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Discussion on: Music Monday — What are you listening to? (April 25)

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Dan Walsh

When I want to focus and code, I’ll put on my playlist containing all currently released Meaningwave instrumental tracks:

‎Meaningwave Instrumentals by Dan on Apple Music

Playlist · 253 Songs

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I’m a big fan of Akira the Don’s work—bringing philosophy to the masses through music. I would never have started exploring philosophy if I hadn’t stumbled across his music.

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Michael Tharrington

Woaaa... I didn't even know about Meaningwave! Sounds like a really dope sub-genre of lofi. From the description I found:

One of the latest, musical genres is Meaningwave, a branch of the wider Lofi style of music. By taking metered speech and mixing it with background hip hop, often of an original composition, we suddenly find that even lectures and famous speeches can become engrossing songs.

I have absolutely gotten into lofi music over the past few years, this sounds like a good thing for me to dig into! Thanks so much for the suggestion!

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Dan Walsh • Edited

Anytime! ☺️🙇‍♂️

There’s some super motivational stuff in Akira the Don’s catalogue, as well as plenty to ponder and think on. Some of his excellent albums I’d highly recommend are:

And hey, if you’re more into the lofi side of things and don’t care for the lyrics, every album has a corresponding instrumental version too! 😊

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Michael Tharrington

Oh awesome! Thanks so much for offering up this list.

I've been listening to Songs About Discipline and really digging it. Hopefully I'll absorb some of these samples and get more motivated to make my own lofi tunes haha... who knows, maybe I'll dabble in Meaningwave too.

Aside from Akira the Don, I will absolutely explore the rest of your suggestions here.

Really appreciate it!

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Dan Walsh

My pleasure! 😊

And FYI in case it wasn’t clear, all of my suggestions were from Akira the Don—those albums I listed included the names of the people whose talks/lectures/interviews/works he sampled.

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Michael Tharrington

OOoooooo... I get ya now. I'm glad ya cleared that up! 😀

I'm totally gonna be tuning into these one-by-one. If a particular track hits me here, I'll give you a quick shout and let ya know!