Music in the morning
A comprehensive guide to building the perfect work atmosphere with music.
Here at AdSpark we do a lot of designing, a lot of writing, and a lot of program intense work. Needless to say we do the majority of our work with music pumping in the background. That being said the fine art to music selection for the office can be an arduous task. Over the past 4 – 5 years I have been the resident “DJ” wherever I worked, therefore I have developed a good idea of how to create a solid work playlist. The most important thing I learned is that the selection of type of music is dependent upon the time of day. Here is a quick guideline to setting a perfect atmosphere with music according to the time of day:
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Easy does it. It’s pretty early in the morning, people are grumpy, ease them into the day with a nice cup of coffee and some easy listening music, here are my go-to’s:
Bon Iver, Simon and Garfunkel, Avett Brothers, Ray LaMontagne, The XX, Kate Nash, The Shins, Coldplay, Hey Rossetta and Blind Pilot
10:00 AM – 12:00PM
Caffeine has begun to kick in so it is time to kick up the beat a bit. Be careful not to go overboard typically I like to mix it up with a couple of old classics, slow paced hip-hop, and ambient rock. This is what I’m listening to between 10 – 12:
Kings of Leon, Smashing Pumpkins, M83, Goldfrapp, Genesis, The Black Keys, Billy Joel, Radiohead, Prince, Frankie Valley & the Four Seasons, and Electric Light Orchestra.
1:00 PM – 3:00PM
Beware the carb comas, people are notoriously tired after lunch, my suggestion: dubstep, electronic, and upbeat rock.
Skrillex, Tiesto, Bassnectar, Foo Fighters, MSTRKRFT, Justice, SBTRKT, and Young and the Giant.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Time to wind it down, the post lunch dubstep gets the ball rolling but 5 hours of electronic trance can take its toll. I move to some up tempo hip-hop, stretch out with some classic rock or settle down with some indie rock.
The strokes, Cure, T.I., Lupe Fiasco, Metric, Lil Wayne, fitz and the tantrums, Awolnation, TV on the Radio, and Gorrillaz
-Chris
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