I keep asking for things...

[telophase]

...and failing to reply to comments, but the LJ/DW notifications are all sitting in my inbox starign balefully at me, at least!

This time, I am coming to the conclusion that one effect learning to play the piano is having on me is that I am less and less able to do other things wile listening to music, which means my not-accurately-titled "Ambient" playlist is being cut drastically.

So ... I'm looking to expand it with music that's a bit closer to true ambient than the stuff on it now. Suggestions? I'm looking for softer, less dynamic music that's more .. flowy, I guess. Stuff with the sort of feeling I'm looking for are: Suzanne Ciani's Seven Waves*, Andreas Vollenweider's White Winds, Klaus Schulze's Mirage, and someone whose name is slipping away from me at the moment so I can't tell you.**


Did my second blues improv class last night, but was so tired afterwards that I didn't bother to write it up. I just tried to list out the 5- and 6-note blues scales we learned, but obviously I haven't memorized it and a quick Google doesn't produce it, so I shall wait until I have the book in front of me to write it up. :)



* Trufax: her sister was a prof in the A&M Architecture department when I worked there. No idea if she's still there.

** Useful, I know.

Comments

[vom-marlowe.livejournal.com]

I like some of the iMix yoga stuff. There's one called yoga chill that's very ambient to me. I also like to listen to Azam Ali and Vas, because they feel very ambient to me, but that may be too intense.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll check them out!

[tprjones.livejournal.com]

It's a bit older, but something I like that fits that musical theme is Kitarō (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitar%C5%8D), especially from the late 80s / early 90s.

Some of it can get a little lively, like Sundance (http://s0.ilike.com/play#Kitaro:Sundance:929196:s42641404.11196561.8119448.1.), which is absolutely the best single piece of music to listen to while driving through the mountains with a thunderstorm looming nearby and the cool rain-scented breeze blowing in your face. But most of it is more mellow, like The Field (http://s0.ilike.com/play#Kitaro:The+Field:1489683:s41625270.12822045.8119448.1.2.278%2Cstd_6c50123bb3da44e48aa5e5cc711c38ea) or Moondance (http://s0.ilike.com/play#Kitaro:Moondance:1489686:s42641407.11196561.8119448.1.).

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Vangelis?

Tangerine Dream?

I will look at my CD collection when I am back in town.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[thomasyan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, maybe some early Cocteau(x?) Twins is nice and atmospheric and not too dramatic. Ditto early Lush. Actual album suggestions early next week...

[tool-of-satan.livejournal.com]

Possibly less ambient than you are looking for, but you might want to check out Zoë Keating's music (http://zoekeating.com/projects.html). I have her One Cello x 16: Natoma and Into the Trees albums and like them a lot.

(Full disclosure: she was a friend of friends in college.)