not be distracting, so no vocals in a language I comprehend, or I need to have listened to the song a dozen times already.

And then I need something upbeat to keep me motivated, so 8-bit music is high up the list, overly epic orchestral music also always works, but at like 3 o’clock in the morning, nothing hits like instrumental classical music.

I like putting on DJ sets at work. Book Club Radio has some absolute bangers. Pretty much any one from Tinzo or Jojo are good.

Hor has some good DJs on. I love Tigerhead. Some of the Bogota ones were great.

Boiler room also has some good ones. The one from Rebecca Black was actually really good.

Like many others have mentioned, video game soundtracks when studying. [https://www.gameslearningsociety.org/what-is-the-science-of-video-game-music/](Video game music has also been shown to help with studying.)

Can video game music help you study? And according to a plethora of research, having such music to accompany a task–especially if it’s repetitive—can drive up dopamine levels in the brain, allowing you to engage in work or study more productively and with less stress. It can also drive inspiration and add a touch of whimsy to otherwise boring tasks.

I have a playlist set up to listen to full albums at random. Today was

• Motorpsycho: Timothy’s Monster
• Samsara Blues Experiment: Waiting for the Flood
• Math the Band: Don’t Worry
• Cymande: Cymande
• Minsk: With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
• Common: Be

Anything goes, I just hate having to stop the tunes when I have to jump on a call