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Background Music for Coding for Every Taste 🎸

Lo-fi, trip-hop, epic, celtic, hard rock, metal and electronicore playlists

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Background Music for Coding for Every Taste 🎸
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Anastasia
Gaming geek, coding in human and programming languages. https://t.me/java_captain

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The right background music can boost our concentration. But chill and lo-fi beats won’t satisfy every taste. What makes this music playlist compilation unique is that I’ll share my favorite playlists of epic, Celtic, hard rock, metal and electronicore music. Put your handphones on and explore.

Lo-Fi and Trip-Hop Beats

freeCodeCamp 24/7 Radio

freecodecamp radio

freeCodeCamp is one of the largest developer communities that offers free coding courses with certifications. Beyond that, it has its own 24/7 music stream without ads. You are most likely to hear low-fi and trip-how tunes that create the right rhythm to catch the flow state.

lofi hip hop radio — beats to relax/study to

https://youtu.be/5qap5aO4i9A

This 24/7 YouTube radio has 8,2 million subscribers and most of us came across this girl from the video at least once. Reddit users even launched ‘Lo-fi girl challenge’ that prompted Reddit’s best anime artists to draw her in their own style or country. Back to the topic, this radio broadcasts lo-fi music that is both stress-relieving and focus-sharpening.

Chillhop Music

https://youtu.be/iEGFFyv0MH4

If you feel tired of wondering how soon the Lo-Fi girl will finish her homework, you can listen to the lo-fi sounds on the second popular YouTube lo-fi and chill beats channel. Listen to the curated jazzy and chill music on YouTube or Spotify.

Epic Instrumental Music

THERE IS A HERO IN US | Epic Music Mix

https://youtu.be/gbVpNqiR0YA

This playlist is meant for epic music lovers who like Thomas Bergersen, Two Steps From Hell and other soundtrack music that gives you the shudders and makes you feel like a savior of the world. It has no ads, so nothing will disturb your heroic coding quest.

4-Hours Epic Celtic Mix | World’s Most Powerful & Beautiful Music (Adrian von Ziegler)

https://youtu.be/80du9gScaqw

This playlist combines 4 hours of beautiful Celtic music that reminds me of the TES V: Skyrim soundtrack and its tavern music. Have you ever practiced coding listening to medieval vibes? It’s a sign from Talos.

Fantasy Bard/Tavern Music Compilation

https://youtu.be/wLlovxa3VJ0

This playlist is a compilation of medieval fantasy bard and tavern music with lyrics(!) from Dragon Age, WoW, The TES series, The Witcher games and more. Greetings, coding traveler, have a seat around the fire.

Hard Rock, Metal and Electronicore Playlists

Ultimate Hard Rock/Metal Mix Playlist

https://youtu.be/htCcgpisgtk

Now you know that you grew your hair out for a reason. Melodic guitar riffs without vocals for a kick-ass coding session. Please, be aware that this video has ads (use AdBlock for uninterrupted experience).

Ultimate Heavy Metal Hard Rock Step Unthinking Songs For Work, Gym, Study

https://youtu.be/Lmp2zJ7UNPM

Now everyone listens to lo-fi and trip-hop tunes in the background. If you want to get energized and rock through the day, you’ll enjoy this heavy metal playlist without ads and lyrics. Headbang your coding!

Aggressive Music Mix | Electronicore, Metalstep, Industrial

https://youtu.be/E5Fpuw5BeBE

Celldweller and industrial music lovers will enjoy this one. Think of it as metal and dubstep in a single music genre. Be ready for ads — download an AdBlocker extension.

If I overlooked one of your favorite genres of background music — please, leave your request in the comments and I’ll add the music to the list. I’m also curious about your favorite groups, artists, sources of background music for coding — you are also welcome to share these.

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Joycasino4y ago

Well, that's a big enough percentage, very much will have to change the music track to make 60% uniqueness. It is better to use services with music without copyrights. Here you can find rap background . My friend often uses this service. He seems to be happy with everything, there is a lot of different music, you can pick up songs for different lyrics. He writes more street rap, I'd say he's a young Eminem).

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Emmi4y ago

I tried adding bass and various additional sound effects, but still the music was not approved. The main requirement is 65% uniqueness of the music track.

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Joycasino4y ago

Perhaps you should change the tone of the music so that you can pass moderation. Or try to find a service with copyright-free music. I know a couple of such services.

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Emmi4y ago

Hi guys, in addition to programming I am trying my hand at music. Now together with my friend we are trying to record rap and make music. So far it seems to be working out pretty good. We tried to post our music to social networks, but the music does not pass moderation because we use music with copyright.

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Liza Cooper4y ago

Thanks for the cool article) My brother and I very like Spotify. And we recently started uploading music there. Also to raise our audience we decided to buy spotify plays . For us, it is a good option and we hope to increase our followers through this service. And I am very dreaming someday we will succeed.

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Marina5y ago

This is a great list! I prefer neo-classical and ambient music when coding

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Mayur Borse5y ago

I mostly listen to european classical (grieg, beethoven) and film scores (zimmer, Williams)

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L. John Ribar5y ago

This is a great list. I think I'll put a link to it on my blog, if that's okay. There are a few other sites I'll add, but you've got a great list here. Thanks! Especially intrigued by the Fantasy/Bard Tavern mix ;-)

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Cleber Gasparoto5y ago

Nice compilation. Thank you for sharing!

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Tonatiuh Morales5y ago

Great article! & good music selection to work.

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