Chasing Neon – Hats Off Gentlemen Its Adequate
Habits are weird aren’t they – the ones that are good for you are hard to establish and easy to break while the ones that are bad for you – well – yes – hello smack habit!…
Mint Green – Andrew Shapiro
You know – sometimes – I’m guessing more times than we care to admit – you just have to do the fucking work.
You have to continue showing up – moving the muscles – doing whatever manifestation it is you do – but doing it – even when it brings you no joy.
And that’s a weird ass thing isn’t it?!
Getting Back Together – music2work2
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.
Raplapla – Brique a Braq
The whole idea of this playlist was to find piano tracks that enveloped you in ethereal melodies and wrapped you up warm in cloud like comfort – Raplapla is a stunning example of what we were looking for.
Trozo – Tristan Eckerson
Some tracks just have a way of bringing you into a specific state of mind – I wasn’t thinking of the music to grieve to playlist when I heard this but I couldn’t stop thinking about it afterwards.
Le Onde – Ludovico Einaudi
I’m a sucker for beautiful piano – I should be as that’s the kind of piano I like to write and play. Ludovico Einaudi is a genius and this track with its 29+ million streams is a good example of why.
Dismantle – Peter Sandberg
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
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.
Comptine d’un autre été – Yann Tiersen
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
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.
Throes – Half Moon Run
So you want a cascading piano to paint every bit of sadness in your soul? Yet you also want it to have an element of hope?
Memories – music2work2
Originally written for the music to grieve to playlist – it’s kinda disturbing that it should arrive on this playlist too!
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