Music has a way of opening your brain.
For me, the B-52's, Rock lobster, transports me to a sunny bedroom in Kentucky, it's the early 80's, and I'm a freshman in high school. Suddenly, yellow shag carpet springs up under my feet. My bed
We all have music that whisks us away to other times or places and so it is for writers. Each story has its own soundtrack. Some worlds are melancholy while others are whimsical. When creating the world for my book, The Last Stored, I turned on Pandora and found my groove. So I thought, it would be fun to share the music I used to help get me in that special creative place. These are in no order whatsoever...- Life, by Avett Brothers
- Look What You've Done, by Jet
Morningbird - The One That Got Away, by The Civil Wars
- I do What I Can, by Loney Dear
Human - Down, by Jason Walker
- Gollum's Song, by Howard Shore
- Run Daddy Run, by Miranda Lambert
- All The Rowboats, by Regina Spektor
- Trouble Is A Friend, by Lenka
- Head Full Of Doubt, by The Avett Brothers
- Float On, by Modest Mouse
- New Slang, by The Shins
- You Picked Me, by A Fine Frenzy
- Broken, by Lauren Hoffman
- Music For A Found Harmonium, by Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Untitled 3, by Sigur Ros
- Bright, by Stafraenn Hakon
- Woods Part Of When, by Noe Venable
- Disappear, by The Gabe Dixon Band
Currently I'm writing a speculative fiction novel, and surprisingly, I find that the book suits the B-52s and The Talking Heads, even though it is darker than The Last Stored. Funny, I didn't plan for that to happen and it doesn't sound like it would fit but it does for me.
What music makes you more creative? Any strange tune which doesn't seem to fit, but it works for you? I'd love to hear!
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