This is great, I nearly felt asleep before going to work!
AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep
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Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep
#162I subscribe to https://www.focusatwill.com/ I would like to see a comparison of the two to understand the pros and cons of each.
Oooo.. would love for you try brain.fm vs focusatwill and hear your review! here's '$25 for life' deal to brain.fm: https://brain.fm/hackernews junaid cofounder, brain.fm
I've used both a few times today, but it is really hard for me to judge how "focused" I was. Did I get work done with them? Yes... but I also get work done without either of them.
I like how you have a lot of the science information on the site that explains it. Plus the sleep mode is intriguing, as F@W says it is for focus at work and reading only (via their whitepaper https://www.focusatwill.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/White...).
I'd like to hear a third party opinion that objectively compares the science behind both of them.
Thanks for the discount, I'd probably keep using so I went ahead and paid the $25. Even though I have been burned a few times by the "for life" purchases, I don't expect it to last for more than 1 or 2 years ;)
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#163I'm sure that most of the benefit of using this tool is derived from the fact that the music is consistently low-tempo and relaxing ambient music. Comparing that to an album of ambient music, it might not be so consistent in its style and so could distract from the focus. Still, the generated music is quite nice. I still feel that I'd rather listen to a real album, though, created with artistic intent and not compute…
Hey, this Adam from Brain.fm. I created the music "AI" thing. Glad to have the praise of a musician! My family's very musical, so it took some convincing for them as well. The thing is, it still takes creativity! It took me half a year to create it, and there's a little piece of my soul in this AI. A horcrux, programmed in. :) It makes music how I would make music. Well, most of the time. I had to create the thing be…
I guess you can't talk much about the AI as it's proprietary? It sounds pretty interesting though.
What harpsichord concertos did you feed it?
Is every session that is created unique? So you are not listening to the same thing each time?
Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep
#164I subscribe to https://www.focusatwill.com/ I would like to see a comparison of the two to understand the pros and cons of each.
Oooo.. would love for you try brain.fm vs focusatwill and hear your review! here's '$25 for life' deal to brain.fm: https://brain.fm/hackernews junaid cofounder, brain.fm
Thanks for the promo - signed up. This thread got me searching and there's a lot of good feedback around
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#165Really like the intense focus music. Seems to work really well for me. However I am not a fan of the nature based ones. The nature sounds comes of as too artificial. I might consider buying something like this, but not sure if I think a monthly subscription is worth it. Could there be a market for making an "album" with 10 generated songs in a category?
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#166I still can't find anything better to program to than Nujabes. I'm going to give this a genuine shot, but Jun Seba really left his mark on me for life. I find myself listening to his albums and songs at least twice a day. I think it's because of his repetitive beats, smooth strings and soft instrumentation. There's a reason there are 10 hour 'homework' edits on youtube for almost all of his songs. Counting Stars: htt…
Just finished watching Samurai Champloo, where I first learned about Nujabes. I was saddened when I discovered the artist died in 2010. Great music! RIP
I literally broke down and cried my freshman year of college when I heard the news. I was a massive fan of his at the time and I really was devastated. I binged on his music for a couple days and eventually was at peace with it all; its touching to me that his music can have that effect. RIP Jun.
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#167I believe taste/preference as the differentiator is missing. The "intense + focus" music on brain.fm puts me to sleep. My coding music is ASOT weekly series, it's usually couple of hours of house and trance music where I get immersed into coding zone and once finished i take a 10-15min break, repeat. When I concentrate I don't hear anything that's when I know I'm in the zone. It's my preference and it's surely differ…
same. I prefer anything but the relaxing kind of repetitive music they'd suggest. the whole thread above this also has very nice music suggestion, but nothing I'd use to get in the zone.
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Yeah, I'd also like to see a study where they test this magic-AI-music against some generic 10 hours relax/focus music from Youtube (or the Machinarium or Age of Empires 2 soundtrack). Properly randomized and blinded etc. I'd also like to know what it means that this is produced by an AI. What do they optimize for? I mean it would be really cool if they could do some reinforcement learning with real time EEG feedback…
> "I'm not sure how they call this psychological manipulation technique" You could see this personal survey as a way for the site to make you doubt or question yourself subconsciously. For you to even read the question, you have to process that question introspectively. The more questions you answer, the more likely you'll find something you'll want to improve. Then miraculously this site is the silver bullet. Buy mo…
Are you saying that the site uses specially crafted music to trick you into believing that specially crafted music can modify your mind?
Re: AI generated music to improve focus, relaxation and sleep
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
yes! here's a '$25 for life' deal: https://brain.fm/hackernews :) junaid cofounder, brain.fm
Hey, on clicking on the link it takes to the home page and nothing happens, am I missing something here?
Click through the Listen link and the pricing is applied when you get to that stage
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#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
While we are at it, the following is a selection of musicians whose work for me is both sedative and promotes focus (an oxymoron?). Ambient music usually garners a few sniggers, "this is what they play in spas" "whale music" etc, however in my experience can be an incredibly rewarding and effective method of relaxation and enjoyment. Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) - Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--IkNqI9og Brian Eno - D…
Great list! Listening to "Gas", I thought you might also like Fennesz - Venice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWAghDS6s4Q&list=PLKtI6DyKnY... And while we're at it, just a few of my favorites: Greg Haines - Slumber Tides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmMDkZhl_R4 Nest - Retold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r69TiaIE4uo&list=PLaAArUShcY... Murcof - (Ulysses, Martes, Remembranza - all great): https://www.youtube.…
Best list I found in this thread yet. Am I the only one that likes to work to (mostly) instrumental sludge metal and post-rock?
ISIS — Celestial (2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XN-3YZL5Y