Music and Writing

Many people like to write without distraction or anything bothering them, focusing their thoughts or something comes better to them that way? Well I disagree, I personally love and put out my best work when listening to heavy power metal, symphonic and battle metal for my fantasy stories.

Examples of them:

The ENTIRE Insurgency Album (non-stop writing for 24 hours lol)
Dragonforce - Any song they play.
Nightwish - Beauty of the Beast, Fantasmic, Ghost Love Score.
Sabaton - Wolfpack, Primo Victoria, Attero Dominatus
Savage Cirus - Evil Eyes
Blind Guardian - Bard's Song.

Also about anything on Live365's Epic Rock Radio and Warrior Radio.

So you music and writing addicts come out and tell everyone what you listen to when you write!

I can write any piece of writing to any piece of music, apart from poetry in which there has to be silence.

I will listen to anything, but usually stuff I know the lyrics to because I love singing. Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera are usually what I listen too, but I've started listening to Amy Pearson a lot. Really whatever I feel like putting on.

E Nomine and some Rammstein songs really get my creative juices flowing. I've written a whole short story (22 pages, but short by comparsion) based on their song "Sonne."

I go through phases, though certain stories have certain soundtracks. (eg: I always listen to the X/1999 soundtrack/character files when I work on That Story™.)

Right now I've been listening to Carbon Leaf and Johnny Clegg & Savuka a lot, but John Lennon, Jim White and Bob Dylan inspire me.

Lately I've been mixing through my German dance metal, and my choral music.. I think for NaNoWriMo I'll make a writing play list, which will probably consist of a lot of classical and Gregorian chant music. I can't get away from Gregorian chant right now. ^_~

For me it has to be something upbeat, passionate, and meaningful. Skillet, Linkin Park, TobyMac, Evanescence (very good for "Firebrand"). Worship music. the "Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia" CD. (anybody heard that? really good stuff!) That kinda thing.

Eisbrecher pwns Nightwish. ... for that matter, Rammstein pwns Eisbrecher.

I find that I write best when I'm playing music that alludes vaguely to the scene in question: a lyric, a note, a key that evokes a certain memory or standpoint as it relates to the character or setting.

i find I write best listening to music late at night. My stories would not be what they are today without Power metal bands like Blind Guardian (I'm sorry but they kick Dragonforce's butt. Learn to write different tempos besides "look we're on SPEED!") Edguy, Rhapsody. I also find Muse, Radiohead, Post-Rock (genre), and almost anything helps.

When I write I listen to alot of adult contempory like Corrine Bailey Rae, Yael Naim, some Nelly Furtado, Dido, Ingrid Michaelson, etc. It gives me serious inspration.

When i write, i generally prefer silence.

If i do want some background noise, it has to be somthing pretty mellow. The last time i listened to music while writing i listen to Colbie Caillat - Bubbly, and a few Sarah Mclachlan songs among other artists.

Pretty strange since i'm a punk/rock kinda girl :p

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