Diamonds In The Smooth
Experimental, deep to soothe. Featuring Artists Like: Baby Cool, Mellow The Band, Sweet Baboo, This is the Kit, Gina Birch, Mercury Rev, Ghost Woman, PJ Harvey, Diamonds in the Smooth
Strings and Vibes
Some strings to make you groove and relax with a superb melody. Featuring artists like: Sam Smith, Jungle, Zonke, Piel, Bruno Mars, The Police, SZA, Amy Winehouse
Conquering Worlds
Hybrid Orchestral Adrenaline to get you going. Featuring artists like: Olexandr Ignatov, Two Steps from Hell, Kevin Rix, David Chappell, Really Slow Motion, Leonard Bernstein, Dmitry Ustinov, Geoff Love & His Orchestra
Wait – Adam Protz
Part of me wants to talk about the texture of the piano, the organic mechanical sound of the instruments and the lush patches that bring color, warmth and indeed protection, but what I really want to talk about is time.
THE BASELIST: Acoustic Anthems
These songs feature little or no electronic production and focus majorly on the purity of the instruments – featuring artists like Kodaline • LÉON • Noah Kahan • KALEO • Birdy • Carlie Hanson • Hozier • London Grammar
A Further Look at Loss – Andrew Wasylyk
I was feeling sad – and I know why, but damn it’s so hard at times.
I’ve sat and watched as circumstance came in and deconstructed my defences one by one – constant pain leading to lack of sleep to lack of writing to lack of self care to lack of confidence to lack of hope to – STOP!
Songs to Summon the Guardian Angel
Align with the heavenly hosts and cross the abyss with Christopher Winn. Featuring artists like: Between the Buried and Me • Gojira • Rivers of Nihil • Lacey Sturm • Sleep Waker • Mastodon
Honestly – Second Hand Poet
I’m trawling along the bottom again – I don’t know why – honestly…
It’s the not knowing that kills – and not just you, but your loved ones too as you can’t articulate and are forced to watch as they project and hurt…
Calling County Clare – Fiona Joy Hawkins
Some sheer unabashed emotional manipulation coming your way this week ;-p Yep – if you’re tired of your apartment’s four walls, let alone your roommate (or child’s) disinclination to shower – then I have a treat for you!..
Tolling of the Fire Bell – Fiona Joy Hawkins, Jill Haley, Eugene Friesen
I just wrote something i’m kinda proud of. Not that I’m a big fan of pride – it being one of the seven deadly sins or so – but – i really had to work at this one – it took me a long time to work out what i wanted to say and – in the process of doing that – it changed me and will change my behavior in the future…
Frustration – music2work2
Have you ever put your heart and soul into something for years and yet it didn’t work out?
If so, this track’s for you.
The frustration I’m referring to is not the angry, cheated emotion – it is the sad one. The frustration of not getting what you want – to be frustrated in one’s efforts.
Lux Aeterna – Clint Mansell
Another writer from the PLOS article, this time Ed Yong, Science writer at The Atlantic. He only had one recommendation – this track and here’s what he had to say about music to write to: