Escape Your Day

Escape Your Day

Epic Daydreams & Guided Meditations

Because sometimes we need just need to escape...

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Matthew James
Oct 06, 2025

If your days are fraught with challenges and stress, and you need a break—to be whisked to far away worlds, to experience immersive audio daydreams that are fantastic, relaxing and inspiring, then I’m creating this newsletter for you...

I’m Matthew James, I’m a full-time dad who loves to create immersive games and stories for my daughters, and I’ve found that this translates really well to audio. I come from a background in TV animation, and imagining vivid cinematic scenes has never been a problem for me, especially if I’m listening to music. And yet I was surprised to find that not everyone finds it easy. This is why, I decided to create a range of ‘audio daydreams’—so that other’s can enjoy the exhilaration and the pleasure at experiencing fantastical worlds.

Join me as we wander the mountains and deserts, jungles and cities of imagination, exploring the wild beauty of the fantastical, one immersive daydream at a time.

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