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
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
23 March 2017
Provided by the rather talented Jeff Mallow, in his own words:
See You Again – John Adams
22 March 2017
Recommended by Charlotte from Project Light Agency, here’s what she had to say:
Marooned – Pink Floyd
22 March 2017
See that big ass Cathedral in-between the two statues, stuck in the middle of nowhere like a ship on the ocean? I sang there. I was a chorister. It was amazing!
6 AM – Hauschka
21 March 2017
I’m not totally convinced that music can be depressing – if music is making you feel something then that’s the opposite of depression. Having said that – this track makes you feel pretty deeply…
Lyra Angelica – William Alwyn and Rachel Masters
21 March 2017
Recently I’ve been finding great writing inspiration in the British composer William Alwyn’s “Lyra Angelica,” a concerto for harp and string orchestra. It has many moods and tones, and both wrenches and uplifts me, soothes and galvanizes me in ways that I’m grateful for.
Opus 20 – Dustin O’Halloran
18 March 2017
That’s the thing about solo piano – just 2 notes in and you’re done – captured by an emotion that you can’t quite identify until – aaah, yes – there it is, …sadness…
Ambient 1 / Music for Airports – Brian Eno
17 March 2017
I’ve been aware of this album for as long as I can remember – it was only when I got into the whole music2work2 thing that I really started to listen to it.
In A Silent Way – Miles Davis
17 March 2017
Another Steve Silberman track but Man am I digging this to write to. It’s almost 20 minutes long which – to my ears anyway – is a perfect length for essay writing music…
Moving Forward – Colony House
16 March 2017
Insane amount of energy in this one – sometimes the sadness is invigorating – hell – it’s an emotion…
Glósóli – Sigur Rós
15 March 2017
I like to think of this track like a short sprint – you’ve got six minutes to go from nothing to fully fleshed out idea before the music becomes too overpowering and knocks you off.
Throes – Half Moon Run – Grieve to
15 March 2017
This track is on a couple of playlists, making it onto the Music to Descend in an Airplane playlist as well. It’s so beautiful in its sadness that it’s kinda hopeful.
The Proposition #1 – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
14 March 2017
Oh yeah – I remember this one – it’s a totally killer, visual, “set the scene” kind of track.
The instrumentation is awesome.