Why Real Music Matters: The Neuroscience at the Heart of Audicin’s Nervous System Regulation
The Latest Science On How Music Regulates Your Nervous System and Mind States
We all have the experience that the right music can calm us down, help focus, spark creativity, or lull us to sleep. That 'yes' moment when the music matches our state and gets us to where we want to go. Conversely, we also know in seconds when the music isn’t right - we skip it.
That fast reaction is your nervous system responding to music before you even have the time to think. That is at the core of why music matters and why it is at the heart of what we do at Audicin.
At Audicin, music is our passion. Our Founder Laura Avonius is an award-winning composer (artist name GEA) and our co-Founder Dr. Victoria Williamson was a professional guitarist, with over a decade of experience as a music teacher, as well as being a world leading authority on music psychology and neuroscience. It should come as no surprise, given these roots, that our music is carefully designed from the first note.
Between our patent pending neuroscience guidelines and brilliant composers, Audicin music is designed intentionally to work with your brain not against it.
The latest neuroscience from the top thought leaders agrees that your brain naturally syncs with musical rhythm, tempo, and sound patterns. And when music matches what your nervous system needs, your whole mind and body respond.
How Music Talks to Your Brain
Your brain runs on rhythms, called brain waves. These rhythms change throughout the day depending on what you’re doing:
- Resting
- Focusing
- Creating
- Moving
- Sleeping
Music has rhythm too. When you listen, your brain locks onto the rhythm of the music, like two pendulums swinging together. Scientists call this synchronization, but you feel it as calm, energy, clarity, or emotion.
Research from the expert neuroscientist Professor Edward Large (2025) argues that music doesn’t just entertain the brain in this way, it helps organize it. Different music naturally guides the nervous system into different states.
His paper explains how the brain understands and enjoys music by synchronizing its rhythms with musical sounds. He argues that brain activity locks onto patterns in music - like beat, melody, and harmony - through resonance, similar to how a swing moves in time when pushed regularly.
This helps explain why music feels structured, emotional, and engaging. Also why many common features of music exist, because they fit well with how the human brain’s dynamic systems work, making music feel meaningful and satisfying to listen to.
Audicin uses this idea at its core: helping you choose music based on how you want to feel and function.
That is one reason why Audicin is much more than just binaural beats (although these are super important!). It is fundamentally great music, composed with the most sophisticated, science-based understanding of how music naturally synchronises with the brain.
One Brain, Many Mind States
Your brain moves through states naturally every day, as you transition through different stages of alertness and attention. Audicin supports the full range of brain rhythms, so you can use music intentionally 24/7 whether you want to wind down, tune in, or power up.
Here’s how Audicin music supports five key mind states.
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1. Sleep & Deep Rest
When you need to fully switch off
For sleep, your nervous system needs slow, steady sounds, both from modern instruments and ancient nature, that signal safety and rest. Fast or unpredictable music keeps the brain alert even if you feel tired, as the brain naturally syncs to the speed and messages within more complex musical styles. And lyrics are a big 'no' in this case.
How Audicin helps:
We offer music designed for deep rest, with:
- Slow tempos
- Gentle, consistent rhythms
- Low frequency instrumentation
- Minimal variation in melodic structure
This helps your brain slow down and prepares your body for quality sleep and recovery.
Our Favourite Journeys to listen to on Audicin (all in the category 'Sleep'):
1. Bedtime routine, to wind down:
Bedtime Prep
End of the Day
2. For quality rest:
Sleep
Sleep: Ocean Sounds
Sleep: Dream
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2. Calm & Stress Relief
When you want to relax but stay awake
Not all relaxation is about sleep. Sometimes you want to feel calm, grounded, and present, especially during a busy day. This is a cornerstone to a hot topic for 2026 wellbeing trends - recovery.
How Audicin helps:
Our calming tracks support a relaxed nervous system without making you drowsy. They’re ideal for:
- Reducing stress, and preventing stress build up over the course of the day
- Easing anxiety relating to upcoming events or challenges
- Regulating emotions around pressure and deadlines
Think of this as a reset button for your mind.
Our Favourite Journeys on Audicin:
1. To feel calm:
Be Present- Category: Relax
Crisis Recovery - Category: Relax - A favourite of mine, I listen most days!
Relieve Anxiety - Category: Relax
2. For longer-term stress resilience:
Get Back to My Body - Category: Relax
Me Time - Category: Relax
Recharge - Category: Work
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3. Focus & Productivity
When you need to concentrate
To focus, your brain needs structure but not distraction. Music with too much variation or lyrics can pull attention away from the task.
How Audicin helps with music that has :
- Clear rhythm structures
- Steady pace
- Instrumentation that blends into the background, low distraction
- NEVER any lyrics
Help your brain stay engaged and focused for longer periods, making work and study feel smoother. Your passport to flow.
Our Favourite Journeys on Audicin:
1. To get in 'The Zone':
Be Positive - Category: Focus
Reach that Goal - Category: Focus
Get Creative - Category: Creativity
2. If you are starting from a sluggish or low place, inspire productivity
Believe in Myself - Category: Work
Stimulate My Mind - Category: Work
Clear the Brain Fog - Category: Focus . Another favourite of mine, never fail to meet a target even when I am feeling low to start with.
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4. Reflection & Balance
When you want ideas to flow
Real thinking happens when the brain loosens up - not too rigid, not too chaotic. This calm state supports imagination, emotional insight, and new connections. This is where the body not only heals through gentle nervous system down regulation, but finds it's centre once again. A place where breakthroughs happen.
How Audicin helps:
- Encourage inward focus
- Support emotional processing
- Fire inspiration and 'aha' moments
Perfect for writing, art, journaling, mind wandering (if you are like me, whilst travelling) or deep thinking.
Our Favourite Journeys on Audicin:
Declutter My Mind - Category: Commute
Feel Inspired - Category: Commute
Nature Walk - Category: Commute
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5. Energy, Motivation & Momentum
When you need to move, act, or perform
Sometimes your nervous system needs a push. Music with strong rhythm and forward motion can energize the brain and body.
How Audicin helps:
Our high-energy tracks help:
- Boost motivation
- Increase alertness
- Discover and retain an attention spotlight
- Support physical energy and stamina
Great for workouts, creative sprints, or getting out of a slump.
Our Favourite Journeys on Audicin:
1. For energy:
Brain Boost - Category: Focus
Mind Shower - Category: Work
Prepare for Exercise - Category: Focus
2. For keeping up momentum:
Lock in for Victory - Category: Creativity
Problem Solve - Category: Creativity
Get that Promotion - Category: Creativity
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Why Audicin Is Different
Most music apps help you discover songs, or AI generated tones. Audicin helps you unlock states of mind naturally. Our breakthrough neuromusic system is built around how the brain actually responds to real music so helping you:
- Regulate your nervous system
- Move smoothly between mind states
- Use music as a daily self-care tool, moving from the intuitive to the informed application of music for your wellbeing
- Listen with purpose, not guesswork, with the best expertise at your fingertips
Instead of asking, “What song do I want?” , Audicin prompts you to ask simply, “Where do I need to be right now?” - and it gets you to that state effortlessly.
Music, Guided by Your Nervous System
Your brain already knows how to respond to music because humans have been using music for their wellbeing for as long as records exist, and probably far longer. Audicin helps you listen to music in a new, smarter way.
By matching music to your nervous system across sleep, calm, focus, creativity, and energy Audicin turns listening into a tool for balance, clarity, and well-being.
Let your brain lead. Audicin provides the musical solution.