Spotify Playlists for Grinding

Post your favorite Spotify playlists for grinding throughout the day that make modeling and putting together backups a little more bearable.

At the moment I am utterly sick of the playlists that I have and am curious what everyone else jams to throughout the day.

Cheers.

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"Dedline" I've got two techno sets that can get me through any two hours of the day:
  1. BBC Essential Mix -- Nero --

  2. A State of Trance 550 (London) -- https://youtu.be/N74BDN-34dk

Would love to find some amazing trance sets if anyone got the good stuff out there.

Christian Pheng used to have a massive set of trance playlists titled "Gods Trance #" - many of them have been pulled down but there are still a couple of. Have been my go to for years.

 
"Dedline" I've got two techno sets that can get me through any two hours of the day:
  1. BBC Essential Mix -- Nero --

  2. A State of Trance 550 (London) -- https://youtu.be/N74BDN-34dk

Would love to find some amazing trance sets if anyone got the good stuff out there.

The state of trance is just amazing to be honest.

Visionary | Lead | Enthusiast
 

When I wear out Facelift and Dirt, there's always Jar of Flies and Unplugged to help me switch gears. Tripod or Sap if I'm in a deep tracks kind of mood.

"Son, life is hard. But it's harder if you're stupid." - my dad
 

I stopped listening to music while working pretty early into my first internship and started listening to podcasts. Much rather save music for when I'm really feeling it and learn shit & hear interesting conversations while I work. I'm so into podcasts now though that I listen to them almost any time I'm not talking with someone. So like 10+ hours a day. Only really listen to music while working out and during like... designated leisurely times. Like smoking weed or cooking with my wife or whatever.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Depends what you're into. I listen to a lot of fitness/health and real estate stuff. Some other good ones: Joe Rogan We The People Live Ari Shaffir Aubrey Marcus Cleared Hot Colin's Last Stand Common Sense Conversations With Tyler Hardcore History Featured Voices Freakonomics Here's The Thing (Alec Baldwin) History on Fire How I Built This Impact Theory Invisibilia Jocko Podcast Keep Hammering Let's Know Things Money For The Rest of Us Onnit Planet Money Radiolab Sex With Emily Shameless Sex Star Talk Radio Ted Radio Hour Art of Manliness Joey Diaz The Failure Factor The Forward The Indicator Jordan Peterson Kevin Rose Rubin Report Tim Ferris Tom Woods Show Wealth Formula Tribe of Mentors Travelogue Up First (NPR) Waking Up (Sam Harris)

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

How do you focus on a podcast and your work at once? I'm great with podcasts while eating breakfast (I used to do this during my leisurely college breakfasts all the time), but I can't listen to, say, a news podcast and work at the same time. My brain is exhausted by the end of the podcast and I end up missing the details of people's arguments.

 

I don't know, man. Either my work is easier than yours or I can multitask better than you can. Or some combination of those two. Those are my theories.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

For those looking to block out noise but that find music a bit too distracting, check out alpha waves. Solid middle ground imo, and worth a try for sure. Probably not for everyone, but I'd say they're more bearable than good old fashioned white noise.

For Spotify users the most comprehensive playlist is "Alpha Waves" by alphawaves(official)

 

I have a pretty fucking nerdy side so I enjoy the Halo (videogame) and Lord of the Rings soundtracks. Also, the "Peaceful Piano" playlist on Spotify is good. Occasionally I will listen to something with lyrics like a 90's pop rock throwback.

 

I'm in between the people that say they can't listen to music and those that can't work without it. I need something in the background but more to drown out the people's voices around me. Like I can't work with the "variety" of noises in an office, but I can work with a consistent noise in my headphones. Does that make sense?

So, my MO is to find a song that I like and put it on endless repeat and just listen to that as I work and keep it really low in my over-the-ear headphones (and I have some really nice headphones). Some songs on my iTunes have, literally, hundreds of plays because I'll just listen to the same song all day. Right now I'm alternating between Heathens by twentyone pilots and Epic by Faith No More. Sometimes I'll also do some Thievery Corporation to mix it up, but again, it's more about a consistent noise to drown out the other noise. It's weird, I know, but it works for me.

 

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