About the Site and Author

Hi, my name's John. Around the start of this decade, several months into a personal crisis over turning 30, I decided to sign up for Tumblr to see if I could pretend to be a millennial and turn back the clock a little. It didn't work, but for about a year I managed to keep track of the random songs I had stuck in my head when I woke up.

Does anyone else get that? Every morning some snippet of music is bouncing around my increasingly barren brain pan. I'll keep track of those tunes here along with unrelated music posts as the mood strikes. This is more of a personal exercise to document the fleeting musical moments of my mornings, but I'd be delighted if you found something enjoyable.

If you're inclined to listen to the most random playlist ever created, all of the songs from this site and from the old Tumblr (minus the ones that are unavailable) have been compiled here: Ascending Melodies, a Spotify playlist.

Ascending Melody


Every morning I wake up with a random song stuck in my head. It's not necessarily something I've been listening to recently—I may not have heard it in years. This is a list of those songs.


「ベーグル」

June 27, 2018  In Morning Melody

“Closer”

April 28, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Out of the Woods”

April 27, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Suddenly Everything Has Changed”

April 26, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Ultralight Beam”

April 25, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Fat Lip”

April 24, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Corduroy”

April 23, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Angeles”

April 21, 2017  In Morning Melody

“Alive”

April 19, 2017  In Morning Melody
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