Depends on the kind of concentration. If I'm programming or doing some kind of math, I want fury. I'm reaching for Slayer or Megadeth or the Doom sound track. Nothing like Angel of Death to plow through something.
If it's more contemplative, power ballads. Something I can sing without focusing on it. I Want to Know What Love Is. Keeps pace, but it's more emotional. Keeps me in that thoughtful place.
Cooking, woodworking, cleaning. Something active but not on the whole fast. Heavy metal, southern rock, or blues. Kiss, CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, BB King. Something even tempo that can pick up and come back down. Freebird followed by Fortunate Son is a good example.
Either ambient instrumental music (lots of Brian Eno) or any music that I know all the words to (so that my brain doesn't have to actively process the lyrics).
When I really need to concentrate I put on music in a foreign language. Mainly German because I've found a lot of German bands I like. Some of my favorites that sing mainly in German:
Anything without vocals so that it doesn't force me to actually think about it, just vibe.
Lately Chikoi The Maid (maidcore rock) or Gnome (the Father Of Time album, just-riffs-rock?) to some dnb/techno stuff, depends on the mood and how hard I need to focus - faster is better then.
Emancipator fucks heavy. I don't think I've ever heard an artist capture the feeling of misty forests and snow so perfectly. Just nature really. Safe in the Steep Cliffs and Dusk to Dawn are so evocative.
Hell yeah! I learned of them when my partner and I were walking around at a festival, and we passed a stage with the most relaxing music… we just immediately sat down, then laid down in the grass and vibed for a good half hour. Sooooo good.
Years ago I got a disc called Sounds of Slashdot. It was at a con, I think.
Anyway it's got some "gamemaster" "lost tribe" thing among some musical tracks on the CD. I have No Idea what it is, but I put it on and the sounds fucks with distractions and I can enter the Flow more easily for work. It's a great trigger.
Honestly, I cant listen to anything while trying to concentrate. Music distracts me when I'm trying to focus on a mental task. Now if I'm doing physical labor or whatever, much easier. 80s music for sure. New Wave, synthpop. Good stuff.
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Cowbee@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y
Selected Ambient Works
Johny5@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
90s electronic, Autechre
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_(Autechre_album)
randompasta@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y
I love 90s electronic for concentration. But I've gotten into Tycho recently.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
Tycho is great! Check out Emancipator as well!
qisope@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
doofy77@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y
Grindcore
Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Instrumental heavy metal.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Post rock for me. It's a wide genre that is sometimes classical in nature to punk metal.
BigLime@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Techno, house, trance, or nintendo music.
Draupnir@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Second this, love the trance and Nintendo tunes! There’s some good lofi Nintendo mixes on YouTube that get me through work
wuphysics87@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
Depends on the kind of concentration. If I'm programming or doing some kind of math, I want fury. I'm reaching for Slayer or Megadeth or the Doom sound track. Nothing like Angel of Death to plow through something.
If it's more contemplative, power ballads. Something I can sing without focusing on it. I Want to Know What Love Is. Keeps pace, but it's more emotional. Keeps me in that thoughtful place.
Cooking, woodworking, cleaning. Something active but not on the whole fast. Heavy metal, southern rock, or blues. Kiss, CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, BB King. Something even tempo that can pick up and come back down. Freebird followed by Fortunate Son is a good example.
polle@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y
LoFi
moistclump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
beats to concentrate/relax to
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 1y
I've been listening to breakcore lately. Gets me in the mood for serious work, it's like a microdose of adhd meds
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
Krautrock
austinfloyd@ttrpg.network · 3 pts · 1y
Either ambient instrumental music (lots of Brian Eno) or any music that I know all the words to (so that my brain doesn't have to actively process the lyrics).
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The first Sims game soundtrack
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
The Movies game soundtrack
RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
Lofi covers of video game music. Mostly Zelda, because I am a dork.
hactar42@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
When I really need to concentrate I put on music in a foreign language. Mainly German because I've found a lot of German bands I like. Some of my favorites that sing mainly in German:
Art_Vandelay@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
buckethead. i cant focus with lyrics and i found his work perfect.
tomi000@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Drum'n'Bass
leisesprecher@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
Yep. Fast, repetitive, as little vocals as possible.
Usually I hate that kind of music, but if I want to get things done, Gabber is my drug of choice.
riskable@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
It's really hard to time it just right but the theme to Jeopardy 👍
Get it wrong and it'll really surprise you!
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHhp9NEF79E
Elonkilledmymom@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
I watched this muted but I still heard it
MadBob@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
There's a channel on Youtube called My Analogue Journey, I usually chuck that on.
arefx@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
None. Otherwise, I'm listening to music instead of concentrating on whatever I should be.
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Usually none, sometimes classical music, Viennese Classic especially
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Same, none of that low-brow Bratislava Classic, pee-yooo
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Techno and heavy metal.
taaz@biglemmowski.win · 2 pts · 1y
Anything without vocals so that it doesn't force me to actually think about it, just vibe.
Lately Chikoi The Maid (maidcore rock) or Gnome (the Father Of Time album, just-riffs-rock?) to some dnb/techno stuff, depends on the mood and how hard I need to focus - faster is better then.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Always Emancipator. Safe In The Steep Cliffs is excellent.
sidekickplayah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Emancipator fucks heavy. I don't think I've ever heard an artist capture the feeling of misty forests and snow so perfectly. Just nature really. Safe in the Steep Cliffs and Dusk to Dawn are so evocative.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
Hell yeah! I learned of them when my partner and I were walking around at a festival, and we passed a stage with the most relaxing music… we just immediately sat down, then laid down in the grass and vibed for a good half hour. Sooooo good.
Unmapped@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y
House music. Nearly everyday while I code. Mostly Chris Luno sets.
sevan@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
When I was in the office, always metal. At home I'm more likely to listen to classical, but still metal if I need to be totally focused.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Years ago I got a disc called Sounds of Slashdot. It was at a con, I think.
Anyway it's got some "gamemaster" "lost tribe" thing among some musical tracks on the CD. I have No Idea what it is, but I put it on and the sounds fucks with distractions and I can enter the Flow more easily for work. It's a great trigger.
I need to find more of that.
Skua@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 1y
I like Blue Turtle's playlists, especially the Ithya ones. They're mostly folkish intrumentals and some gentle chillstep
DWolf_19@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Minecraft soundtrack
ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Soundtracks to puzzle video games. Spacechem and the rest of the Zachtronics games have Great music that helps encourage concentration in my opinion.
mub@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
I've had the Billie Eilish's new album on loop recently. But before that I'd usually have some Floyd or god machine on.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
Psytrance is ideal. Designed for dancing yourself into a trance, perfect for energetic flow state concentration, like studying.
seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
trance and sextrance
like everyday actually
kowcop@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Deep House
xia@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
"Elevated Jam Tracks" on youtube (mostly chords and no distracting words/vocals).
asim0v@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Found this playlist on Spotify recently called Creative Flow Music and it is now my go-to.
telepresence@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
breakcore (dnb), maidcore (progressive instrumental metal) or jazz fusion
200ok@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
If I need to think, I prefer absolute silence (noise cancelling headphones).
If I'm doing something mindless, I'll put on a podcast or audiobook.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Chillstep or lofi for focus.
Sublime and the like for cleaning.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 1y
Honestly, I cant listen to anything while trying to concentrate. Music distracts me when I'm trying to focus on a mental task. Now if I'm doing physical labor or whatever, much easier. 80s music for sure. New Wave, synthpop. Good stuff.
jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
Been on the lofi Chopin and similar songs lately.
https://open.spotify.com/track/52gMaGkqtK2GIjWaIgwIW8?si=D8GI6SeVQe6BQGM4OWYVHg
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Random playlist from spotify with low-fi, vocal house or vocal lounge.
rain_worl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
well not for concentration, but my ambient music is a mix of lemon demon and rain world