Friday, March 1, 2013

Music for Writing

I really enjoy music in my daily life.  I am familiar with a large variety of music styles and genre's.  So it should come as no surprise that I like to have music when I write.  I can't have just any music though.  I need something that helps with my mood, to get me into the proper frame of mind for what I am writing.

When I wrote Jeremy's Kiss, there was one song that really hit the right now for me while writing, other than that I simply used a radio or something similar and kept it turned low for background noise.  The song was "Bloodletting" by Concrete Blonde (and if you don't know already, Jeremy's Kiss is a Vampire story).

My current work in progress, Island of Regrets, actually has it's own playlist.  In fact, I created the playlist on YouTube and that is what I use when I am working on Island of Regrets.  It's only about 20 songs, so it can play through fairly quickly, but that is ok by me.  I am sharing my playlist here.  You are welcome to listen to and enjoy the music I write to.  You may even want to challenge yourself to figure out the real theme of the music and what that might say about the book I am working on.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOIzPLOvw4c8Me7cbbw4QRhyP9hdKXrtA

The only other thought I will share about music right now is that I am sure I am tired of listening to Taylor Swift go over her broken relationships in her songs.  Oh well, maybe it's just me, because the radio stations don't seem to agree.

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