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
In Case of Trouble – Darren Korb
28 February 2018
Still kind of discombobulated but almost getting my shit back together – it’s at times like these that I’m grateful to listen to every track submitted by the entire music to community of curators. While most aren’t suitable for the Essay Writing playlist – some are just gems!
Mert Turan – Music to Curator Interview
28 February 2018
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
Hi I’m Mert, I live in Ankara, study Philosophy at Middle East Technical University and work at Radio ODTU 103.1 as production manager.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I am always madly fond of creating playlists, I guess. As I heard a so damn unique tune, I want to hear more and search alike tunes. It’s like an obsession but you know, I can’t help it. What I enjoy so much is that I can be where I wanna be unconditionally, when I turn the playlist on. It helps me to get away with stuff especially when I am really fucked up. It’s beautiful…
Julia Maehner – Facebook Live Interview!
27 February 2018
This was so much fun – Julia from the brilliant Music to Conquer Mountains playlist stopped in for our first Facebook Live Interview. Julia talks about the state of music journalism in Germany, being 8 when MP3s hit the market – Andrew totally lies about his age and we end up in a great discussion on what makes a great track – enjoy…
Ada Bayramoğlu – Music to Curator Interview
22 February 2018
1/ So First Off – Tell Us your Name, City and Country and what you currently do for a living?
My name is Ada Bayramoğlu. I live in İstanbul, Turkey. I am a student.
2/ Is This Something You Always Wanted To Do? What Do You Enjoy About It?
I spend a lot of my time creating personal playlists and I am very happy to finally share them with the world. Before I joined Musicto, my playlists were just for me and my friends. But now, everyone can look up keywords on their laptop and find my playlist. I love that I can reach out to someone very far away from my own house. People trusting my taste of music is what I really enjoy about it.
The Bird & The Rifle – Lori McKenna
21 February 2018
I’ve been living with this track for weeks now – letting it creep up on me and infect my bones – I knew it would appear on the list – just didn’t know when.
Relationships…
Damn!
Threnody – Frozen Silence
20 February 2018
It’s been a pretty odd few days – my dog died, I flew to Scotland, my mum had surgery, I didn’t sleep and I’m pretty much all over the place – I had no track for this week and by chance this submission landed right in my lap.
Chances – Athlete
14 February 2018
Sometimes you just want to cry. Do you ever get that? Where for whatever reason you realize that your emotions are full to the brim and you think you’re about to burst? When I’m in that space it’s this track I listen to – actually – it’s this track that I watch.
While the idea behind the playlist is that sad music can make you feel better – when I want to cry, I don’t go looking for sad things – I go looking for beauty. I am way more likely to well up when I see human kindness than I am over human despair.
Julia Maehner – Music to Curator Interview
14 February 2018
My name is Julia, and I live in Munich, Germany. I’m a trained journalist and I do a lot of things – play guitar and sing, make awesome salsa and bread, write about music and hiking. My job is working as a marketing specialist for .objective Software, an IT company based in Munich. They build software for the automotive sector – autonomous driving, car-sharing and all that – as well as smart cities.
Malagueña – Petri Kumela, Joonas Wideniu, Manuel Granados
14 February 2018
I’m fascinated by music’s transportive qualities – the ability to transport or cause transports. And while I often think of the emotional aspect – how music can move your emotional state – today i’m more intrigued by its ability to ‘virtually” transport you across the globe.
Ana Clara – Music to Curator Interview
8 February 2018
Hello, my name is Ana Clara and I live in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. I am a lawyer, a writer/blogger/copywriter and a songwriter! …
Seb’s Song – Roxanne Emery & Richard Bowcott
7 February 2018
I was chatting with Val, host of the Loss to Profound podcast and we ended up talking about music – shocker huh!? We were talking about how music is this amazing tool to help people when they are down because it delivers a way for them to connect to humanity without the need for anyone to be there…
Erland – Joonas Widenius
7 February 2018
Do you ever wonder why we do this? By “We” I mean Music Curators – people who show up every week and write about a track and share it out to the world? We do it for tracks like this – for people like Joonas Widenius.