Listen to music to help you sleep

[james]

Forget counting sheep, next time you are having trouble dropping off to sleep try putting on a jazz CD.

Researchers have shown just 45 minutes of relaxing music before bedtime can make for a restful night.....

....The music group were able to choose from six tapes that featured soft, slow music - around 60-80 beats per minute - such as jazz, folk or orchestral pieces.

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60 - 80 beats per minute hey, I did wonder why my choice of hardcore gabba spazzcore breaching a cool 215 BPM wasn't helping me catch those zee's.

[setwin]

i've been listening to selected ambient works 2 by aphex twin before bed.

[Hénrí]

Yeh me too, it well relaxes me.

[herod]

I have not been sleeping well for the last few months.
1 hour sleep
wake- lie there for 5 hours
1 hour sleep
alarm clock

I went to the doctor just like ed norton in fight club
my doctor said I should try to get more sleep

i didn't complain I was in pain
He didn't say- try testicular cancer on a wednesday, then you'll know what pain is...

now I just listen to Bright Eyes album. That was my point. Sorry. Got there in the end.

[Jonny Megabyte]

Dude: you need a rain tape or CD!
Lizz sells them at her work.
Just the sound of rain or waterfalls on a CD: very hippyish but does the job.
Improved my sleep no end (well, that and a good toke just before bed)

[Ady]

These people have only just discovered that music helps you sleep!?

[setwin]

i've always listened to something before bed. i grow up in a pub so had the noise from downstairs to compete with. when i was small i had story tapes to listen to. i'd forget about those.

[willy the piss]

story tapes? did you have moon bird or dopey dinosaur?
the rainbow ones were the best

[Danny Rude]

Classical FM,