When I logged in to post my first NaNo total for the day, I found a comment waiting for me in response to a blog I wrote at the beginning of last month about NaNoWriMo CD Share. I was asked to post an example or two of playlists NaNoers have listened to. I can certainly do that, but with this caveat - no one has exactly the same taste in music, and what is going to work for one NaNoer isn't going to always work for another.
I know, for me, there are a lot of variables when I make up a playlist. A few examples:
- What state of mind is my MC in?
- Where is he/she during the scene I'm writing?
- What type of music does my MC strike me as listening to?
Now, to the playlist examples:
Example #1: (sent to me last year in the CD exchange)
- Love I Not Honor Anymore - Gods and Generals Soundtrack
- Farewell - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Soundtrack
- Mad World - Gary Jules
- I'll Be a Virgin, I'll Be A Mountain - Maximillian Hecker
- Stormy Weather - Billy Holiday
- My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra
- Baby (Is What He Calls Me) - Peggy Lee
- Mornings Eleven - The Magic Numbers
- Immaterial White - FreeTEMPO
- Dipper Mouth Blues - Arturo Sandoval
- We Go Together - Grease Soundtrack
- Dancing in the Street - Sister Act II Soundtrack
- I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
- Get Away - Matthew West
- Liars, Inc - Freakhouse
- A Knife in the Dark - Lord of the Rings Soundtrack
- Through the Bamboo Forest - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Soundtrack
- Theme from Jaws - John Williams
- Somebody Told Me - The Killers
- You're Not a Reaver - Serenity Soundtrack
- Innocent - Fuel
- Wild Thing - The Troggs
- That Ain't My Truck - Rhett Akins
- Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera/Pink/Maya/Lil Kim
- Fully Alive - Flyleaf
- Name - Goo Goo Dolls
- If I Can't Have You - Kelly Clarkson
- Windy - The Association
- Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
- Overture - 101 Dalmations Soundtrack
- Hicktown (Radio Edit) - Jason Aldrean
- Push Me Away - Kutless
- Let's Go to Vegas - Faith Hill
- The Unwinding Cable Car - Anberlin
- Dance, Dance - Fallout Boy
- Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
- Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
- Breathe You In - Thousand Foot Krutch
2 comments:
For me it's Pulp all the way - seriously, it's a secret I want ot share. Put on Pulp, and write. You'll become prolific just like that! (disclaimer - it worked for me, it might not work for you but I hope it does).
I don't think I've ever heard of Pulp. I guess I'll have to check it out and see. There was awhile where I used Pandora, though...
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