Every so often, I'll make a mix CD of all sorts of ambient MP3's to listen to at bedtime. Things that I like, things that I want to check out, etc. The one that's been in rotation for about 3 months now has been blowing my (sleeping) mind. I finally popped it into the computer to browse its contents. It was Drift Music by Jon Jenkins and Harold Budd, The Stargazer's Journey by Jonn Serrie, a few Brian Eno tunes, and I Fell Asleep At My Desk Making This Mix by Dave at Low Light Mixes. The amount ...
Sep 25, 2012•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Everywhere we look in everyday life, we are surrounded by numbers: speed limits, item prices, time, counting sheep at night to sleep, and so on. This mix is a tribute to those everyday numbers that make our day a misery or a blessing. I put on 2 pieces that I almost thought that I would never use, since I consider them sacred epics (12:18 by Global Communication and 1/1 by Brian Eno). But this mix calls for it. I believe that my attachment to these two songs comes from a time when I was taking a...
Sep 14, 2012•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This mix will help usher in the night for you. You can use it to relax, watch the sky go from light to dark, or sleep. As summer starts to draw to an end, we'll soon see less daylight. I'm a bit sad by this, as I've (thus far) had an amazing summer, seeing my kids growing up a bit and getting them out on bicycles every day. I'm hoping in the near future that I (and some friends of mine) will create some more original music that can be used for some things. I'd like to eventually find the time to...
Sep 05, 2012•58 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Hello, all. This mix is for the daydreaming cloud watcher. This summer made me that (again), since it was my son's first real summer (between kindergarten and first grade) and we spent the whole summer outdoors, riding bikes until dusk, throwing frisbees, flying kites, swimming, and so on. And doing a lot of daydreaming. You can use the music for anything that you'd like, as long as you're not operating heavy machinery. I got the chance to finally put in a few things that I've wanted to use for ...
Aug 29, 2012•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
I'm doing something out of the ordinary this time. This mix I actually did quite a while ago, it was probably the 3rd or so one that I did (although I made a couple of revisions). The mix is a bit shorter than others that I've done, but I had to find things from the artists that didn't completely melt one's face (sorry Yngwie!). I had some other artists on this in the initial phases (like Mr. Malmsteen, and some Nuno Bettencourt), but didn't want it to be a lot of notes or seem a bit shred-licio...
Aug 18, 2012•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The working title to this post was 'Your Other Mother'. I ended up calling it what it is now for no particular reason. I came up with the concept for this mix while down in Florida, at the beach every other day, flying kites, doing a lot of running in the morning, and seeing great sunsets. Actually, the seed for any and all of this sensation came from my son 'graduating' from kindergarten in June. It brought back all of the amazing things that I remember about being a little kid in the summer ti...
Aug 14, 2012•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Okay, I know that I said I wouldn't post anything until after I got back from vacation, but I REALLY wanted to put out THIS mix! This is more stuff from my listening sessions in the last few weeks to find pieces of music that really stand out to me. I'm really, really proud of this mix, because I was able to (for the most part) have the most consistent mix without too much abrupt changes in mood and key. That's the goal for me, I think. One artist in this mix that I listen to a bit regularly is ...
Jul 14, 2012•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
I'm going on vacation after finishing up an 18 day tour in the Midwestern US states, and I won't have much time to do a mix for a few weeks since I'm driving down to Florida with the family for a lot of swimming, some fishing and seeing Mickey Mouse. Since I've been on the road, I've spent a lot of time in the past few weeks listening to a lot of new stuff and jotting down what I wanted to use for a new track. I came up with a science based theme, and decided to put that out. I was originally go...
Jul 10, 2012•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1
I had the MOST gratifying experience of working with people who are not big or even known in the ambient music world to create this mix. It all started when a fellow named Ryan Lucth contacted my via Mixcloud and expressed his interest in having me use his music for mix. I told some musician friends of mine, and stated that I would love to use some stuff that they created. They agreed to it, and here's the mix I came up with. To give you a small insight of some of these guys and myself, I will s...
Jul 09, 2012•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This mix is geared for the peace seeking traveler soaring among the stars. Again, I tried to keep the mix going from dark to light, to keep things not too heavy or too sweet. Well, not too much to say about this particular offering, I prefer to let the music speak for itself. I'm confident that this music certainly does. Please don't hesitate to support the artists for bringing us such amazing aural experiences! Turn on, tune in, sleep... https://www.tonepoet-music.com https://www.facebook.com/t...
Jul 02, 2012•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 9
My personal challenge with this was to make a mix that I REALLY liked, only take a few hours from start to finish, that did not mess with family time in any way, and didn't cause me to go to bed at a time that only allowed me about 4 hours of sleep before I had to get up for work. Whew! I'm pretty sure that I accomplished that task. I wanted to make a mix that was very dark, but when I started getting the tunes, it made me wonder how anyone could make it through something so heavy and ominous. S...
Jun 06, 2012•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 8
I've been wanting to do this mix since I started this blog. Okay, that means about a month ago. Nonetheless... I've been a member of Magnatune for some time now: I used to buy albums (CD's? digital releases?) separately when that was the only option. Now, they've managed to step it up with a streaming membership and a download membership (my preference) that is affordable ( edit: no longer tru e) and allows you to get TONS of music. You don't even need an account to stream EVERYTHING that you wa...
Jun 04, 2012•57 min•Season 1Ep. 7
I started off making a mix with more vocal stuff in mind. But when I had problems loading in a Sigur Ros song, I just thought it best to just make a good solid mix. I did manage to put in some vocal stuff, though. I'm not sure what language is sang in Low Light (a tip of my hat to Dave Michuda); I would guess that it's Gaelic. Also, the second tune is from a release that is mostly traditional folk-ish medieval music. This piece is great, I heard it the first time on Sleepbot Environmental Broadc...
May 30, 2012•58 min•Season 1Ep. 6
I'm making a resolution to keep the comments on the posts a bit brief; I want the music to speak for itself. I started out making a time-based mix, and for the most part, a bit of it turned out that way. But in the end, I just picked a bunch of stuff that I really enjoyed and wanted to share. I picked some stuff I've had going around in my mind for a bit. There was a bit of a resist to put on some Brian Eno, since it's a win-win situation with ambient music, but one cannot resist. Of course, it ...
May 20, 2012•56 min•Season 1Ep. 5
I started out just making a mix that used more ‘real’ instruments rather than synthesizer pads to give my respect to the more composed pieces of music. After working on it a bit, I could see that the titles lent themselves to a ‘space’ vibe. That was going to be a theme for a mix of mine at one point, so why not now? These songs represent space, weightlessness, and inspire awe just like the cosmos. You know, very often my son (who is 6) and very much into super heroes asks me what super power I ...
Apr 30, 2012•54 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Hello! This time around, I wanted to capture a bit of a vibe from the time that one drifts off to sleep until the awakening. I started off with something from BIOSPHERE that for some reason reminds me of growing up in Daytona Beach, Florida. I lived not too far from the beach, and as the youngest of 6 spent a lot of time outside playing Frisbee in the summer. I was also not too far from the airport and Embry Riddle University. The students there often flew small prop planes for study (fun study,...
Apr 21, 2012•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This mix opens with the very first thing that got me into any sort of ambient music. I’m a huge admirer of VANGELIS ever since I borrowed (stole) his album Ignacio/Entends-Tu Les Chiens Aboyer. The first side (half of which is in the mix) is like a lullaby. I had the worst experience of my life at that point, and this album was played every day. VANGELIS , to me, is something of a modern classical composer more than an electronic musician. Other releases from him that I highly recommend are Heav...
Apr 15, 2012•48 min•Season 1Ep. 2
I didn't pick songs that put me in a melancholic mood, but rather songs (or songs from releases that I admire) that represent periods in my life. I wanted to pick some of my favorite (very difficult task!) songs for my first mix. I can definitely say that BETWEEN INTERVAL 's Autumn Continent is in my top 3 for ambient releases. So it had to be the first song. The entire CD is very solid from the first sweeping entrance to the last dying ember of drone. I have to say that PAUL AVGERINOS ' Words T...
Apr 14, 2012•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
