Does anyone have any recommendations of relaxing music that helps you fall asleep (especially if "wired but tired")
you tube has a bunch of AI generated sci fi with some relaxing but repetative music. perhaps you could find some thing suitable there
You could try Halidon Music if you like classical music. This is info about them https://www.halidonmusic.com/en/about-us.html I could not survive some days without their youtube recordings and they are by real people, not AI generated. This one is called Classical Music for Sleeping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqJuVSu58oI If you go to youtube to listen to it you'll see a long list of Halidon sleep ones in the menu, some 8 hours long.
According to Michael Mosley's book, ‘4 Weeks to Better Sleep’, listening to relaxing music before bed makes older adults fall asleep faster, sleep longer, wake up less overnight and rate their nights as more restful. He says that the best music seems to be slow tunes with a rhythm of 60 to 80 bpm, which is likely to be found in classical or folk music.
There’s a choir called voces8 who have albums with some very soothing pieces eg the seals lullaby. I find human voice like that or Enya good.
Being a contrary person, I can't fall asleep to music. It either annoys me or has emotional associations that keep me awake. I fall asleep to audiobooks I've listened to multiple times already read by actors whose voices I find calming. Harry Potter books read by Steven Fry are most effective for me. A couple of other series of books are also effective.
I used to do that with Terry Pratchett audiobooks where I was very familiar with the plots so didn't feel the need to stay awake so as not to miss anythng but realised that I was telling my brain that if I woke up, I could listen to some more lovely story to get to sleep again. I slept much better when I ditched them, sadly.
When I told my GP that I was using audiobooks to get to sleep, he advised me not to set the book running for more than 20 minutes. I wonder if the same concern might apply - that you're enjoying the story and tempting your brain to stay awake. Plus, even low-level noise while you're asleep might interfere with you getting into deep sleep. I switched to a 20-minute run-time after he said that and found that it made me concentrate more on listening because I knew my 'treat' would soon run out. I can't remember whether it helped or not, but completing ditching the audiobooks certainly did.
It’s funny what you say about music @Trish before I became ill I used to have BBC radio4/world service on turned down low I could hear it but it wasn’t loud enough to be intrusive, music would keep me awake more as my brain would be singing along. Nowadays I struggle listening to words whether spoken or sung. That’s why I go for gentle classical music downloads where there’s only very occasional singing. The new radio 3 unwind channel is good as there are no adverts.
I think I have more trouble falling asleep if music is playing, since my brain is trying to follow it. This may depend on a person's noise environment. I live in a quiet area; sometimes there's absolutely no audible human noise. For someone living in a noisy city with poor sound insulation, music might help mask the noise that the brain is trying to interpret. While not music, as such, there are random noise generators that might be helpful. Surf sounds, for example. I'm guessing that there are downloadable "sleep assisting sounds" that can be tried.
Before going to bed last night I was listening to Travis my favourite is Sing. I always wash away or celebrate the day with either comedy or a song. Sometimes of course nothings helps. Last night it was a song. Today I heard on the news that the lead singer sang why does it always rain on me in a karaoke bar last night. They're touring at the moment, so I hope there's an official video for us virtual humans. Anyway here's an earworm for today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ibBCmLsDE
If you don’t mind cloud rap, Sundance by Népal was one of my favourite soothing songs to play before sleep until I lost ability to listen to music due to severity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8obCzuhp3cg
been listening to Simon Callow read a Christmas Carol this morning. He speaks very slowly, which I find quite calming.
I've been listening to Rap for decades. I have an extremely eclectic music taste. I think the rhythm and speed is soothing in this one, but high pitch in the background is too much for me. Thanks for the pointer, I'll have a listen out for some of their work.
