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Ok it's realy 2 questions. Anyways, I listen to music when I write, mostly Metal. Something loud like Metal is use to help with some not so loud like writing and reading.
The questions are,
1.) Anyone think this is strange? (I feel it's not, but that's just me.)
2.) What do u do help with you writing?
Not sure if anyone will respond, but ya never know.
Take Care
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I listen to music too.
While writing, I mostly listen to Jazz, Blues, and Big band music from the '30's to the '50's. Sometimes I'll listen to Classical music, just to mix it up. Rock is just a little too distracting for writing.
I try not to listen to music with lyrics, I get distracted, making up my own words to those songs.
Mr. Ram
Music and Creativity
De gustibus disputandem non est. The words may not be in correct order; however, there is no disputing taste. Mozart played skittles, many composers took long walks. For others it just flowed. Rossini wrote pieces on dinner napkins. Apparently, he was a gormand, and food inspired him. What ever inspires you is what is right for you. I listen to classical music, in the back ground, when I write. Right now, it is not working.
Portia
Portia
Whistle while you work...
I like music, no I love music, I just can't listen to it when writing fiction. I used to, but I find it too distracting nowadays. Perhaps it's my age, I mean I love Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Nickleback, Evanessence, Tommy Bolin, Gary Moore, Kansas, UFO, Van Halen and all that, but it just tends to take me away from what I'm writing. Sometimes it has to be Steel Pulse, LKJ, Bob Marley, Pete Tosh, Third World, Inner CIrcle or something else Jamaican.
It largely depends upon what I'm writing. If its technical, then music has to be there on hand, but if it's fiction, I need to know what my characters are doing, where they are in relation to one another, what's going to happen next and oh, did I not say? Since it's usually the characters that write my pieces for me, I need to be able to hear them.
To help, a nice hot cup of coffee and a constant supply of cigarettes seem to do the trick for me.
I don't just look it, I'm totally evil
I often listen to music
I often listen to music while I write, but it's as much to block out other distractions as anything. The more distractions there are, the harder it is for me to get anything done. TV is particularly bad for me in that way. I just can't not look! :( I do love music, though, so sometimes when things are quiet I'll still put some music on. I just play random stuff from my playlist on my computer, so it can be pretty much any kind of music.
"But it is also tradition that times *must* and always do change, my friend." - Eddie Murphy, Coming To America
When writing...
I tend to listen to music that isn't too distracting, that can just bubble along without really demanding any attention. Tends to be stuff I used to like more but grew apart from for other listening contexts a long time ago. Like Enya, Brian Eno, other ambient.
If I put on something I'm more into now, like Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Muse... I just end up sitting and listening to it. They're too demanding of attention. OTOH these sorts of things work really well when I'm programming. Completely different brain mode, especially when I have to get something working by a deadline.
Most of the time, though, I don't listen to music at all.
music is personal
in that it speaks to each of us just a little differently. Eclectic is how I would describe my tastes in the baliwick of the terpsichrean muse. Celtic? love it! Appalachian bluegrass? great stuff! from ars antuiqua and ars nova (SCA roots) to symphonic goth, I love them all, just at different times; sometimes only a sad song will work, while at others only an uplifting melody will do!
All that being said, I will confess to not caring much for the last few years of what they call country music, but I attribute it to the fact that most of the melodies have been written and a lot of the work is derivative works of the greats (see "Melancholy Elephants" for the proper refernces).
Currently, I have been listening to movie scores (not soundtracks, listening to "Transformers: The Score" now), which are more like modern classical than anything, although symphonic goth is great too (Laguna Coil, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Evanessence, etc). I also admit to favoritism to orchestral pieces (think of some of the ELO and Moody Blue pieces).
Hugs and good writing to you,
Diana
Music is almost always in
Music is almost always in the background when I work. It can range from Beethoven, to jazz, to classic rock, 80's rock, ska, punk... I guess for me it depends on my mood what I listen to. This weekend I was working on a particularly dim section of the book I'm working on and listened to several hours of requiems by various composers. At the moment I'm listening to Mighty Mighty Bosstones... Just depends ;-)
Not strange in the least to listen to stuff! I find too much quiet disturbing sometimes actually...
-Tiffany :-)
Writing
I cannot write unless I have music in the background - most of my stories start with a visual impression of my main character, and coincidentally, either the music I'm playing at the time or the artist with another song helps form the story. I like jazz, classical, Celtic, old show tunes, opera, and even a little contemporary Christian or hymns; and I even incorporate the songs from time to time. It's almost like finding what makes you feel like writing, and even what puts you in the mood for your story. You like Metal, so it works for you. And sweetheart, you are definitely not strange. I'm glad you asked your question, and I enjoyed the responses to your post. God bless, dear, and have a great week! 'drea
Love, Andrea Lena
Nothin much, just...
TV, Ham radio (all the time), weather radar (if needed) on other computer, music (mostly rock and pop) and chess.com on third computer.
Love,
Paula
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune
Paula
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
The Coda
Chapterhouse: Dune