I have a playlist called Then Suddenly, it's a collection of epic music that starts off chill and suddenly gets epic. The epicness helps my brain refocus to "shits getting serious" mode for when I get distracted 🤠
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eg PV Apparat Gosh Jamie xx Becoming Ocean Felix Rosch November Max Richter How to leave your body John Murphy Satie: Gnossienne No.1 - Starkey Remix
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Is it public? Love Epic for work but it's so hard to find the good stuff.
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Not yet! I need to create a Spotify nym first haha
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I almost exclusively listen to prog rock (e.g. this and this) and prog metal (e.g. this and this). I cannot stand the endless repetition in most genres (e.g. 20 seconds of melody/harmony/rhythm repeated to make a 3 minute song); most prog music is substantially less repetitive than most genres.
I find new prog music through Wikipedia and ProgArchives. Usually the best prog albums (yes albums, not just individual songs) have the highest rating and listenership. Ordinary people do have a sense for good music, if only they were given the opportunity to hear it.
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super interesting, thank you for sharing! the first "this" you linked is awesome, though i'd prefer that for a day off 🍄 versus working soundtrack ;)
to each their own!
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my man. i'm also a prog metal enjoyer, haken's latest album is just wild.
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ooo this is neat! thanks for the rec
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anything i'm in the mood for...alt rock, shoegaze, metal, punk, jazz, 90s hip hop, 50s swing music, classic funk and funk fusion, etc.
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The jack hammer…. That’s not a band. It’s an actual jack hammer.
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You just run a jack hammer while you work?
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The jack hammer is my work. And the pick. And the shovel. Sometimes the tipper cart. Earplugs are required but I really wish they were headphones lol
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There's a business idea. Noise cancelling so good you can listen to tunes while you're jackhammering.
I've never used a jack hammer. What is your line of work called? Paver? Masoner?
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About 130 decibels is normal so it would need to be next level metal to cut through that!
I’m a semi-skilled contractor and mainly help out on small residential projects job-to-job.
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Anything that can mute my brain's scattered thoughts
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My playlist contains
  • Mark Knopfler/ Dire Straits
  • Pink Floyd/ Division Bell
  • Smooth background Jazz
  • Johnny Cash
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news usually on youtube
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No music, podcasts.
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I like jazz but I find that it distracts me too much. Classical music that I've not heard before at a low volume seems to work well for me.
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You should try Gustav Mahler - strangest of the strange!
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I'll have to check him out, but if its too weird that is also very distracting
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Symph. no. 8 will blow You away. It had the same effect on me when I heard John Coltrane for the first time.
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peak time / driving techo
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Rap/Hip Hop Indie/Rock
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For working... LoFi
For wakeup alarm or driving... classic 70s and 80s rock
I don't really listen to much music besides the above scenarios
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Jazz, no lyrics, mostly Pat Metheny...
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Instrumental jazz ballads (Miles Davis, Bill Evans), lofi hip-hop mix channels on YT, Mozart, Strauss, Liszt, Mahler, instrumental prog
Stuff like Worakls. Especially the album Orchestra.
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I prefer listening to music without any lyrics when working
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I listen often to Selected Ambient works from Aphex Twin, if ADHD raves in my head -> Drum and bass and breakcore :)
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I usually listen ICE CUBE - YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT
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I'm a retro / techno lover (Belgium).
  • mixcloud.com
  • soundcloud.com
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If I need to focus, I prefer opera, otherwise a mash of rap/hip-hop, folk, disco, rock, blues, funk, metal, whatever fits the mood!
Have a good day too!
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Lofi from Chillhop Music. Good stuff. https://youtube.com/@ChillhopMusic
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<3 nogood. I listen to it over dinner. But for work, I let music.youtube.com randomise jazz tracks.
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Used to listen to mostly metal on headphones when worked at fiat office job, now working for Bitcoin at home feels less need for a music and headphones all the time, it's more relaxing by default.
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