Stating the obvious, but you're not the first person to make this connection (nor am I, for that matter.)

What I have found is that what kind of music one likes to listen to during "crunch time" depends highly on (drum roll, please...) what kind of music one likes to listen to.

No, really.

For me, I code best when listening to popular classical music (Overture of 1812, Holst's Mars, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Ravel's Bolero.) However, I know other coders who do their best "writing" to Tool, or Megadeth, or something else that makes my ears fall off.

So, I guess, whatever stimulates the creative part of your brain also helps the analytical part. Matter of fact, now that I think about it, there was a report on NPR this morning during Morning Edition about doctors who play musical instruments. Unfortunately, it came on just as I arrived at work, and it wasn't exactly a Driveway Moment kind of story for me. Would be interesting to go back and listen to it now, though...

-Yendor

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In reply to Re: Music Soothes the Savage. . . code? by Yendor
in thread Music Soothes the Savage. . . code? by CloneArmyCommander

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