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I've been doing this for years! I have a dozen or so playlists that start off with very sad music, become melancholy, then bittersweet, then hopeful, and finall
by yathern 8y ago
I've been doing this for years! I have a dozen or so playlists that start off with very sad music, become melancholy, then bittersweet, then hopeful, and finally happy.
Almost always does the trick! But you have to have time to kill.
The way I see it is like rescuing someone stuck on the ocean floor. You can't just bring them up! Your body has to adjust to the changing pressure. Slowly and slowly you change the mood, allowing time to ease in.
- thetrumanshow 8y agoWhoa. Please consider sharing your playlist via Spotify!
- yathern 8y agoAll you people encouraged me to write (my first ever) blog post - with links! Here you go: https://www.lukeschaefer.dev/2019/04/scuba-rescue-playlists.html https://www.lukeschaefer.dev/2019/04/scuba-rescue-playlists....
- zombieprocess 8y agoI am a little concerned that this website gives all kinds of SSL errors in Firefox and openDNS straight up categorizes this as malware. Could you please check into that?
- yathern 8y agoOh my. I don't get that on my machines. I'll look into it though.
- s3arch 8y agoYes, please do share the playlist.
- mettamage 8y agoI'm the third person in favor for sharing the playlist! :D
- yathern 8y agoPlaylist here: https://www.lukeschaefer.dev/2019/04/scuba-rescue-playlists.html https://www.lukeschaefer.dev/2019/04/scuba-rescue-playlists....
- marssaxman 8y agoThis works in conversation, too. There's something powerful about the experience of diving down to meet someone in the low place they're sitting in, while keeping a bit of yourself apart as a lifeline - you can sync up with them by observing and validating the way the world looks to them from that hurt or scared place, then, step by step, help bring them closer to the surface by suggesting a little bit of a broader view at each turn in the conversation. But yes: you really do have to have some time to kill, and it can be tricky to set up an environment in which a sustained, unpressured conversation can occur. (What you are describing with your playlists sounds like the soul of DJing. Perhaps you might try playing with a controller sometime, if you haven't done so already.)
- shivo 8y agoSeeing some articulate it makes so much more sense.
- neuralRiot 8y agoNot only in conversation, it's the way to bring people where you want emotionally, be it music, poetry, cinema or any form of art.
- gerbilly 8y agoLike this perhaps? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziw4yd5R0QI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziw4yd5R0QI (Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place)
- aantix 8y agoMe too. Whenever I'm depressed, my "Sad Songs" Youtube playlist ends up on shuffle. I think it helps me to feel all of my feelings which eventually gets me out of my rut. I find it comforting to have my mood matched. Here's my playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOd-rz8lDXQ&list=PLhMrEC5L8T4FmbQP78B5gzEJhwJ1LNH_Z&index=2&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOd-rz8lDXQ&list=PLhMrEC5L8T... Coincidentally, the first song, "Quiet Times" is about being in a relationship with someone that is depressed.
- Micoloth 8y agoYes, that’s nice! I’ve never done this, and maybe i don’t know enough songs to do it right.. It would be great if you shared your playlists in any way!
- mindgam3 8y agoThe depressurization metaphor is spot on. Here’s an 80m continuous mix I made a while back based on a similar philosophy, transitioning from sad/bittersweet to hopeful/energetic to peaceful: https://m.soundcloud.com/mindgam3/palosanto-tears-of-the-shaman-august-2014 https://m.soundcloud.com/mindgam3/palosanto-tears-of-the-sha... There is one mood transition halfway through that I’m not too sure about, but otherwise I’m happy with how the mix came out from a technical perspective. I have playtested it over the years during dark times and it seems to help. Perhaps others will find it cathartic as well.
- majkinetor 8y agoMust try that ASAP !
- bgroat 8y agoI would love a copy of these playlists
- yathern 8y agoHere ya go! https://www.lukeschaefer.dev/2019/04/scuba-rescue-playlists.html https://www.lukeschaefer.dev/2019/04/scuba-rescue-playlists....