YOUR LIFE DESERVES A SOUNDTRACK
The QDP Playlist
Music can change the energy of a moment.
Music can change the energy of a moment. Sometimes you need something that shifts your thinking or gets you moving. Other times you need to find something that lets you feel what you feel. Or you need something to make you feel great and simply make life more fun. Choose what you need right now and press play. These playlists give music for a positive mindset.
What do you need right now?
A Soundtrack
for Your Life
I can always count on music for a positive mindset. Certain songs have changed the way I think, carried me through hard moments, made me feel understood, or simply made an ordinary day more fun.
These playlists are intentionally all over the place—old and new, loud and quiet, familiar and a little weird.
Because a bigger life deserves a bigger soundtrack.
—Skye
I'm Having a Rough Moment
Something to carry you until the moment passes.
I Need to Feel It
Sometimes you don't need cheering up. You need the right song.
I Want to Celebrate!
Good things are even better when you celebrate with music.
I'm Going on a Road Trip
Windows down. Volume up.
Let's go!
I Need a Fresh Start
New beginnings don't require a new year.
I Just Want to Have
Some Fun
Let loose! Life doesn't always have to be so serious.
Playlist
Change Your Mind
QUESTION THE OLD STORY. SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
These are songs about changing perspective, questioning what you've been told, letting go of old assumptions, and seeing your life differently. Some of these were part of my own early attempts to change my relationship with drinking; others simply remind me that the way we think can change everything.
25 Songs
1 hr 24 min
Featured Songs
Black Violin
Stereotypes
Classical technique meets hip-hop—and challenges the boxes we put people in.
Kishi Bashi
Philosophize In I! Chemicalize With It!
Violin. Indi pop. Completely unexpected. Turn it up!
Taylor Swift
Clean
Sometimes you don't realize you're through something until you look back.
Skye's Pick
Sister Hazel
Change Your Mind
This song inspired this playlist. It's a perfect reminder that we can look at things differently, let go of old assumptions and choose a new path.
OFF Spotify
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
You won't find this one in the Spotify playlist. KGLW removed most of their music from Spotify in 2025 after objecting to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's investment in defense technology. I love a band willing to live its beliefs —and a song called Change couldn't be more at home here.
Listen on Bandcamp
Playlist
I Need a Confidence Boost
STAND TALLER. TURN IT UP.
Some days you need a reminder that you can handle whatever is in front of you. These songs have attitude, resilience, swagger, and a little defiance. Turn them up when you need to remember your strength, trust yourself, and walk into the next thing like you belong there.
27 Songs
1 hr 30 min
Featured Songs
Santana
Winning
Sometimes you need a song that sounds like you've already got this.
Black Violin
Impossible is Possible
Violin and hip-hop collide in a reminder not to let other people define what's possible for you.
The Ting Tings
That's Not My Name
Bright, punchy, and wonderfully unapologetic about knowing who you are.
Skye's Pick
Rancid
Fall Back Down
This one is personal. I listened to Fall Back Down a lot during a difficult time in my life, and it reminded me to notice the people who were there for me. Confidence isn't always about standing alone. Sometimes it's knowing that when you fall, you have people beside you—and you can get back up.
Playlist
I Need to Get Moving
Walk. Dance. Move your body and change the energy.
Sometimes the best way to change your energy is to move. These songs were chosen for momentum—the kind of beat that makes you walk a little faster, get out of your chair, or keep going when you’d rather stop. Put it on, turn it up, and let your body take it from there.
25 Songs
1 hr 37 min
Featured Songs
James Brown
Get Up Offa That Thing
Possibly the most direct musical instruction ever written. Get up. Move. Feel better.
The Ting Tings
Shut Up and Let Me Go
A relentless beat, a little attitude, and very little chance of sitting still.
Angine de Poitrine
Fabienk
Weird, unexpected, and exactly the kind of discovery that makes a playlist more fun.
Skye's Pick
Ramones
I Wanna Be Sedated
This one has history for me. I Wanna Be Sedated was part of the soundtrack when I tried to quit drinking back in 2008. All these years later, it still makes me want to move. Some songs stay with you—and sometimes they end up meaning something entirely different than they did the first time around.
Playlist
I Need to Reduce My Stress
SLOW DOWN. BREATHE. LET SOME OF IT GO.
When everything feels a little too loud, sometimes you need music that asks nothing of you. This playlist brings together gentle classical music, jazz, strings, soft vocals, and quiet instrumentals chosen to help you slow the pace and settle into the moment. Take a breath, unclench your shoulders, and let the music do some of the work.
28 Songs
1 hr 48 min
Featured Songs
Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Quiet, spacious piano that seems to create a little more room to breathe.
Camille Saint-Saëns
The Swan
Cello at its most graceful—slow, beautiful, and wonderfully calming.
Stan Getz & João Gilberto
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
Soft bossa nova, gentle vocals, and a rhythm that makes the world feel a little less hurried.
Skye's Pick
Kishi Bashi
I Am the Antichrist to You
Don’t let the title scare you away. This is one of those songs that makes me stop and listen. The violin, the voice, the layers of sound—it’s beautiful, unusual, and completely absorbing. Sometimes reducing stress isn’t about trying to empty your mind. It’s about giving your mind something beautiful to rest on.