Cue the Music
I am digging into a new project that needs to get done, like yesterday (okay, by the middle of October) and I still have my playlist from my last project blaring through my headphones.
I’m not really the kind of writer who pulls together a playlist for each book she writes, but there are songs on my list right now that will always remind me of working on the Shame and Terric books (most recently STONE COLD). When I hear them, my mind slips into that world and those characters, which is super helpful when I’m writing in that world and those characters, but right now….not so much.
So it’s time to go looking for some new music.
How do you discover new music? Lately, I’ve found some great (unknown to me) songs from watching trailers and fanvids on Youtube *cough-supernatural-cough* and *cough-haven-cough* –and by the way, there are some great fanvids out there, so rock on fanvidders!
Other than that, I listen to Last.fm or Pandora or other people’s playlists and pick up a few tunes here and there, but I sure could use more.
Heard any good music lately?
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3 Comments
Colleen
I am a troglodyte when it comes to new music unless I am stabbed in the eye with it ( can anyone say Blurred Lines). I do have 2 play lists for the gym and bike riding that are heavy on rock so keep me moving. I usually like Linkin Park, Stone Sour, Three Days Grace and Staind, Myles Kennedy/Slash, and Shinedown. I am in my mid-50’s so my family thinks this is hilarious.
Northwoman
I discover it through friends, through Tv sometimes and sometimes just by being at an event. I was at Harley Davidson’s 110th anniversary in Milwaukee last weekend and got to hear lots of bands, old and new. One band that I knew because of Sons of Anarchy but had not heard too much is The White Buffalo and they are amazing. I am now buying every album they have. I also heard Lynryd Skynryd, The Doobie Brothers, Elvin Bishop and Katey Sagal & the Forest Rangers to name a few. It was wonderful
Gorillamonk
I’m kinda like the other commentators, I’ve been listening to a lot of “classic” bands. But, I’ve started branching off a bit and finding others that fit within that same breed of awesome music that plays through my head when reading a book. Some good listens:
Breaking Benjamin
Puscifer (some amazingly *magic* channeling rock music)
Coheed and Cambria (they have a story in their music – might RUIN the flow of concentration but it will sound good when things break.)
Chevelle
Nine Inch Nails (left unsaid, of course)
Soundgarden/Temple of the Dog/Audioslave = all equal Chris Cornell which sounds very northwest in my imagination.
of course, there’s tons more but, just those 6+ you’ve got a few DAYS of listening.