29-03-2007, 12:38 AM
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Suggestions to Star Gaze by...
The best music to listen too has been Jean Michel Jarre.
This especially includes the CD albums such as Oxygen, Equinox, Magnetic Fields and Zoolook. Another is Brian Eno – particularly the wonderful CD Album, "Apollo: Atmospheres" Soundtrack, which is the soundtrack for all the Apollo moon missions movie footage. The best tracks being "Stars", "Under Stars" and the ethereal "An Ending/Ascent." Another Eno album is "Ambient 2"
I know several observing people are into Mike Oldfield, especially the album "The Songs of Distant Earth", which is based on the Arthur C. Clark book of the same name. [The story of the Sun going nova, and the surviving humans own journey to search for a new home among the stars. Pure Brilliance!]
Some do 'creep-out' on such music when they are in a dark observing field, but at least the music in the most case is peaceful as the stars arc through the night sky.
I have also started to experiment creating my own electronic music using Apple Mac's Garageband 3.0, which is not too difficult to create. The simplicity is to make the music flow with gentle breathing – the basis of the so-called "Ambient Music". This is at rate of 15 to 20 breaths per minute - useful for relaxation therapies or insomniacs.
A short sample of some of this music / muzak?? kindly appears at;
http://homepage.mac.com/andjames/ambient.htm
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