Sleep Song20 Mai 2022

We already know how to play

Music adapted from Matthew Mercer’s Meditative Story, "The magic that ripples out when we share our passions with others."

A pan-like flute sets an invitation to a world of possibility and wonders to explore. Delicate strings and open synth keys entice down a path unknown, toward verdant nooks and crannies that lay just around the corner of awareness. A soothing piano melody suggests that the day's tasks can be put aside for playful dreaming. Flutes rise in crescendo, and warm vibrations reveal lush and magical forest trails awaiting footfall. Spritely flutes call to the wise and knowing sense within, that we're safe, and seen, and heard. Repeating waves of looping bass and piano feel at once nostalgic and knowing, grounded in this moment. Trumpets hail all good hearts and are countered by an insistent piano melody reaching out across vast spaces. The returning synth theme nudges the young one within, eager to remind us we already know how to play.

Original music from composer Ryan Holladay.

Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Find Meditative Story wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Episoder(56)

Sweater weather

For today's Sleep Song, composer Eduardo Rivera ran computerized string pads through an old tape recorder, resulting in the airy sound heard throughout, reminiscent of a gusty breeze alighting falling...

29 Sep 202326min

King David's Wind Chime

After hearing the sound of a wind chime floating through his neighborhood, composer Eduardo Rivera is reminded of a stay in the mountain town of Idyllwild. "The house had these huge wind chimes, that ...

25 Aug 202327min

We are not alone

Created using a new musical software called Collage, today's Sleep Song begins with a chord like a question, as if asking whether it's alone in the universe. The response is soothing and celestial, el...

11 Aug 202332min

Welcoming change

Today's Sleep Song is all about movement. Almost every track in this piece is constantly shifting with panning or through the use of an LFO (low frequency oscillator), creating a sense of undulation, ...

14 Jul 202330min

A sky full of waves

Inspired by surfer Garrett McNamara's episode of Meditative Story and his reflections on staring up at the clouds or, as he puts it, "waves in the sky", this piece reimagines the sounds of surf guitar...

30 Jun 202333min

Starting from C

Composer Eduardo Rivera shares, "I've been using a wonderful felt piano lately that sounds incredibly intimate. It's been my main instrument for our sister podcast Spark & Fire these last few months. ...

16 Jun 202330min

A world of voices

Music adapted from Varshini Prakash’s Meditative Story, "Together, we move from fear to hope."Taken from the musical world of Varshini Prakash’s Meditative Story, this sleep song is built around a wor...

24 Mar 202359min

Endless summer

Like the best part of an ’80s pop song, this Sleep Song celebrates the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, and answers the question: What would happen if a song like "Boys of Summer" was stretched like taffy and ...

10 Mar 202329min