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
Don’t Get Any Closer – Eluvium
15 February 2017
I don’t remember how I came across this track but it’s such an easy one to fall in love with.
Obviously instrumental but it has this drone effect in the background – which is really essential for essay writing music as it creates this consistent aural environment that – in my pop psych world anyway – enables you to safely shut out the world and focus in on what you are writing.
Stay – Tina Angotti
15 February 2017
Recommended by Christy Garavetto – Fine Art Photography. Here’s how Christy sees art helping those who are grieving:
“What suddenly occurred to me is that we have all of these people who are unable to deal with their own sense of loss, grief or feeling that they don’t belong anywhere – so many people are searching for where they fit in and how they fit in due to life changes or circumstances beyond their control, it spans all age groups, ethnic groups, etc.
I Can Only Imagine – mercyme
14 February 2017
Another submission from the Grief Directory this time from Deborah Chapman Newell, author of Memories in a Daughter’s Heart. In her own words:
“I offer my own story of how I dealt with that grief, put into real perspective. My thoughts and feelings as I planned a funeral and survived that funeral…
The Sound of Silence – Disturbed
14 February 2017
This track arrived by a fairly circuitous route – which is why I love music! The seed for the track came from the wonderful people over at Love Lives On – more about them below. They had compiled an amazing list of 150+ songs that you can use for Funerals – broken down by category.
Autumn Leaves – Ed Sheeran
13 February 2017
Another submission from the Grief Directory – this time from the team behind The Life Chest. The Life Chest with BeRemembered.com is a comprehensive storytelling product that saves important tangible keepsakes along with written accounts and digital files to share with family and friends.
Come As you Are – Crowder
9 February 2017
This track was submitted by Ann Campanella, the author of Motherhood: Lost and Found (a memoir) which is a book for people with elderly parents, those caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia and those facing pregnancy loss and/or infertility.
I Miss You – Kacey Musgraves
7 February 2017
I love listening to tracks that other people recommend for when they’re feeling sad – you never quite know what you’re going to get. This is the second track with the title “I Miss You” – this time it’s a more traditional love-lost song and I’m digging it
Dismantle – Peter Sandberg
31 January 2017
Propellers. I don’t know why, but it’s all I can think about with this piece. Like an old biplane – or even a world war II fighter, like a spitfire or a hurricane.
Call – Julianna Barwick
31 January 2017
It’s the tone of the piano that grabs me here – big and dark and and faintly foreboding – kinda like the steel tube you’re sitting in.
At Last – Martin Landh
31 January 2017
I love this – it feels like the start of a new day – full of hope – full of build – full of light and love and support and just – damn – it’s everything you want in a beautifully uplifting piece of music.
Comptine d’un autre été – Yann Tiersen
31 January 2017
Yann Tiersen is one of my favorite pianist / composers – what he did with the score of Amelie was amazing – one instrument – a myriad of emotions – sheer genius.
Getting Back Together – music2work2
31 January 2017
As an artist you never know what tracks are going to resonate with the public – of sure, you can be part of a Nashville songwriting team and construct a track for an audience but even, you’ve no real idea whether it’ll “fly” or not.