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Today’s podcast recommendation is Sleep with Me. No, it’s not naughty. It’s a guide to help you sleep. Our host is Scooter, aka Scoots, aka Drew Ackerman.
I discovered this podcast several years ago when I was having trouble sleeping (due to a shitty job that was causing me stress). If you’re like me, and bedtime is when your brain wakes up and goes, “Hey what about that document, did you remember to shred that?” or “do dogs have belly buttons?” or “did you *really* lock all the doors though?” … then this is for you.
It is a guide to help you turn off all those other thoughts and focus on Scooter as he guides you to sleep by rambling about nearly nothing in his “smooth, dulcet tones”.
I felt with all the anxiety most of us have been feeling lately (and all the horror I recommended in October) you might welcome a nice gentle podcast to lull you to sleep or at least calm you.
There are a lot of sleep podcasts out there, and you should try a bunch to see what works for you, but this is my favorite. Mostly because Scoots is so charming and I love listening to my “Borefriend”.
I urge you to follow and become a patron on Patreon. He’s very generous and puts out many episodes each week! You’ll get a special RSS feed that allows you to download the special episodes (without the meandering introductions, if you just want the story).
He does a few series where he talks you through a TV show. He’s done Game of Thrones, Doctor Who and his newest one that I love is The Great British Baking Show. I know, right?! I’ve already listened to the three episodes on this and even watched the show so I could see all the things he described. It’s soooo wonderful!
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Album Name: Two Hands
Artist: Gunnar Madsen
Year/Label: 2009 / Independent
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Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds
Having one of those days? You know the kind I mean. The cat barfed on the floor (and you stepped in it in bare feet). The outfit you wanted to wear is on the floor covered in dog hair. The pump at the gas station was broken and traffic was crazy. You get to work and there is no coffee. Yeah, those.
Well a good antidote for that is this album. It’s filled with light, pretty piano music.
Since I am not a pianist (though I do know Heart & Soul and used to be able to play Lionel Richie’s Endless Love once upon a time), I will not go into the intricacies of Gunnar Madsen’s style or skill. I will just say that I think it’s beautiful, soothing and a perfect mood calming album.
There are some livelier numbers such as Frank Grows Flowers, but even that is peaceful and lovely.
Track Listing
1. Break Into Blossom
2. In These Lonely Regions
3. Kerenyi
4. Half Empty
5. Nino And Me
6. Ordinary Day
7. The Blackbird Whistling
8. Frank Grows Flowers
9. Bandon
10. For Wendy
11. Imagine It Falling
12. Down Moon
13. Ockeghem’s Turn
14. Oak Sky
15. 3 South Trail
16. Red Bird
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Album Name: Relax Your Ears
Artist: Joel Styzens
Year/Label: 2009 / A-Sharp Records
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Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds
Oh thank god, someone who’s not country…or Americana…or blues…or bluegrass…or country-folk…I’ve been inundated lately. So this album is more than music to my ears. It’s instrumental. But very melodic. It made it onto my sleepytime playlist.
Not that it will put you to sleep. But it’s very chill. And beautifully done. It’s very lush with piano, strings, and more.
Joel Styzens used to be a drummer until he developed an ear problem and had to stop. He actually woke upwith the pitch A sharp ringing in his ears one day (hence the record lable name as well as track 1 ) He discovered a whole other world of music. And it is indeed relaxing. I really do love the sound of the cello.
My favorite tracks are: A-Sharp, Life Line, and Unaware (which reminds me of Radiohead).
Lovely album that I’ll be listening to for some time.
Track Listing
1. A-Sharp
2. As You Are
3. For You
4. Life Line
5. 7 8 6
6. Unaware
7. Reflection
8. It Was
9. Viv
10. Humboldt
11. Take Anything
12. Memento Mori
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