Music to sleep
 

Well, I have this habit... I like to listen to music untill I fall asleep (my mp3 player has a timer function :lech )
Lately, I've been getting kinda tired of my "sleep playlist".
So: do you know any songs that are calm enough to make you relax?

I listen to Akino Arai's "Tsuki kara no inori to tomo ni" a lot... It's calm and powerful at the same time. :love

Me too, I listen until I sleep.

I hate calm music when I'm sleeping. The most often spinned before bedtime song for me is Gwen Stefani's Danger Zone.. Or something rockier..

The calmest I try is Tori Amos' emo stuff. All piano and wailing.

Relaxing is a whole different story. I love Ken Hirai's stuff. Grandfather's Clock rules!

there's this chinese song that i like (dont know the name) which i really like...sounds like a lullaby.
I'll upload it if anyone wants a listen: http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...40GWC0QU0V2GLU
its very sweet and calming..unfortunately, i have no idea what they're saying--other than the chorus when they sing in English!

i also like the Fruits Basket theme songs--they sound very much like lullabies.

chibi_sunny: I'm in love with the song! I think I'll try it tonight! I also have the Fruits Basket OP on my playlist!

MC Tatsujin: I listen to calm music mainly because I can't have the music playing very loud - my mother wakes up when I cough, so you can have an ideia how much silence we must have at night >< Calm songs aren't noticed by others so easily XD

Enya, Yoko Kanno or some soundtrack.

I used to listen to the second half of Ayu-mi-x IV (Acoustic Orchestra) before I went to sleep. The end version of Who... is perfect before sleeping.

Oh i have a great list of songs I use to sleep:

Sowelu - breath ~omoi no youryou~
Sowelu - Part of me (actually most of her Geofu album is pretty good for inducing a sleep)
Sowelu - MOON ON THE WATER

Shiina Ringo - Ichijiku no Hana
Shiina Ringo - STEM ~daimyou asobi hen~ (single version)
Shiina Ringo - aozora

Mika Nakashima, the Morpheus of JPOP, her sogs can have the same effect as 5mg of Diazepam:
Mika Nakashima - STARS
Mika Nakashima - TEARS (Konayuki ga mau youni...)
Mika Nakashima - WILL
Mika Nakashima - JUST TRUST IN OUR LOVE (single version)
Mika Nakashima - marionette
Mika Nakashima - Be in silence
Mika Nakashima - FIND THE WAY
Mika Nakashima - Yuki no Hana
Mika Nakashima - Hi no Tori
Mika Nakashima - Missing
Mika Nakashima - Hitori
Mika Nakashima - tsuki no sabaku
Mika Nakashima - Kumo no Ito

Crystal Kay - LOST CHILD
Crystal Kay - Kiss
Crystal Kay - Tears
Crystal Kay - Flowers
Crystal Kay - Make Me Whole
Crystal Kay - Good Morning Sue

Caroline Lufkin - Where's My Love? (magical mix)

Asuca Hayashi - Tsubame ni naritai

Younha - Yubikiri
Younha - Yume No Tsuzuki

melody. - Summer Memory


There are a lot more songs but I guess I'll type them later, there's just way too many LOL

^ yeah, i was gonna mention Mika's songs...i prefer Kumo no Ito and Sakurairo Maukoro.

I like Nakashima Mika, Kanno Youko, and Arai Akino when it comes to sleep/relaxing music. :) I used to put my CD player into sleep mode when I was *still* afraid of the dark a bit..x_x; But nowadays I just listen to my iPod right before I go to sleep...I listen to my iPod and write in my paperback journal to calm myself before sleeping.

hi chibi sunny, the chinese song, is titled 有梦好甜蜜 (You Meng Hao Tian Mi) which means, it's sweet to have a dream.

I listen to the final CD of the Final Fantasy X OST~ ends wonderfully with that one song from the game ((name escaping me now)) in an accoustic orchestra version. Very calming~

I also listen to A BALLADS sometimes.

But making my own mix is perfect. It includes Dir en Grey's "Kasumi", Ayu's "Rainy Day", Koda Kumi's "Feel" and other nice things like that. It's very nice ^_^

thank you!

:yes I was going to mention Enya too. Her music is very soothing :)

I actually mad a playlist on my iPod consisting of songs that put me to sleep! It's called "Crashed On The Floor" (don't know why I named it that)

Passion- Utada Hikaru
It's Good To Be In Love- Frou Frou
Let Go- Frou Frou
Just For You- William Tell
Out Of My League- Stephen Speaks
True- Ryan Cabrera
Goin' Crazy- Natalie
You're The Only One- Maria Mena
Eventually- M2M
Sugarhigh- Jade Anderson
Collide- Howie Day
rainy day- Ayumi Hamasaki
RAINBOW- Ayumi Hamasaki

enya wins.


As for Jmusic here is my sleep playlist.

Koda Kumi - Promise
Luna Sea - Gravity
Namie Amuro - I have never seen
Bonnie Pink - The answer ~hitotu ni naru toki~
AILE - Who am i ?
HI-D - Missing you feat.Asiah
L`Arc~En~Ciel - Shinjitsu to Gensou to
Namie Amuro - Dreaming I Was Dreaming
HYDE - Evergreen(DIST.)
Koda Kumi - hands
Bonnie Pink - 5 more minutes
Koda Kumi - feel
L`Arc~En~Ciel - Coming Closer
Namie Amuro - White Light
MINMI - Shiki No Uta
Ami Suzuki - Kagami
Koda Kumi - Believe




songs that used to be on the playlist:


Mika Nakashima - Kumo No Ito
Mika Nakashima - Love Addict
Mika Nakashima - Resistance
Ayumi H - Moments
Ayumi H - Hanabi
Ayumi H- Forgiveness
Namie Amuro - Dreaming I was Dreaming

I don't have any sleep suggestiongs^^''
but to anyone who knows for ipods, how do you set up "sleep" timers?

If you need music to sleep, try Brian Eno's Ambient 1/Music For Airports.

Ayaka Hirahara - Ashita

I like to listen to Keiko Matsui's jazz-fusion piano stuff. Excellent for sleeping to!

Also, Hajime Chitose has an incredibly relaxing effect on me. Particularly her Shima Kyora Umui album. The best sleeps I've had I've drifted off hearing that album.

The Millenium actress OST is also good.

So are many of Bonnie Pink's and Maaya Sakamoto songs.

You know....I made a couple of mixed discs of relaxing music....I'll see if I can find them and let you know what's on them...or upload them..whatever....

AYU'S RAINY DAY!!

mmm...
Emo stuff...
I'm going to limewire :P
Anywayz, i listen to songs liek SCAR, uhh... and my Inuyasha soundtracks :)
They have nice asian themed goodness... some of the songs are VERY relaxing :yes
So good... :tipsy
Thats one of the upsides of the series that the manga doesn't have :thumbsup they did a wonderful job on that stuffz.

I was going to say that too, but guess you beat me to it.

Hirai Ken's Hitomi wo Tojite could be worth a try too. And yeah, Nakashima Mika works as well. LOL the Morpheus of J-Pop.

I'll add
Ayaka Hirahara - Arigatou

It's just as good as Ashita

Why dont u guys just try intrusmental music ??
i think its calm enough to get you into sleep ..

i find that ayu;s ever free relaxing too....:love

Ai Otsuka's LOVE COOK album is relaxing, same for Mika Nakashima's MUSIC.


Of course I'm kinda weird and can go to sleep with Hello! Project concerts blaring.

for me anything that I can relate to will work if I'm tired enough ^^

but of course with some soothing tunes it is easier to fall asleep than with some upbeat track

All songs from The Diary of Alicia Keys always make me relax.
Sometimes,I play it when I can't sleep.

I also have a sleep playlist. 2 of them actually (one of them has also Ayu's music).

But anyway, my playlist looks like this:

Noir OST - Zero
Noir OST - Snow
Spirited Away soundtrack - The 6th station
Last Exile OST - Prayer for love
Last Exile OST - Lost Friend
Last Exile OST - Princess Sophia
Yoko Shimomura/Parasite Eve soundtrack - Main Theme
X TV OST II - Unmei
Yoko Kanno - some other time

aaand I have lots of FFVII music in it too:

Ending Theme, Julia, My Mind, Tell Me, The Successor (FFVIII)
Theme of Love, Lenna's Theme (Potion album)
Into the Light, Pray, Prelude, The Wanderer of Time (Pray album)
GAIA, Long Distance (Love Will Grow album)
Love Grows (FFVIII soundtrack AND some concert album)
FFVII Main theme, Interrupted by Fireworks (FFVII soundtrack)
Suteki Da Ne (FFX soundtrack)

That's not all!

SEDUCTiON - Mega man 2 Chillout OC Remix
Nixdorux - Towards the Sky
kLuTz - Final Fantasy 7 A World of Piano
McVaffe - Final Fantasy 9 Melodies of Life Arranged
EgM - Final Fantasy 7 Acoustic Fireworks
Destiny - Veiled World
DarkPrinceLuca, Freemind, Graylightning, Israfel - Final Fantasy 7 Fluss der Liebe

There. :D

Bored? Me? No way...

Any ballad is nice. Especially one with white noise. Mmmm.

Sometimes I listen to Ayu songs to relax me if I'm having trouble getting to sleep, I also listen to some classical music, I especially like Bach or Vivaldi's Four Seasons for that.

i dont listen to music when i go to sleep...i just think about different things as i fall asleep. but most of the time, i'm pretty tired, so going to sleep is no problem.

I don't listen to songs to go to sleep at night, but I LOVE to listen to them on the way to school in the morning, since I like to sleep then. =P

Mostly I listen to dance/trance music. If it has a steady beat, then it's easy for me to sleep to. Confessions on a Dancefloor, AROUND THE WORLD, Daft Punk, etc... are all great for me. Plus on the way home when I'm wide awake I have an awesome CD to jive to!

Otherwise I like to listen to New Age/Ethereal kind of stuff. Never listen to Enya, really, but Sarah Brightman, Loreena McKennitt, and RURUTIA are all amazing in this department. I also like to listen to smooth hip-hop like Queen of Hip-Pop.

And I'm horrible at falling asleep in the car with this music on...like today. :laugh

no, i don't know of any songs that make you fall asleep

Songs that make you fall asleep. Hmmm. Coldplay's Fix You is incredibly boring and sleepy at times. Listening to it without raging enthusiasm makes you knock out.

Koda Kumi - you
Namie Amuro - Never End

Classical music, definitely. My favorite is Chopin. Other than that, I used to go to sleep listening to the radio (Top 40, pop) but I don't really sleep while listening to music anymore.

I've been told in the past by a friend that the Sailormoon soundtracks I lent her were good to sleep to. XD

Slow sad songs put me to sleep....Tears by X-Japan puts me to sleep crying >.< !! ...soothing songs..mostly ballads i love ^___^..1000 words i always would go to sleep too >.<

mmm! kokia is reallyyy good. so is matsu takako. ohhh you have to listen to harvest songs!!! my favorite is "26:00"

I can fall asleep to basically anything, but when I want to just get in a relaxing mood, I usually end up listening to something instrumental or downtempo. A good chill/downtempo album usually does me just fine, atmospheric drum and bass is really nice too. It depends what sort of mood I'm in.

artists:
-Delerium
-Olive
-Photek
-LTJ Bukem

Oh my, I forgot to check this thread for a while XD Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
Now I'm into piano solos... I find them quite relaxing to sleep, while I don't like them much to listen daily XD

musics to sleep:
Mika Nakashima - I / Hitori / Carrot & Whip / aroma / Marionette / STARS / You send me love / LAST WALTZ
Maaya Sakamoto - Another Day In The Big Blue World / Grapefruit
Ayumi Hamasaki - rainy day / Two of us (and its remixes, trust me) / from your letter (and its remixes, except the pandart sasanooha ones)
Koda Kumi - RAIN / Ima Sugu Hoshii / feel / Your only one / Pearl moon
Crystal Kay - Eternal Memories ~Acoustic~ from Candy single