This specific video has helped me buckle down and get shit done so many times. I’ve even made loops of songs I have copies of on my computer for this kind of thing. The repetition OH MY GOD it tickles my brain in just the right way so as to boost productivity. It’s great how that can cancel out the ADHD when I have deadlines looming.

Video game music does the same thing. Death by Glamour gets me in the ZONE.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    9·
    21 days ago

    My music is a compost pile. All the new stuff I listen to is on top and it gets listened to on repeat and the music is less engaging the further down the stack it goes, even though it was on repeat when it was fresh. Stuff at the bottom of the list may only get played once in a year or even less.

    My brain has changed a bit over time. I used to need that constant noise, it helped things flow. Now I prefer quiet. Noise breaks the flow.

  • Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world
    7·
    21 days ago

    I could gladly listen to a song 5000 times, but when Spotify stops shuffling my playlist and plays the same 15 songs on repeat every day for a month I start to notice and get a little bothered! Don’t get me started on enhanced shuffle, either

  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
    4·
    21 days ago

    I like to do that with great albums. I’ll listen to the whole thing, just, over and over and over again. Until I’ve got pretty much the whole thing memorized. Then I go on to another one. I’ll only do it that way if the whole album is banging, though.

    Past examples include:

    EDIT: couldn’t find the full Tweedy Album, so just linked my favorite song from it

  • Luffy879@lemmy.ml
    4·
    20 days ago

    Guy with autism here, for some reason this song actually helps me concentrate on learning my vocabularies, for some reason

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    22 days ago

    Just playing a Collective Soul compilation on repeat does the same for me.

    This is cool too, though.

  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
    1·
    21 days ago

    I listen to Sega Mega Drive playlists. Usually the relaxing ones. I’ve played them so much that the song progression is normal to me. I know which one will play next in the list. Sometimes a song gets stuck in my head and it impedes my thought process, so I put it on and don’t have to think about it anymore. Usually the Sega songs, they are designed to be repeated.

    Check this one out, just let it play until the end https://youtu.be/KrOayhOn-tw

  • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world
    1·
    21 days ago

    The Dash Berlin ASOT 600 set (specifically Sofia) got me through my dissertation writing. Even now, if I sit down with a coffee and turn on the set, within the couple minutes I am completely in the zone for working. It’s like a brain hack for me.

    I also like the Music for programming site (specifically RITES) which is also good for some focus music.

    I’ve tried to get some folks to post their dissertation writing music and form a massive playlist, as it seems really common to have some certain song or album. I’m sure it’s similar for other intense work flows too.