Book Music
I don’t listen to music just a whole lot, normally when I am working on something (such as at work, working in the yard, writing, etc.) An odd thing I have noticed is that when I am focused on something monotonous, and the right song hits, I sometimes tie it to pieces of my story. A lot of times it just seems to be the background music for a bunch of disjointed scenes, like movie trailer. Other times, it might provide flavor and context to a scene I already have in mind. A few have even given me ideas for whole stories altogether.
This is my current list of songs. I am trying to shake it up because some of these are starting to get stale. I don’t choose these. Most of the time, I have heard them on the radio at the right time and they just strike a chord. I keep them around for as long as they give me goosebumps. Rainbow in the dark is just about the only one that is about something that has already been read. I already had most of the story for Sorcerer Rising written when I first heard it, but it fascinated me. All the rest of these are for future things, but I’ll call them out one day.
- Hair of the Dog (Nazareth)
- Love Runs Out (OneRepublic)
- Undone (Korn)
- Rainbow in the Dark (Dio)
- Bad Moon Rising (Creedance Clearwater)
- Run Through the Jungle (Creedance Clearwater)
- Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
- Phantom of the Opera Medley (Lindsey Stirling)
- Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicke Minaj)
- See You Again (Wiz Khalifa)
- Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked (Cage the Elephant)
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Eurythmics)
- The Sound of Silence (Disturbed)
- Enter Sandman (Metallica)
- Thunderstruck (AC/DC)
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