• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Music that sooths you

slobake

slobake

resident ... something
Aug 6, 2011
1,904
25,886
Somewhere to the left of "Whoopie"
smowles01.wordpress.com
#1
There are certian songs that almost never fail to sooth me or bring me to a quiet place of contemplation. Some of them are faith base so I will leave those for the lobby and list long time favorites. I've been around for a while so they are all pretty old songs.

Right now I'm listening to " Melissa" by the Alman brohters. That song and "Blue Sky" always bring me to a good place. There is something about Greg Alman's voice and the guitars that soothes me.


"Accross the Universe" and "A Day In The Life" by the Beatles.
 
#2
The music that soothes me the most is new age stuff like Steve Roach or Robert Rich. I can completely zone out when that sort of thing is playing. Otherwise I'm always listening to what the musicians are doing.
 
#8
I like to zone in. With a head full Mr. Owsley's best, and a big ol' sound system, Jimi Hendrix let me know we are elements of energy in the universe, and I was not alone in the world. After that it could be a solo by 'Prez' or Ben Webster, or the sweet voice of Smokey or Nilsson to let me know, it was all alright. For a ticket to super chill land, it could be a Vaughan Williams symphony (Lark Ascending could be the sweetest piece of arranged notes on the planet) or anything by Debussy. Got to be real....music that massages the heart.
 
#14
slobake said:
There are certian songs that almost never fail to sooth me or bring me to a quiet place of contemplation. Some of them are faith base so I will leave those for the lobby and list long time favorites. I've been around for a while so they are all pretty old songs.

Right now I'm listening to " Melissa" by the Alman brohters. That song and "Blue Sky" always bring me to a good place. There is something about Greg Alman's voice and the guitars that soothes me.


"Accross the Universe" and "A Day In The Life" by the Beatles.
Click to expand...
dreams i'll never see by abb...

tony joe white,rainy night in georgia...

bonnie raitt's version of angel from montgomery.....

townes pancho and lefty,

emmylou's all my tears with buddy and julie miller.....
come to think of it buddy and julie miller wrote it and do a damn fine version too...

billy cobham's heather,from crosswinds....

tom waits ,postcard from a hooker in minneapolis or walk away from dead man walking....
 
#17
I would have to say Eva Cassidy for the soothing of both heart and soul. Her story will inspire you to follow your dreams. Unfortunately she left us at an early age due to breast cancer. Here are just a few of my favorites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uKdHT7bquM&list=RDeTUQy0ijNcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFo1pu4q7Q&list=RDeTUQy0ijNcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDy3lQYPzS4&list=RDeTUQy0ijNcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTVsp_q8mxE&list=RDeTUQy0ijNcc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8W9rPxxnP4&list=RDeTUQy0ijNcc
 
  • Like
Reactions: Winoman
#20
I've got a spotify "chill the eff out" playlist that I usually put on when I go to sleep. It's got a 150 tracks or so ... a few of my favorites:

Modest Mouse - Blame it on the Tetons
Sun Kil Moon - Among the Leaves
Motopony - Euphoria
Blind Pilot - 3 Rounds And a Sound
Sigur Ros - Svefn-n-Englar
Houses - Tenderly
American Analog Set - Blue Chaise
Maritime - First Night on Earth
Toe - Goodbye
B. Fleischmann - Broken Monitors
Daughter - The Woods
El Ten Eleven - My Only Swerving
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back