{"id":6147,"date":"2025-05-19T03:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/this-apple-music-and-umg-collab-will-help-you-focus-relax-and-fall-asleep-with-bespoke-music-mixes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T03:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:04:12","slug":"this-apple-music-and-umg-collab-will-help-you-focus-relax-and-fall-asleep-with-bespoke-music-mixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/this-apple-music-and-umg-collab-will-help-you-focus-relax-and-fall-asleep-with-bespoke-music-mixes\/","title":{"rendered":"This Apple Music and UMG collab will help you focus, relax and fall asleep with bespoke music mixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>This week, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/apple\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/apple\">Apple<\/a> and Universal Music Group announced a partnership to bring Sound Therapy to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/apple-music\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/reviews\/apple-music\">Apple Music<\/a> platform for free for all subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>This collection of albums, which includes remixes of UMG artists\u2019 tracks from artists like Glass Animals, Imagine Dragons, and Katy Perry, is designed to help you focus, relax, or sleep.<\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p>To do this, the instrumental tracks have been adjusted by scientists and audio engineers to include soundwave profiles that might help your mind achieve your desired state.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<span class=\"bg-secondary-500 text-white text-lg font-bold uppercase py-1 px-2 leading-[1.625rem] sm:leading-[6px] sm:text-sm\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>I&#8217;m no sound psychologist, but I am an Apple Music subscriber, so I thought I&#8217;d try Apple&#8217;s Sound Therapy to see what it can do for me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-73l5uchNd74\" data-yt-video-token=\"73l5uchNd74\" title=\"Introducing Sound Therapy: Focus, Relax &amp; Sleep | Apple Music - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Introducing Sound Therapy: Focus, Relax &amp; Sleep | Apple Music &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/73l5uchNd74\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Introducing Sound Therapy: Focus, Relax &amp; Sleep | Apple Music - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"play-button\" viewbox=\"0 0 234.67 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Apple explains this collection \u201charnesses the power of gamma auditory beats and white noise to support concentration and cognitive performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve usually relied on lofi tunes \u2013 or instrumental tracks (usually from a film or videogame) \u2013 to help focus while I work or study, and this collection certainly fits my needs. Listening through a focus mix, you can make out a distinctive white noise hum in the background of tracks, but while it\u2019s a little distracting when you first spot it in the mixes, it quickly fades into the rest of the noise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-qjdD86p7eHtj8cMn7yzbEe\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-qjdD86p7eHtj8cMn7yzbEe slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019d liken it to breathing. If you focus on the white noise hum, then, like breathing, it becomes more apparent. Drift into focusing on whatever task you\u2019re working on, and the hum becomes part of the beats soundtrack, and becomes as unnoticeable as your breathing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:2048px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"oneodio Focus A5 Pro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ny7gFgzjBcpuqepJkoc7fd.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Focus playslist are useful but not game changing <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: OneOdio)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though much like the next category, Relax, I&#8217;m not yet convinced it&#8217;s any better than the playlists I already have.<\/p>\n<p>Relax sets infuse the original music with theta auditory beats, which are meant to help you loosen up.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a fantastic, relaxing remix of Heat Waves by Glass Animals, which extends the song to a little under an hour across 19 parts.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve found they&#8217;re ideal background noise when you&#8217;re trying to read, cook, build Lego, or whatever you do to unwind after a long day&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>While neither category so far will be a complete replacement for my existing music options, these Sound Therapy tunes are definitely in my music rotation. However, when it comes to sleep, Sound Therapy has wholeheartedly taken over my bedtime.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"a-great-night-s-sleep-3\">A great night&#8217;s sleep<\/h2>\n<p>My fianc\u00e9e and I like to fall asleep to sound. For me, it\u2019s usually a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a> video from Wendover Productions, Atrioc, <em>Last Week Tonight,<\/em> or WolfeVGC \u2013 something fun but informative (even if that information is in Wolfe\u2019s case about competitive Pok\u00e9mon).<\/p>\n<p>She instead prefers listening to a show like her nineteenth rewatch of <em>The Good Place<\/em> or <em>Dragon\u2019s Den <\/em>clips (the UK\u2019s <em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/shark\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/shark\">Shark<\/a> Tank<\/em>). <\/p>\n<p>Playing both at the same time leaves us both unhappy, and we each find each other\u2019s videos massively grating. My usual technique is to wait for her to fall asleep, then switch her video choice to one of mine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:8280px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.26%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man sleeping on the Eight Sleep Pod 4 cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/8eLxsfb8Hb5xnMqsyjrb6f.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Sound Therapy is helping us sleep better <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Eight Sleep)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But since testing the Sound Therapy sleep tracks, we\u2019ve finally found a solution we both love.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly the pink noise of vampire crackling or rain on a tent isn\u2019t anything new in the audio to sleep to world, but the ability to listen to the whole playlist ad-free through our Symfonisk lamp speaker \u2013 so we can both easily control the noise through the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/sonos\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/sonos\">Sonos<\/a> app on each of our smart phones \u2013 has been a massive upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the easiest I\u2019ve fallen asleep in months, and I think I\u2019m feeling a little better rested each morning to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, I\u2019m only a few days into my Sound Therapy tests, but I\u2019m definitely loving the feature. If you have Apple Music, it\u2019s well worth checking out.<\/p>\n<p>You can easily find the whole Sound Therapy collection by tapping on the Search icon and then tapping on the Sound Therapy box.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-you-might-also-like\"><span>You might also like<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Apple and Universal Music Group announced a partnership to bring Sound Therapy to the Apple Music platform for free for all subscribers. This collection of albums, which includes remixes of UMG artists\u2019 tracks from artists like Glass Animals, Imagine Dragons, and Katy Perry, is designed to help you focus, relax, or sleep. 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