Falling asleep with (classical) music

Hi Stefan

I do this quite frequently whilst slothing on the bean bag and listening to music through headphones.

The only downside is waking up with a stiff neck the next morning

It wasn't possible last night though listening to Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Regards
Mark

Aaaah, Made In Japan ! My first ever real headbanging (and air guitar) experience ! No way to fall asleep...

cheers
Stefan

Stefan

You are right of course, but I felt a little guity after the time taken by everyone to make such excellent recommndations.....

Nigel

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Originally posted by sjust:
Sleeping is much too beautiful to not be a desirable effect. Can I sleep in a hostile or uncomfortable environmant ?

See what I mean...

Peace
Stefan

I don't know Stefan.

My chemistry teacher could not see the beauty of my falling asleep in her class, and I was sent to the principal to try to explain to him this beauty process I was involved in.

In the military, I could definitely sleep in a hostile or uncomfortable enviroment (like in the middle of an ambush in a hostile territory, lying on the hard ground in the middle of a rain storm). It was always the question of how long was I sleep deprived.

The point I am trying to make, Stefan, is that sleep is a basic human need and it comes in a lot of forms and shapes (just like music) like restless, dreamful or peaceful sleep.

Falling asleep to the music definitely says something about my music and my human codition, though I am not sure exactly what.

I hope I did not bore you to..sleep.

Always,

Haim

HR when I went to grad school I was 35 and thought those sleepign students on the lawns and benches were rude and wasting time. in about 6 weeks of really late nights i was one of them. I could conk out in 2 minutes flat. thank gawd I get my sleep now. but then I don't sleep as weel as I did back then. too many worries.

I try to have something handy that's soothing for middle of the night when I'm tossing and turning,that seems to help me drift off again. distracts the mind.

quote:

I try to have something handy that's soothing for middle of the night when I'm tossing

!!!!

Nigel

Once as a student I fell asleep to The Rite Of Spring through headphones!!!
Yes, the night before was sure fun

quote:

Originally posted by sjust:
Can I sleep in a hostile or uncomfortable environmant ?

Hi Stefan!
As Haim wrote i did sleep under heavy rain on hard rocks.
Under snow storm with only a sheet on.
Or even standing during guard turn.

Now i can't stand to fall asleep with music or TV on.
Can't stand even the most few source of light in the room.
I remember when in Denmark: they did not use blinds and i could sleep for only few hours.
Liters of coffee!

The only thing that amuse me is reading about 1 hour and fall asleep thinking about what i've readen.
The only living being allowed is my old fat cat.
She lay down on my belly.
What can i do?
She's old and cheering!
So i wait till she start snoring and then i move her on the side.

Haim

I don't mean to be funny, but there is a difference between sleeping and day dreaming . I always thought Chemistry was an interesting subject at school.

I think Wolf has a good handle on the situation and put into words very well what I wanted to say about all this. After all, we all need some form of relief.

Although Haim, you may have something regarding the physical and mental state of the person.

Personally, I see no problem with classical music bringing us on cloud 9 and in a dreamy and possible sleepy state a 03:00 in the morning. All in all quite a healthy state to be in.

More importantly, just because we fall asleep, it doesn't necessarily have any correlation with boredum

Regards
mark

I can fall asleep to jelly Roll Morton or the "air on a g string" it makes no difference.
The bloody annoying thing is that after a hard days work when I finally can appreciate some music, well played by the black boxes, I drift off whether I want to or not.

regards
Geoff

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Originally posted by Geoff P:
I drift off whether I want to or not.

regards
Geoff

Dear Friends,

You may smile at this but I used to find that I used easily to go to sleep listening to classical music. If I was tired I simply forgot to stay awake. I would remember exactly where I had got to in the music!

I once went to sleep in the Barbican Concert Hall immediately after the tension of the andante introduction gave way to the enrgy and life of the main Allegro in the first movement of Schubert's Great C Major Symphony!

Nowadays i seem to have such an utter grip on my concentration for very long spans, that even the Goldbergs (when I am tired and very late) will garantee that I am in need of a stretch an maybe even a walk outside before I could possibly sleep. the risk is I make a coffee, light up a cigarette, and then start on twelve Prelude from the Well Tempered Clavier!

It has been known for me to go from midnight to six in the morning on a listening session!

Fredrik

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Originally posted by mtuttleb:
Haim

I don't mean to be funny, but there is a difference between sleeping and day dreaming . I always thought Chemistry was an interesting subject at school.

I think Wolf has a good handle on the situation and put into words very well what I wanted to say about all this. After all, we all need some form of relief.

Although Haim, you may have something regarding the physical and mental state of the person.

Personally, I see no problem with classical music bringing us on cloud 9 and in a dreamy and possible sleepy state a 03:00 in the morning. All in all quite a healthy state to be in.

More importantly, just because we fall asleep, it doesn't necessarily have any correlation with boredum

Regards
mark

Mark,

I am not blaming Chemistry, but I was sound asleep there, not daydreaming. I don't even think it was boredom though the teacher (and I do not blame her) saw it as a personal insult. It just happend.

People who suffer from depression sleep a lot. I could never see that as a thing of beauty, regardless if the sleep is a defensive mechanism or just an escape from the problems they have to face.
My point to Stefan was that we fall into different kind of sleeps under different circumstances, and it is hard to deduct on the music we were hearing at the time (good / bad / boring).

Wolf,

You could try some of Morton Feldman's music, something like his music for piano and string quartet. This minimalist sound can carry you very far in a gentle way. I listen to it a lot when I am doing my reading, hearing it but not being distracted by it.

regards,

Haim

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
the risk is I make a coffee, light up a cigarette, and then start on twelve Prelude from the Well Tempered Clavier!

It has been known for me to go from midnight to six in the morning on a listening session!

Fredrik

Dear Fred!
Such a nice image of a music lover!
In the evening, expecially now in spring evenings, it's hard to say "basta".

I'd keep on changing records for hours and no minds about the time.
And a full ashtray.
Good evening Fred!

I tend to fall asleep most listening to my iPod, I rarely sleep when listening to the main system. The exception is either Sandy Denny singing or the soundtrack to Kundun by Philip Glass

That's a very good album, but still i could not have it while in bed and try to fall asleep!
Music excite me and i really should not close my eyes while music playin' and for long time after.
Can't help it!

Even these don't work!

The irony was that last night I put on Haydn's 88th Symphony and listened alive like a bird to it, but then put it back on again. I went to sleep directly after the exposition in the first movement, just when it gets to its best bit in the developement! Then I did not wake till 8 am!

That is so rare for me these days!

One funny thing is that if I go to the cinema it is waste if it is not a matinee. I am lucky if I stay awake for the opening scene!

Fredrik

quote:

Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
Dear Friends,
You may smile at this but I used to find that I used easily to go to sleep listening to classical music. If I was tired I simply forgot to stay awake. I would remember exactly where I had got to in the music!
Fredrik

I use to listen to music sitting in an all-too-comfortable armchair. Sometimes I fall asleep, but when I wake up, I know excactly how long time, I have slept, as I remember all the music, I have heard. If I have just arisen from bed and is totally alert, I may still fall asleep, even when listening to the most engaging music. Strange, isn´t it?
Maybe I should add, that I don´t smoke at all, and drink very little, and especially nothing when listening to music.