Without lyrics – for the same reason as you.

BTW, I usually tune to LoFi Girl Channel.

Depends on the work. If it's got to do with words together and texts - definitely no lyrics (or lyrics in languages I don't unterstand a single word). But with anything else lyrics are no problem.

btw: Listening to music with lyrics while reading fiction in my sparetime has to be in the same language the text I read is. Otherwise I don't remember what I read a minute ago :)

Night Drive by Timecop1983 is one of my goto albums to focus. It’s not completely without lyrics, but there aren’t many, and it works for me. I think there is also an instrumental-only version.

https://timeslaves.bandcamp.com/album/night-drive

Night Drive, by Timecop1983

11 track album

^{TimeSlave Recordings}

any of the live Radiohead shows on YouTube. This is the best for me:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DWuAn6C8Mfc&pp=ygUScmFkaW9oZWFkIGJhc2VtZW50

Radiohead - In Rainbows From the Basement (April 2008)

Recorded at The Hospital Club, London in April 2008.Setlist00:00:21 Weird Fishes / Arpeggi00:05:41 15 Step00:09:37 Bodysnatchers00:14:02 Nude00:18:49 The Glo...

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ooh, my three general categories are:

- Instrumental chill music, especially if I am writing/working with words

- Music I’ve heard a million times, like some 2000s pop-punk (works with pretty much any work, because I can tune it out)

- New music discovery, which I enjoy if I’m working on more boring/repetitive tasks not involving writing

definitely prefer stuff without lyrics when working, but there are some exceptions.

I discovered the album Ember by Kubbi this month and absolutely love it! A very zen blend of electronica and chiptune.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCBAbF6TMgCLV_Xp7LDIySrSajoqVKMzB&si=v6y8kzoOpJKPYZsj

Ember

Sdílejte svá videa s přáteli, rodinou a celým světem.

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I never listen to lyrics, so to me it doesn't matter.

In fact, if I concentrate and listen to the actual lyrics, it can ruin the song for me because sometimes I just don't like the words.

If you're on Spotify, I made a Music For Coding To playlist specifically without vocals. (I've been told accountants also like it, and call it Music To Excel To?!)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5YpeoHyEHG7ttNgvzAkW72?si=56DXR9maQs-w_z_7qqdPSw&pi=a-Cuekjb88Qtue

Music For Coding To

Music For Coding To · Playlist · 705 songs · 328 likes

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"battle without honor or humanity"

and for an ADDED bonus, DJ John - "Jukebox Hero Project"

I'm fine with lyrics unless I'm trying to absorb information.

One of my "go to" focus on work albums

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZUgNyzmqqQjHbSaHYNg-1XHAVZHkqNn1

Kids

Sdílejte svá videa s přáteli, rodinou a celým světem.

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music without lyrics. I find the “beats to think to” playlist from Spotify (or actually an old version of it that I exported to Apple Music) hits the sweet spot and helps me get in the zone and focus. Works for many colleagues too who I recommended it too.

One of my favorites:
https://music.apple.com/nl/album/dust-echoes/915347694?i=915347702

'Dust & Echoes' van Spektre op Apple Music

Nummer· 2014 · Speelduur 6:31

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you can check my #ListenBrainz stats (courtesy of @metabrainz ).

As you can see, mostly electronic and instrumental but with some metal and punk when I'm in a coding spree and need an extra oomph.

And the last year I have listened quite a lot to L(oo)ping by #Rone and the Orchestre National de Lyon. Instrumental.

https://youtu.be/ix1qgFfR9_s

https://listenbrainz.org/user/itorres/stats/?range=year

Rone : L(oo)ping - ARTE Concert

#LOOPING #RONE Avec L(oo)ping, Rone nous embarque dans une expérience à part. Un projet hors norme réalisé par Louise Narboni, mené avec l’Orchestre National...

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Play Bad Religion, Social Distortion, or any other Punk band and turn volume to 11.

😏

Makes all the difference ... and you don't hear the neighbors as a bonus.

@nGFX AHHH! I thought it was a channel. OK, can absolutely get behind that.

~Jason

I have one pipeline for processing words in my brain. If music has lyrics, it occupies it. If I need to concentrate, then this process also requires access to this pipeline. So it's one or the other.
But music without lyrics does not require it, so it's fine. Sometimes even helps by cutting out noise from around.

My favorites:

• Soma FM Groove Salad internet radio
• Diablo 2 and Torchlight 2 soundtracks by Matt Uelmen
• Kurzgesagt soundtrack by Epic Mountain

No lyrics. My current playlist is dark coding music. In the past I have listened to movie sound tracks for background music.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YQCyM6xwPB9eh8NTOfIFl?si=c94944ff127147d7

Dark Coding Music

Dark Coding Music · Playlist · 241 songs · 1.8K likes

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I'm the same. It's got to be without lyrics if I need to focus.

Big fan of Mogwai as my goto music for thinking. They've loads of instrumental work. Or occasionally some classical guitar or piano if I want something mellow.

Without. Usually LoFi, but anything with a steady beat that isn't going to make me start singing along (even if it's just "dadada").

Something smooth, relaxing and that easily fades into the background.

LoFi girl is a hot favourite.

How inappropriate would be to say that sometimes I listen to my own music and link it here as a "focus" track to make it into the Thuderbird's playlist?

https://mirlo.space/midnight-reveries/release/clairvoyant

When having to focus a lot I really love listening to my FLACs of Death - Leprosy
such a good album 😻

Generally any extreme subgenre of metal / punk rock works pretty well, if the lyrics are being screamed/growls its less distracting.
The brain™ can just scream along in the background so the part of the brain working on the task in the foreground doesn't get distracted 🧠

My “force myself to be productive” playlist is just this one track on an endless loop: “Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op” from Mark Mothersbaugh’s score for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

https://youtu.be/XTyZD0XFixs?si=vQt3CuCkHtM0acMr

Ping Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupPing Island/Lightning Strike Rescue Op · Mark MothersbaughThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou℗ 2004 Disney Enterpr...

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