cheese_greaterWhat did you routinely fall asleep listening to as a kid and what does it for you now?
A radio either turned to an AM station far away to the point where it’s mostly brown noise with hints of someone speaking, or to some calm music.
Nowadays it’s mostly KnowledgeFight.
As a kid in Australia a fan.
As an adult, a fan plus tinnitus
As an adult, a fan plus tinnitus
I heard there was a website called only fans, you might be eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenterested
Always down for a good blow
potoooooooo ✅️Assuming there are no power issues, sleeping with fans is much cooler than not sleeping with fans.
The Star Wars audio cassette. No idea what it would do for me today, but I miss that tape.
Now I just listen to rain or ocean waves on Alexa.
You should try to find it, is it on Youtube if you search it?
It’s not the soundtrack. It’s like, the radio play or something.
Which episode or work?
I had Episode 4 and maybe 6?
Who voice-acted do you know?
Other than the narrator it was all original audio from the movies I think. No idea who the narrator was.
I think it’s this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Star_Wars
The Story of Star Wars: 8-Track (1977)
They produced episodes IV-VI. Mark Hammill and Anthony Daniel’s were among the film cast who reprised their roles.
It’s really good.
Almost certainly this:
BjörnAs a kid varius radio play cassettes like Benjamin Blümchen, Bibi Blocksberg, later the Star Wars soundtrack.
Nowadays various science shows on YouTube. Mainly astrophysics stuff. My favourites are Dr Becky, Harald Lesh and PBS Space Time.
DrunemetonYou should check out Astrum. He even has Astrum Sleep content.
Star Trek deep space nine
If you’re looking for bed time stories for adults (non-sexual haha) then I highly recommend the podcast “nothing much happens” by Kathryn Nicolai. She has an amazingly soothing voice perfect for bedtime and she writes her own stories! I normally knock out in less than 10 mins when I pop her on my podcasts now.
Is there a way I can haz specific episodes of whatever like in a portable file I can retain? I wanna do freaky audio stuff to it lol
BubbleMonkeyI was nearly always grounded from all electronics from 6-13 (autdhd, and authoritarian parents, bad mix), and had a bedroom with no exterior windows. My window went to a modified 3-season porch thing, in 2 of the 3 places (the third was an apartment for like 6mths, I barely remember it), and that’s where my mom slept, so… really quiet dead silence, mostly, else I was in trouble. Again. Or whatever garbage my mom had on tv, muffled through the wall.
Now I have tinnitus, so silence is really loud. I have aquariums tho and the hum and bubble of the air pump helps a lot (plus really loud circulation fans).
As a kid, it was the local oldies station for a while, then swapped to this long-form recording of ocean surf my parents had on CD.
These days a fan is fine, though I’ll put on rain or surf white noise, or ambient music, with headphones if I’m travelling somewhere & it’s noisy.
Underwater is really nice too, particularly bubbly
The Other Side (series) by Joe Frank
www.joefrank.com
Beatles albums then, rain sounds now
ShadowCatEXERobot chicken. Now, I usually have on some kind of space documentary, creepypasta or some long gameplay videos.
JayWhen I was a kid I had a record player and usually played a particular record that had various artists on it Like Johnny Horton (Battle of New Orleans) and Elvis Presley (Blue Suede Shoes).
Now 40+ years later, it’s usually stuff like Frog Leap Studios (Leo morrachelli www.youtube.com/user/leolego/videos)
I still like Johnny Horton, but anything from Elvis makes my eye twitch.
I never played sleepy music until I was a teen, and every night I played Cake - Prolonging the Magic. Great, mellow tunes, and I learned ALL the lyrics subliminally!
Ok, I did listen to it awake, so maybe it wasn’t completely subliminal, but it’s been a while and I bet I could still sing 80% of the album from memory.
Nowadays, it’s just the fan or AC running.
That’s how I am with the bat out of hell album… Get off my lawn.
The never ending story!
I barely remember it.
Nothing, mostly. And nothing. Unless there was hard wind or rain or an occasional bird. Loud birds can be a bit annoying to me these days.
This makes me sad for some reason. Like someone who left their baby to deal with pure silence for extended periods
As a kid? Nothing. Just silence.
Today? My tinnitus, quietly humming away.
Now,.if I’m in a very weird mental spot and just can’t spin down to rest, I put on The Might Jingles’ World of Warships gameplay videos. His English voice just puts me out in moments.
Have you thought about doing that more often. I feel like its actually heathier lol. Everytime i wake up to pure silence is troublesome to me. I like things playing even if impossibly quiet cuz I still pick up on it
No, the goal is to sleep in silence. When I’m able to put aside my worries and truly rest I don’t need any noise or background hum to be completely out.
I only use a short video (under my pillow at mom volume so I can barely hear it) to get to sleep and then I’m usually out for a long time.
I’ve always felt that much of getting to sleep and what makes it easy to rest is training to some extent. Changing the ambient noise (especially if you move homes) can really screw things up until you get used to the normal noises of the new location. While that happens I’ll use something to fuzz the ambient sounds, but I’ll actively remove the white nose or background video over time so I acclimate to the new normal.
I consider it a worthwhile goal to be able to sleep without aids, if possible. Most of the real trouble is in my head (or a neighbor with fucking loud music at 2am to be dealt with), so when I have control I seek silence and a mental even keel when possible.
The barely hear it point is a good one I’ve picked up on. I would even go as far as making it so quiet you almost need to delicately strain to hear it but you’ll mostly be inclined to drift in and out and soon, away
As a kid in Detroit? Distant gunfire, most summer nights.
Now as an adult in the suburbs? Usually a fan, because my wife prefers that and I don’t mind.
Where you at now?
Recording of waves or white noise from a fan.
As a kid, CD documentaries about constellations and astronomy
Modern day, video essays about the lore of soulslikes and random media I’ve gotten sucked into
SLVRDRGNThat sounds like such a neat childhood! I wish I had those documentaries growing up.
I was lucky and my parents were able to get me one of those ceiling projection globes that makes the shadows in your room look like a night sky in a forest clearing, been thinking a lot about inspirations from growing up because I was able to find one of those rare actual starter homes we’ve all been told of in myth and legend and have started to hype myself on all the ways I get to make it mine
As a kid? My drunk dad fucking shit up downstairs. Falling down the stairs. Throwing plates at the tv.
As an adult? “Hey it’s Josh from Lets Game it out! Today we’re checking out Satisfactory! So NEW GAME!”
UsernameblankfaceHaha, I love how Josh finds ways to break games that are still in early access. Like, he’s not actually playing the game, he’s looking for an exploit or a way to break the framerate.
Sorry to hear about the way your house sounded at night growing up.
Nothing as a kid. Now I listen to a detuned playlist of fascinating, but dry science/history/tech videos.
My current rotation is Anton Petrov, Sean Wilsey, Red Wrench Films, and Curious Droid, all played at 85% speed, 90% pitch.
Very intriguing answer ;) If you’ll indulge me for a momen, can you tell me more about how you came to decide on those tweaks
I slowed it down because it’s more sedate sounding. Even though these videos have relatively even tonal qualities, they sometimes speak fairly quickly. I adjusted the pitch only enough to reduce the distortion from the speed shift I just checked and the numbers are actually 85/95, not 85/90. 90% pitch is too unnatural sounding.
What do you use to change the pitch and speed?
NewPipe
Hundreds of bullfrogs croaking the night away around a nearby pond. Now if I hear a bunch of frogs I get nostalgic.
Reeeeee! Haha
LainTrainA cassette on one of those small kid stereos, later it was my mom reading me stuff. I don’t know if I could listen to music falling asleep but nowadays I have YT videos on and lots of white noise to drown out the crackhead neighbours upstairs.
Bugs bunny and Friends sing The Beatles.
BassaForteWhen I was a kid, I fell asleep to a fan (and still do).
When I became a teen though, it was the time of the very early beginnings of ASMR, and man it was the shit back then. I’m not sure why or how but I was extremely sensitive to it.
Sadly overtime that sensitivity went away, and although it is relaxing to listen to, I don’t get the same “effect” from it.
P.S no it didn’t make me horny.
The Doctor Demento Show! And they’re all available online!
WytchThere was a particular easy listening station when I was a kid that played 60s, 70s, and 80s folk, soft rock, motown, and other singer-songwriter stuff that helped me deal with the anxiety of fighting parents and the deathly silence in between.
These days I listen to old episodes of MST3K or Rifftrax on YT, Best of the Worst, or one of the myriad of “oldies playing quietly in the next room and it’s raining” that you can easily find.
My mind still races at night. I eventually made a playlist to recreate that old radio station vibe. It doesn’t hit the same way it used to.
What music were you listening to at the most happy/content period or even just moment in your life? I know sometimes that can be dificult but just indulge me for a sec
Gothic and symphonic metal became and remain a huge part of listening routine. It hit at just the right time in early adulthood. I listen to a moderately diverse set of genres but those fun, dark, and catchy styles have always brought me joy.