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Do you ever use music to wake you up, rather than an alarm? Depending on the music it can be a much gentler experience.

I have often used:
Cocteau Twins: Victorialand: Lazy Calm, followed by the rest of the tracks = perfection

Let's me drift into consciousness, very similar to drifting out of consciousness when I go to sleep.

oblique strategies wrote:Do you ever use music to wake you up, rather than an alarm? Depending on the music it can be a much gentler experience.

I have often used:
Cocteau Twins: Victorialand: Lazy Calm, followed by the rest of the tracks = perfection

Let's me drift into consciousness, very similar to drifting out of consciousness when I go to sleep.

+1 Cocteau

i'm wide awake, its morning-bright eyes

Boregore-Gorestep.

wake up and punch life in the dick, then violate his girlfriend with a 9 iron and a buffalo. Live or stuffed, preferably stuffed.

i find cocteau twins is too easy to dream through.
it's nice to have a mix of soft and energy to get you going.
like fuck buttons, explosions in the sky, etc
although smooth dnb has given me the best results over time

I like some Naked City, it's the only music I couldn't possibly hear in my dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7yB4wcOoy4

for me, it's 'peaches en regalia'....
best song to start the day...ever

rgrds

FunkFest wrote:for me, it's 'peaches en regalia'....
best song to start the day...ever

rgrds

Great choice for a happy, uptempo day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76qng-wJA3M

with subs :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCf5suD0fgI

I always use the classical radio station...usually very nice to wake up to. Occasionally though some sadist a-hole puts on Penderecki on Sunday morning at 7:30am....just about the most horrifying experience to wake up to those shrieking violins!!

summertime clothes by the animal collective has been getting me out of bed for the last 2 months.

I got you babe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZbtAFq7dP8

I play some classical at a low volume throughout the night using the NPR app for the i-phone. The station I use is WXXI Classical 91.5, Rochester NY. Then I use the bells alarm setting to wake up.

This is only because I live in the city, and need to distract myself from city sounds at night. Sometimes a fan on medium speed does the trick too. That, and 50mg of HCI.

I went to sleep to the NASA Symphony of the Planets discs for several years....awesome deep space ambient!

http://www.amazon.com/Symphonies-Planet ... B000001V2O

Looks like they are insanely priced now that they are out of print...I picked up the 5-disc set for $30 back in the day.

They took electromagnetic readings from the Voyager spacecraft and converted to acoustic frequencies....awesome!!

Iggy Pop or Velvet Underground. These are the two songs I love to wake up to:

Iggy Pop and Debbie Harry - Well, Did You Evah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjejqJVUYOU

Velvet Underground - I´m Waiting For The Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugY9CwhfzE