1. Choose a soundscape

 12 presets containing over 70 instruments and 30 ambient sounds.

2. Press play

Our app will compose brand new music for you every night.

3. Tailor the sounds

Enable or disable up to 6 different elements of the sounds to your preference.

4. Listen every night for 30 days

Music improves your sleep gradually. In the first week you may not even notice an effect. Over time you'll see great results.

 

 Step 1. Making your commitment

 

The first step to a better nights sleep is making a personal commitment to using music the correct way. Scientific researchers have found music to be one of the most effective, if not the most effective non-pharmaceutical sleep aid. If you expect the same sleep improvements as these researchers found, you need to follow their methodology. This means committing to using music every single night for at least 30 days. Music is like a dieting to lose weight, initially you may not notice a difference but sticking it out is where these researchers saw the difference. Surprisingly studies using music as a sleep aid have not been able to find a point where sleep quality plateaued as music use increased.

 Step 2. Using the right tools

 

This one is easy, we've done all the hard work to make the most scientifically based sleep music available. This may not be your favourite music, you may even find it boring but that's because our music is medicine. It's simple, repetitive and unemotional without interruptions to help you disengage from stressful thoughts without being to distracting or engrossing.  I've implemented findings from 200+ songs successfully & unsuccessfully used for sleep to craft the perfect music for insomnia. The best part is the music is slightly different every time so you won't ever need to look for more music. Subscribers get access to three other great features. (1) Set heartbeat - music composed at the tempo of your heartbeat to synchronise and then slow down  (2) Music Builder - choose instruments and sounds that you associate with pleasant relaxing experiences to de-stress (3) Custom Image - choose an image of a place where you have felt relaxed to relive that experience.

 Step 3. When to use the music

 

A crucial part of how music aids sleep is creating an association between music and sleep. To strengthen this association, playing music needs to be the last thing you do before falling asleep. This means listening to the music 'at bedtime', no earlier. The music you use for sleep, should be only used for sleep at bedtime. Do not using this music for any other activity, including napping.

 Step 4. Setting up and playing the music

 

Start by choosing how you want to listen to the music. This can be through the mobile device speakers but preferably high quality speakers or 'SleepPhones'. Then choose a preset (baroque is freely available) and press play. Set the volume on your device to be as quiet as comfortably possible because quieter sounds are less distracting. If you are bothered by external sounds (such as traffic or neighbours), we've included ambient sound recordings so that you can increase the volume of the ambience to drown out unpleasant sounds. If you find the music too distracting or engaging, you can disable elements (such as the high notes) to simplify the music. Our app will automatically turn off the music after 45 minutes.

 Step 5. Engaging with the music

 

I recommend two exercises to help you engage with the music and in turn distract you from stressful thoughts and increase relaxation. (1) Breath Entrainment - synchronise your body to the music by breathing slowly and focusing on exhaling to the rhythm of the music. Enabling 'beat' can help you find the rhythm of the music. (2) Visualization - listen to the ambient sounds and try to imagine where you would hear them. Engage your senses. What would you see? smell? taste? feel? Subscribers can choose from 30+ ambient sounds to relax to.

 Step 6. What happens if the music isn't working

 

Initially you may have trouble falling and staying asleep with the music. This does not mean it isn't working or doesn't work for you. It means you are still developing an association between music and sleep. In this situation, turn off the music and get out of bed. Find a relaxing activity to pass time until you feel tired such as light reading, writing a journal or having a cup of herbal tea. When you are tired again, go back to bed and play the music. It is important that you do not lay in bed awake listening to the music if you cannot sleep, this will impact negatively on the music sleep association. Do not use your mobile device in bed for any other reason than Can't Sleep to ensure the music sleep association is strong.

 Step 7. Other tips to improve your sleep

 

Android & iPhone Device Tips

• Disable device notifications
• Enable device flight mode
• Enable night mode or blue light filter
• Lower device brightness as much as possible

Other Tips and Advice

• Go to bed at the same time every night (including weekends)
• Get some morning sun immediately after waking up
• Create a strict pre-bedtime routine e.g. "I have a shower, then brush my teeth, put my phone here, turn off the light, play the music, sleep” 
• Rise at the same time every day, regardless of the amount of sleep the night before
• Ask your friend to keep you accountable to ensure you use Can’t Sleep every night.
• If you need to take a sleeping pill to sleep, you should still listen to the music also
• Only go to bed if you are tired
• Don't do anything else in bed but sleep and sleep music (don't eat, watch television or read)
• Cover windows with dark curtains, shutters or fabric
• Cool room to 20*c
• Hide alarm clock from sight in bedroom
• Exercise daily
• Don't allow pets in the bedroom
• Don't drink caffeine after 10am
• Don't drink alcohol
• Don't linger in bed after waking up
• Don't spend your day in mostly sedentary activites
• Don't smoke before bed
• Don't engage in mentally stimulating or stressfull activies at night-time (e.g. work, video games, social media etc)

 

• Effective – Built from research for a PhD on music and sleep psychology.
• Smooth Transitions – No silences between songs or pops/clicks between looping audio.
• Variety – 12 themes utilizing over 100 instruments and ambient sound recordings.
• Never Repeats – New music is continuously composed through your phone using our A.I. composer while you listen.
• Personalized – Enable or disable any part of the music and choose your own music speed.
• Realistic Sounds – Real audio samples of instruments and ambient sound recordings.
• Convenient – No internet required after downloading the app and the music stops after 45 minutes (while you sleep).

Choose from 18 unique presets containing different instruments and ambient sounds.

1. Preset buttons to choose what sounds you would like to hear
2. Custom button to build your own preset
3. Play button to enable or disable the music
4. Playback button to view Playback view

Notes:

• Free Presets - Misty
• Premium Presets - Baroque | Blue | Cave | Custom | Dunes | Field | Green | New Age | Nightfall | Rain | Room |  Sea | Shuffle | Space | Spring | Vinyl | Water
• All presets are disable whilst the music is playing. To change presets the music will need to be paused

 

Build your own custom presets from 73 relaxing instruments and 35 ambient sounds.

1. Switch to enable or disable the instrument, beat, SFX or ambient sound
2. Hear instrument, beat, SFX or ambient sound
3. High Notes - High pitch instrument sounds
4. Melody - Medium pitch instrument sounds
5. Bass Notes - Slow and low pitch instrument sounds
6. Drum - Pulsing percussion sounds including bass drum, high hats and shakers
7. Ambience - 4 minute recordings ambient sounds including rain, water, traffic, fire etc
8. Sound Effects- Upto 20 second long sound effects including bells, space sounds, cymbals

Tips:

• When you enable multiple sounds they will cycle. If you want to only hear one sound, then only choose one
• Each soundscape element is forced to have one sound enabled
• All sounds are disable whilst the music is playing. To enable different sounds the music will need to be paused

Play or stop the music and enable or disable elements of the music.

1. Play or stop the music
2. Display or hide the soundscape display
3. Enable or disable the high notes
4. Enable or disable the melody
5. Enable or disable the bass
6. Enable or disable the drum
7. Enable or disable the ambience
8. Enable or disable the effects

Notes:

• The music automatically turns off after 45 minutes, this reduces battery usage whilst you sleep
• The screen dims based on the duration set in your "Auto-Lock" in the Display & Brightness Settings

Configure the music you are listening to.

1. Mode - Choose from Focus, Relax or Sleep mode which alter the speed and frequency of the parts of the music
2. Vary Ambience - Choose whether to loop or vary the ambience sounds
3. Average Heart Rate - Listen to music that matches your average heart-rate
4. Background Image - Change the background image for the Custom Theme

Subscribe either monthly or annually to Can't Sleep to access all presets and custom mode.

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