Kevin Brill

My wife asked that I setup a playlist that plays meditation/spa music throughout the house during the day. Key is that it has to be soft, nothing with flutes, and nothing really too noticeable (since it plays for 12 hours daily).

I'm going to review some MMO soundtracks and see what I can sneak into the playlist. I think some of the Cantha stuff from #GuildWars may work.

Mar 21 at 10:32pmWeb
Show threadModerate Peril2d ago
@kevinbrill Just out of curiosity why no flutes?
Show threadKevin Brill2d ago
@rogeredwards They end up being really noticeable. That may be a byproduct of meditation music flutes being pan flutes. Which really jump out of the soundscape.
Show threadModerate Peril2d ago
@kevinbrill Thank for the clarification. I was thinking along the line of a strong aversion to the flute based instrumental break in California Dreaming or the Barnaby Jones TV theme tune.
Show threadKevin Brill2d ago

@rogeredwards :) It really is all about setting a calm soundscape. So I try to tap down anything really prevalent.

For a while we had Moby's "Long Ambients" album as part of the rotation, but I had to remove it. Several tracks ended up sound like a low rumble for 40 minutes and it was really disconcerting. 

Show threadModerate Peril2d ago
@kevinbrill It's quite an art then.
Show threadKevin Brill1d ago
@rogeredwards Most certainly! And since we source all the music locally it’s a little more challenging than turning on Ambient Chill in Apple Music.
Show threadJoan Albright1d ago
@kevinbrill A lot of WoW music is really good background music. They don't always put the ones that are good for this on the official soundtrack releases though.
Show threadKevin Brill1d ago
@Lironah Thank you! Got any favorites? I'd imagine some of the night variations may be good because they typically seem more low key.
Show threadJoan Albright1d ago

@kevinbrill If you're going for meditative, a lot of Ardenweald and Suramar would be perfect. I also like Zul'dazar and Drustvar a lot.

What I did is went through here: https://mega.nz/folder/e55XAYLT#Jo7fvIU6mEw4utYOBtNqgA and played them all on shuffle, removing the ones that distracted me.

File folder on MEGA

Show threadKevin Brill1d ago
@Lironah This is awesome, thank you for taking the time to reply!