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To this day I still use the classic LoFi Girl channel.

Metal. Anything metal.

But lately I've been going through Chevelle, album-by-album. They are one of my all-time favorite bands though, so that helps.

Nightwave Plaza

You guys can concentrate?! 🤨

Joking aside though, I find it more difficult to concentrate with music on, unless the task is something that grabs my focus anyway. I'm waiting on a diagnosis, but it feels like it's either the autistic side not liking the distraction, or the ADHD side focusing on the wrong thing 😫

I usually just play a game OST.

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXW0UFGge4IU4SZE1rsCkKlVbmYgATN96

My curated playlist of entirely "nerdcore", which is music inspired by (but not directly from), anime and video games.

I play either the Deus Ex UNATCO Theme Extended or the extended map theme from Mass Effect on repeat

Edit to add that after 15 or 20 minutes I'm zoned in and forget the music is playing

Aye, I have playlists for all kinds of concentration related things. If I'm writing, I put on ambient music that fits with the tone and doesn't have singers who sing with words.

If I'm just drawing, I can listen to literally any genre of music, but it had to be appropriate for the vibe I'm trying to catch.

These playlists are only for longer projects with a bigger investment.

If it's shorter projects or projects at work that only takes me a few days or weeks to complete I tend to put on videos of people talking. The topics and formats don't really matter. I put on whatever interests me at the moment.

Currently I'm in a phase where I just need some dumb shit while I'm working and I'm therefore deep in some youtube drama that most people don't care about, but I find to be very very entertaining, even though it's pretty fucked up.

I loop random video game songs from my youth

https://chiptune.app/

Goofy Nintendo music. Love the whimsy.

https://youtu.be/wpAdzrCZgus

But lately my brain has switched to working better while listening to podcasts, so I've been working through a bunch of radio plays. I'm currently on Video Palace, while also going through The White Vault with a friend. I think Unwell is next and then Alice Isn't Dead, maybe.

Not playlists, but lately it's this Chillhop Compilation and the Love EP by GRNBX

This has been my go-to for a few years now. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7ooEDlaniAIkMeBVQCBilG?pi=342V-Q1KRViCF

Not music, but I really like coffee shop noises if I'm struggling to focus up. Random barista sounds, indiscernible chatter, light but pleasant clinking of spoons and cups. There are YouTube & podcast channels that have like 8 hours solid.

My work usually means I can’t listen to anything while I’m working (lots of meetings and video calls), but when I need to just head down get something done I listen to this lo fi beats playlist my wife made. It’s also great for reading while in a plane.

Not a playlist but if I need to tune out the outside world and my own brain, I usually go for psytrance. It's stupid and repetitive enough not to grab my attention, but varied enough I don't bore out.

I also tried techno/schranz but it's too repetitive, and I enjoy synthwave too much to focus.