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What music inspires you to write?


  • ArcticFox
    Jun 19 3:20 PM
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    I don't usually write with music on, but I like to listen to music beforehand to get into a certain mood. For some reason Coldplay inspires me. What about you?

  • Barbara
    June 19
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    Apocalyptica, Ozzy, Debussey, Garou, and Hedley.
    This week.

    Next week it'll be a new song list.

    • ArcticFox
      June 26
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      Omg, Barbara!! I'm listening to Apocalyptica right now...they're amazing! Thanks for introducing me

  • CactusJack
    June 19
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    Jazz,Michael Buble, soft sissy crap.
    I had to think about this one.
    I tried Apocalyptica but I just end up rocking and forget about writing.
    Sometimes Ray Charles and Miles Davis do the trick too.

    • Barbara
      June 19
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      Hey, headbang enough to Apocalyptica, and you're bound to type out a few sentences with your head.

      • CactusJack
        June 20
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        I can't sit down and rock out lol
        I have used Korn as inspiration in the past. I guess it depends on the song and how 'good' the band is, whether or not I can stay focused.

        • Barbara
          June 20
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          I have to listen to their 'classical' inspired songs when I write. (I do the rocking thing, too... or swaying at times, when it's "Faraway".)

          Lately, I've been listening to the soundtrack to Spamalot. ('Always look on the bright side of life'... and yes, I do the whistling)

          • CactusJack
            June 20
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            Thats one musical that is actually on my list to see! lol
            I've seen Wicked, the Lion King and Chicago. Might have to travel to NYC to catch spamalot. I don't think they're coming back here anytime soon.
            Never tried to listen to any of them while writing though...

  • ArcticFox
    June 20
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    hmmm i should try Apocalyptica

    • Barbara
      June 20
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      Everyone should!
      (I'm on a one-woman mission to spread their music )

  • SympatheticMisery
    June 20
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    The type of music would have to depend on the mood of the story you want to write.

    Personally, I like listening to Blue October, Green Day, or Anti-Flag while I write (huge variety of rock ;D)

  • Sange1
    June 21
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    Nightwish, Loreena Mckennit, Enya, Epica, most new age, all celtic, and almost anything with unique orchestral/symphonic sounds that portray images in the way classical music is intended to.

  • Snuggle-Bunny
    June 21
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    It depends on what kind of story that I'm writing, although I love to listen to Weezer, Coldplay, The Killers, Keane, Panic! At the Disco, Paramore, the list goes on and on. ^_^;;

    • ArcticFox
      June 22
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      katie, you just listed a lot of my favorite bands

  • BreakingDawn
    June 22
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    It changes a lot, but I like to listen to classical music while I'm writing.

  • Snuggle-Bunny
    June 22
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    O_o

    Lol, I did? I listened to Panic! At the Disco a lot while writing 'Accepted', but just their first album.

  • Snuggle-Bunny
    June 22
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    I like their new song, 'Nine in the Afternoon'.

  • GuitarShank
    June 26
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    Well... it comes down to my two favorite bands: Boston and Dave Matthews Band... or I'll listen to my mixed classic rock CDs (it's not old, it's classic )

    I like music that hasn't been totally copied from some famous predecessor(s)

  • Miyuki
    July 16
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    I always listen to Korn when writing. I turn it up really loud and just write, so I'm totally not sure if it's helping me or not. My favorite to listen to is Take a Look in the Mirror, but also their Greatest Hits vol. 1.

  • SimplyTaylor
    July 17
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    I suck at listening to music an writing at the same time.

  • Pyro Fish
    July 17
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    i like listening to the artists that refuse to have their music on radio/telivised music videos, so i'm prolly listening to artists that most of you have prolly never heard of, but i also like listening to the bands listed on this thread, listening to music doesn't really seem to help me write though

  • AmethystFire
    August 2
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    Evanescence & L'Âme Immortelle

  • Brightest
    August 2
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    I usually have a hard time writing to music with lyrics. I usually have to listen to stuff by Hans Zimmer though. His music has a lot of emotion and feeling to it, a lot of energy. It really helps me fit the mood I'm writing.

  • VintageRosePrincess
    August 8
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    I've always found that Metallica and Evanescence has helped me write.
    I'm about too publish my new book, but I don't know how.

  • Heropsychodreamer
    October 22
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    Definitely Nine Inch Nails and A Perfect Circle for me, both have songs that fit my every mood.

  • Oddities
    October 22
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    tbh, i dont

    music just distracts me.

  • angellove
    October 22
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    Any type of Christian Contemporary music. I'm not picky about the artist. I also tend to get in a Céline Dion mood, sometimes French, sometimes English. I nearly wore out the "One Heart" CD while writing the first five chapters of my novel. I have a hard time writing without music.

  • KrisKRIS
    October 26
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    Kings Of Leon, The Fray, Cute is what we aim for. All quite different. But when your sister starts blasting 50 cent and other R&B crap in the next room it inspires me to go and kick her chavvy ass

  • PippyFruit
    October 26
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    For me, it depends on the scene I'm writing, or the character I'm writing about. At the moment I like listening to the stereophonics and was listening to them when I started characterizing one of the main characters in the novel I'm writing.

  • Dun
    October 26
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    Annie Lennox, Natalie Merchant, Creed, Shinedown, Audioslave and any artist heavy on lyrical artistry as well as the musical.

    But generally, I don't listen to music while actually typing, but rather as I am composing and thinking a piece through. The actual writing is quiet as I find music a distraction.

  • Barbara
    October 26
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    This week, I have this whole 80s 'blue-eyed soul/punk mixture' going... Paul Young, Adam Ant, Souxsie & The Banshees, Hall & Oates...and so on.

  • nekoshema
    November 7
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    it depends on the story. i have this [one of many] post apocalyptic stories i only listen to old folk while writing where as one about people in a night club i listen to techno. i have a 'book' full of depressing stories and poems and i listen to slow sad songs while writing it.

  • We-Are-All-Mad-Here
    November 9
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    dance music for happy stories, slow music for sad stories, and Rock music for love stories. I don't know why rock = love, but it does for me....hmmm.

  • Werewolf Avarus
    November 16
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    I listen to Nightwish when I'm writing... though sometimes I get lost in the music rather then my story
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