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.
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Cormac McGee – Music to Curator Interview
31 January 2018
I’m Cormac McGee, from Toronto, Canada. Similar to many folks in the music industry, I’ve got a few different gigs. I do some concert production and promotion, artist management and DJing, and help run The Music Den: An incubator for musical entrepreneurs based at Ryerson University.
Growing Up – Igor Longhi
31 January 2018
I’m having a bit of a piano week – actually I’m having a bit of an Igor Longhi week! 😉 His beautiful melancholic track Broken Soul is featured on the Music to Grieve to list and while running through his catalog I feel in love with this track too.
Broken Soul in G Minor – Igor Longhi
30 January 2018
So we’re going back to our roots this week – soulful, sad piano music designed to put you in a reflective state and allow the melody to work its magic. Igor Longhi is most definitely a magician!
Adrian “Science” Robinson – Music to Curator Interview
24 January 2018
From our weekly series of Music to Curator Interviews, this week we’re chatting with Adrian “Science” Robinson from Music to Taste The South – check it out:
Everything’s Not Lost – Coldplay
24 January 2018
This is another song from the other perspective.
If last week’s Radiohead track was about mental illness and what it’s like to be in love with someone who has it – this week’s track is about relationships and what it’s like to be the one who leaves.
Equilinox Main Theme – Jamal Green
23 January 2018
I’m a big fan of video game soundtracks for writing to – as evidenced here and here – they exist solely to accompany you doing something – and hell – what’s the difference between writing and killing a few trolls?
Big Inf – Music to Curator Interview
17 January 2018
From our weekly series of Music to Curator Interviews, this week we’re chatting with BIG Inf from Music to Rep New York – check it out:
Black Star – Radiohead
17 January 2018
It’s interesting to see the main themes that come out from this music to grieve to playlist – certainly there’s death and loss, there’s depression and mental illness, there’s the whole relationship breakup genre and there’s family and friend trauma, although strangely enough, not many songs about moving house (which often makes the top 5 lists of “most stressful things that can happen to you!”)
Green Sugar – Kikagaku Moyo
16 January 2018
Sometimes all you need is a grooving bass line and everything falls into place. There’s just something about the constant motion, the repetition, the familiarity of tracks like this that just make them easy to write to.
Coming Back Home – De’Wayne Jackson
10 January 2018
You know what grief is good at? Apart from the whole making you feel like shit and depressed and generally pretty miserable – grief is really fucking good at forcing you to be real – to be honest – to be true to who you are. Most things in life you can skate over, even unpleasant memories can be safely tucked away and dealt with maybe never, but grief – grief you can’t control – grief hangs around, discombobulating your daily life until you deal with it.
Imagination – Elskavon
10 January 2018
I’m grinning, I’m grinning because I like smart music – I like people who make smart music – I think listening to smart music when I’m writing rubs off on me and makes me a better writer!
I do!
Sean Machado – Music to Curator Interview
9 January 2018
From our weekly series of Music to Curator Interviews, we start off the new year chatting with Sean Machado from Music to Soundtrack Souls – check it out: