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It's probably a personal taste thing, but on Spotify some of the radios I listen to are based on the following artists of their songs:

- Two Steps from Hell

- Sultan + Shephard

- Tom Player

- Matias Puumala

Some other random playlists:

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E8PiJpaZ8rWVi?si=...

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E35ecXdUS92X1?si=...

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E36Le7GAznRHV?si=...

- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E366Mpiqxs399?si=...

I don't really curate my stuff, I occasionally "like" songs or start radios off songs I'm enjoying in the moment.

Can't do it myself, but I've heard that people listen to typical traditional "video game music" for this purpose. Fast, upbeat, and never something you need to focus on, but rather, it just helps you keep up the concentration.

...if you're the type of person who can listen to music while working, that is.

VGM is all over the place.

I used to like working to the Hotline Miami soundtrack myself, which worked great for coding menial stuff but sucked for troubleshooting.

The Unreal Tournament '99 OST is way better in that it's fast, low-key, and repetitive. I put on a 3-hour megamix and I'm crushing it until lunch.

The Unreal OST and first Assasin's creed also work well for me.

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