Andrew
The first visual memory I have is that of the white upright piano in Singapore, Hell and the Dark Forces lived at the bottom, Heaven and the Angels at the top, they would play battles through my fingers and I was hooked.
As a psychology graduate I studied how sound affects human performance.
As a musician I compose instrumental music that stimulates your brain but doesn't mess with your language centers, leaving you free to write creatively without distraction.
As a curator I research how music can improve your life and create flow - I can tell you what music to listen to when studying for a test and why listening to sad music can make you feel better.
As a creator / contributor at musicto I believe that music can make the world better.
What I'm doing nowPlaylists
The Brilliant Light of What’s to Come – Aidan Tulloch
15 July 2019
Come on!
You’ve got this!
You’ve got this – you have – it’s right there in front of you…
Edge of Time – Gerhardt
9 July 2019
Totally on a heart break trip at the moment – which is odd considering what’s going on in real life – but there’s so many great tracks that deal with the different aspects of falling in and out of love – and this is one.
And while the vast majority of heart break tracks deal with the pain of being left, or cheated on or God forbid – the loved one dying – I’m always more drawn to the tracks that place the responsibility for the break up on the protagonist – on us…
Nikola Batinic – Music to Curator Interview
9 July 2019
What is good everybody! My name is Nikola and I am from San Jose, California. Currently, I am a full-time undergrad student at Sonoma State University studying Economics. I will be graduating in May 2020. I am also a server and catering assistant for a few different wineries and event companies within the Bay Area and help my dad at his auto repair shop whenever I get the chance. My hobbies include making music with my friends, hiking, and going to concerts…
Improwave IV – Walk Away – Piotr Wiese
4 July 2019
As a writer – have you ever just sat down – let the words flow and then without review or editing – hit send?
Of course you have – we all do – and for essay writers – producing something to a deadline – we’re even more susceptible to the need to just “get it out there” – to be done and to move on…
U Wear It Well – Jennifer Leonhardt
3 July 2019
You know that feeling when you’re just exhausted? When you’ve put everything you have in and still it’s not enough, still the tide comes and moves you on – again – with no clear destination or hope? If you know what I’m talking about you should definitely listen to this track…
Mussie Fitsum – Music to Curator Interview
27 June 2019
My name is Mussie Fitsum and I am from Silver Spring, Maryland in the United States. I am currently a rising senior at the University of Maryland. I also have my own music blog, tuneexpressions.com, which I have been very lazy with. I am hoping to revamp it this summer though with a consistent posting schedule…
Darling – ROHSE
25 June 2019
I’m in love with this song.
It’s exactly the kind of track I imagined might exist when I first started curating Music to Grieve To.
Suicide is the tragedy behind a number of tracks on this list – from artists taking their own lives to the horrific aftermath experienced by loved ones left behind – Suicide is a tough one and there are no easy answers…
Brent Faulkner – Music to Curator Interview
18 June 2019
Hey world! My name is Brent Faulkner, and I hail from the United States, specifically the Bluegrass State, Kentucky. I’m originally from the city of Danville, but currently live and work in the ‘big city,’ Louisville, as an elementary music teacher. Also, on the side, I maintain my own music blog/website, The Musical Hype, which features music reviews, interviews, and evergreen music lists (“playlists”)…
Very Very Soon – Aaron Cormier
18 June 2019
Do you ever find yourself in a place where you have to do something tedious? Maybe it’s spellchecking a document or changing the name of something you’ve used multiple times and you can’t use find and replace? I just spent the last hour swapping out URLs across the musicto website as we improve our search engine visibility – it’s tedious but it has to be done…
Getting Back Together – music2work2
15 June 2019
Written specifically for the Essay Writing Music album from music2work2 – to my ears, Getting Back Together is the least likely track to become popular with the essay writing crowd but – 150,000 streams in the last year or so would indicate that it does the job pretty well.
Sink – Elkvilla
13 June 2019
Does grief have to be depressing?
I know the widely misapplied Kübler-Ross model has Depression firmly locked in at stage four of five, but then she was talking about those receiving a terminal diagnosis – not those who’s partner just left them…
Broom Tree – Chad Hewitt
13 June 2019
It’s all kinds of melancholy at the moment – deaths in the family, struggles with depression, energy levels all over the shop and the desire to self-sabotage sounding more delightful every day. And yet…
Music.
There’s always Music…