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“My stepfather sent this 78 recording to my mother during WWII from South Africa. So this piece reminds me of many things like keeping calm, courage, be yourself when playing the music etc.”īegin the Beguine – sung by Richard Tauber And I made it and passed with distinction in the end. Later it was also him who encouraged me to take the grade 8 test even when I found I practiced the wrong version one day before the test. l always thought I was very bad at playing this wonderful piece, but he was amazed and transformed by it. “I was practicing it when my boyfriend came to visit me for the first time. I lost her once after a big fight during both of us in depression but then she came back to me (thank god).” “This piece reminds me of my friends who always joyful, encouraging and loving. “For friendships I’ve had more than half my life (I will have for the rest of my life)” “reminds me of the love of my life, although we are no longer physically – we always will be in spiritual reality” “Pretty much anything from her album ‘The Idler, The Wheel’, because her pain calms my pain”Īll the things you are – Art Tatum/Ben Webster “for love”Īlso same song by Peter Sellars – “(for laughter)”ĭance me to the end of love – Leonard Cohen “when I want to feel better, reminds me of my lovely mum” “when I want to wallow it reminds me of how mundane sadness is” Jazz Man – Carole King submitted by Dan Egglington Stay Gold + Shattered and Hollow – First Aid Kit submitted by Bethan Vann That’s Amore – Dean Martin submitted by Lee Murrayĭon’t Touch My Hair – Solange submitted by Peyee Chen Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen submitted by Lot Grundy Lucky Man – The Verve/Richard Ashcroft submitted by Lee Murray The Civil Wars submitted by Lizzie Franks

Take My Hand – Clare Cordell submitted by Emily Jane Kerr Loveless (album) – My Bloody Valentine submitted by Peyee Chen My Heart Will Go On – Postmodern Jukebox submitted by Emily Jane Kerr Post on Twitter or Facebook with the handle #SurvivalPlaylist and tag me in with (Twitter) or (Facebook) The Survival Playlist You can also listen to all this wonderful music through the Survival Playlist on my YouTube channel I will never share any information you consider private.

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And if you feel free to share, let me know how this music relates to a specific time in your life, if this song or piece of music is uplifting, cathartic, nostalgic or anything else for you.

Please feel free to get in touch through any of the above. Your submission can be a single song, several songs, an album, a concert, a band etc. The Survival Playlist is a playlist made up of submissions from audiences of Empty Room as well as anyone around the world who gets in touch, either through email, Facebook or Twitter. Music has been central to my life and my art and I wanted to explore other people’s relationship to music in their lives. While developing Empty Room I became more and more interested in the songs or music that we use to get us through difficult times.

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