An Important Note About SPOTIFY

“Why These DJ Mixes Aren’t on Spotify” by Matt Xavier

I know many friends, guides and therapists rely on Spotify and similar services for music. It’s familiar. It’s ridiculously cheap. It’s easy to share. And for those just getting started with music curation, it can feel like the safest option in a vast and often overwhelming landscape of sound. So if that’s where you are right now, I totally understand. You’re already ahead of the curve just by caring about your soundtrack. 👏🎶

But here’s the truth you won’t hear from the streaming platforms, they butcher and starve the very artists who create the music while getting obscenely wealthy in the process. It’s simply uncool.

And now, unofficial playlists made from the protocols in this book are popping up on those streaming platforms and guess what? They’re butchered too. They strip away the DJ transitions, custom edits, emotional arc, and mastering that make these psilocybin protocols function as continuous journeys rather than disjointed playlists. Worse yet, those services don’t even host all the music, which means the versions floating around there are incomplete at best — and misleading at worst.

But most importantly, they pay artists fractions of a fraction a penny per play, while simultaneously using AI-generated tracks to replace humans entirely. Again, not cool.

If music is medicine, then Spotify is fast food. Convenient, yes, but nutritionally empty. And sometimes even harmful, especially to the creators it’s supposed to feed.

These protocols were built with carefully engineered flow, energy modulation, silence placement, harmonic sequencing, and deep emotional pacing captured in live psychedelic sessions. They are meant to be experienced as continuous journeys — not shuffled, not interrupted, not cut to pieces by playlists and algorithms.

So here’s how to experience them properly:

✅ Listen to the protocols on SoundCloud — these are the full journeys, exactly as they were designed.

The Psychedelic DJ - Psilocybin Therapy Protocol 1: https://soundcloud.com/astrangelyisolatedplace/matt-xavier-psilocybin-therapy-protocol-1

The Psychedelic DJ - Psilocybin Therapy Protocol 2: https://soundcloud.com/deepbreakfastseries/deep-breakfast-318-matt-xavier

✅ If a track moves you and you want to use it in sessions, buy it on Bandcamp or directly from the artist website — so the artist actually gets paid fairly and the ecosystem stays alive.

Psilocybin Therapy Protocol 1 Purchase List (Bandcamp): https://bandcamp.com/mattxavier/playlist/thepsydj-psilocybin-therapy-protocol-122-purchase-list

If we’re going to call music a co-therapist, then let’s treat its creators with the same respect we’d give any client in the room. 💖

As outlined in Chapter 9: Therapeutic Music Collecting, one of the most powerful ways to deepen your practice is to begin building a personal library of emotionally attuned, high-quality music. You don’t need to be a professional DJ, just someone with the curiosity and care to select music that moves the soul.

The Index of Artists and Remixers in the back of the book is a tribute to the musicians whose work forms the foundation of the protocols and playlists featured throughout The Psychedelic DJ. Thank you all for you unwavering dedication to creating the sounds, frequencies and vibrations we love so much!

Use the links on this page to explore their Bandcamp pages and official websites. Whenever possible, buy the music directly. Many of these artists are independent and rely on listener support to continue creating transformational soundscapes.

Every track is more than just music—it’s a potential co-therapist. Treat your collection as a living library for healing, ceremony, and inner exploration.