Science-backed music
Music is the heart and soul of fitness, wellness, sports, and health apps, but not all functional music is created equal. If you want music for your brand that does what it says it does, it’s vital to seek out music that follows scientific principles.
By collaborating with top scientists and commissioning music from world-class musicians, Feed Originals delivers science-backed functional music purpose-built for wellness outcomes.
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There is no affiliation, connection, association or endorsement of the products, goods or services displayed on this page by the copyright owners, featured recording artists and authors of the sound recordings (and the musical works embodied therein) transmitted through the Feed.fm player.
There is no affiliation, connection, association or endorsement of the products, goods or services displayed on this page by the copyright owners, featured recording artists and authors of the sound recordings (and the musical works embodied therein) transmitted through the Feed.fm player.
Harnessing the power of music
A thoughtful appreciation of the effects of music on the brain is at the core of our curatorial approach. Music initiates a cascade of powerful changes in the brain, providing the opportunity to enhance outcomes in the areas of motivation, memory, focus, relaxation, mood enhancement, and more. Access to a science-backed music library is vital to ensure the effectiveness of music as a health and wellness tool.
How functional music impacts us
Rhythm
Rhythm can be a powerful tool to supply motivation and energy.
Tone
Musical tones can be organized in a way that mimics the properties the human tone of voice to influence feelings.
Social Connection
Music can inspire a feeling of connection even when we’re alone, especially if it moves you to dance or sing along.
Reward
Through stimulating the reward system, music can affect many aspects of our behavior and health.
Following the research
To ensure that our music library contains only the best workout and wellness music, Feed.fm has teamed up with scientists with highly specialized expertise in functional music and biomusicology to inform our process.

We collaborated with Dr. Costas Karageorghis of Brunel University London, an expert in the psychological and physiological effects of music, to optimize workout music. His principles guide our curation, enhancing motivation and performance.

We enlisted the talents of Dr. Daniel Bowling, a neuroscientist from Stanford University School of Medicine to apply biomusicology in defining effective wellness music for sleep, relaxation, focus, and meditation. His expertise in music's effects on the brain helped us create an optimal wellness music library.
Building a science-backed music catalog
The expert curation team at Feed.fm employs these science-backed musical principles as they commission Feed Originals tracks and create curated music stations and playlists. Carefully considering such components as melody and harmony, rhythm, and tone, our music curators ensure that the functional music that makes it into the library really does what it’s supposed to. From beats per minute to frequency to the presence or absence of lyrics, the qualities of each track are intentionally composed and categorized.
Scaling the science
The specific parameters that go into creating and curating science-backed music depend on whether it is intended to support functions like relaxation, sleep, focus, or athletic performance.
Expert curation is critical when it comes to translating the ideal ranges for functional music’s rhythm, tone, bpm, and other qualities into delivering the right music to the right person at the right time.
Relaxation music
Focus music
We’re excited to partner with Feed.fm to offer customers an even more immersive and personalized massage experience.
We are thrilled to partner with Feed.fm to integrate science-backed music into the Aaptiv platform.
Feed.fm has really unlocked our growth potential, letting us scale Barry’s X globally.
Feed.fm allows us to bring music into our product flexibly and efficiently.
We found Feed.fm really straightforward to integrate … it’s been a huge benefit to us.
Feed.fm has powered a world class music experience for Future customers since our app first launched.
The integration was easy to set up … our music stations are continually updated with fresh music.
We’re excited to partner with Feed.fm to offer customers an even more immersive and personalized massage experience.
We are thrilled to partner with Feed.fm to integrate science-backed music into the Aaptiv platform.
Feed.fm has really unlocked our growth potential, letting us scale Barry’s X globally.
Feed.fm allows us to bring music into our product flexibly and efficiently.
We found Feed.fm really straightforward to integrate … it’s been a huge benefit to us.
Feed.fm has powered a world class music experience for Future customers since our app first launched.
The integration was easy to set up … our music stations are continually updated with fresh music.
The right music can stimulate reward, reduce stress, and improve mood, putting your brain in a position to better achieve many wellness outcomes, such as focusing.
Daniel Bowling, PhD
Stanford School of Medicine, Feed.fm Wellness Music Advisor & Author: Biological principles for music and mental health.
Feed Originals
The science-backed music you've been looking for
At Feed.fm, we specialize in curating music for health and wellness outcomes, and our exclusive music collection, Feed Originals. We are excited to help more businesses tap into the proven-benefits of music with our new royalty-free music collection.
Get in on the conversation
For more insight into how and why Feed Originals was created, enjoy this conversation about the origins of this innovative and unique science-backed music library and the ways that it introduces a never-seen-before freedom and ease to the process of music licensing.
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