Hello there. So whats on your iPod, iTunes, MP3 or other music players that you use to write to? I'm trying to find some upbeat and fun music to write to. I have a lot but I'm looking for more.
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“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”---Denis Waitley
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Nov 1, 2009 - 11 59
This is my tentative playlist right now. I seem to working on it more than my novel!
Holy Roller Novocaine - Kings of Leon
----------La Grange - ZZ Top
All My Life - Foo Fighters
Shambala - Three Dog Night
Under Control - Parachute
This Is Your Life - Fight Club
Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie
Are You Happy Now? - Michelle Branch
Taste Of India - Aerosmith
Breathe Me - Sia
New Divide - Linkin Park
Walk Away (The James Gang) - Joe Walsh
What A Shame - Shinedown
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Green Onions - Booker T and the Mg's
Hang You from the Heavens - The Dead Weather
Pull A U - The Kills
Renegade - Styx
Bleed It Out - Linkin Park
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Taste - Lorna Vallings
Nano 06: Butterfly (Incomplete)
Nano 07: The Doppelgangers (won!)
Nano 08: The Assistant (Incomplete)
Nano 09: Chasing Horizons (?)
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Nov 1, 2009 - 12 02
Good songs!
I seem to be working on my playlist more than my novel, too. I have 26 songs on my playlist right now and zero words on my novel.
----------“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”---Denis Waitley
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Nov 2, 2009 - 00 24
I may be the weirdo here, but I don't generally write well when listening to music. I really focus on music and lyrics when it is playing, and find it too distracting to be productive in a lot of other tasks.
I do have workout playlists, because exercise sucks and I can focus on the music and tune out the unpleasant task of sweating.
One of my workout playlists includes:
Candyman (Christina Aguilera)
Harder to breathe (Forgot the name of the band)
Lady Marmelade (Aguilera, Pink, etc)
London Bridge (Fergie)
That's Not My Name (Forgot the name of this band too)
Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani)
She Talks to Angels (Counting Crows? - I'm really bad with names)
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Nov 3, 2009 - 07 04
My husband has been home the last 2 days while I was writing and as is his manly right, he has had control of the stereo. That means my playlist has consisted of various death and speed metal bands with a really odd sojourn into gangsta rap with an hour of NWA--where did that come from? Anyway, his weekend is over and my time has come so I'm thinking there will be a definite change in musical venue. Probably some go gos, some Matchbox 20, a little Counting Crows, and probably just a hint of country thrown in for color.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 07 40
You can't do this month without headphones unless you live alone
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Nov 3, 2009 - 09 51
U2's No Line On the Horizon CD
----------Prince's 3121 CD
Eve 6's It's All in your Head CD
Beatle's White Album CD
Queen's Greatest Hits CD
Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water CD
Oasis' Be Here Now CD (Johnny Depp plays slide guitar on a song on this cd)
Punisher soundtrack CD
Tommy Lee's Never a Dull Moment CD
Death Cab For Cutie's The Open Door and Narrow Stairs CDS
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Nov 3, 2009 - 11 46
Oasis' Be Here Now CD (Johnny Depp plays slide guitar on a song on this cd)
Massive thumbs up. Oasis is my all time favorite band.
Yesterday I had some old videos (DVRd 120 Minutes on VH1 Classic) on in the background, and I was really enjoying all the Paul Weller -- played both a Style Council and a Jam video. I had a bit of a dance break when Berlin's "The Metro" came on.
Today, I plan on hitting shuffle and see what comes up. It takes this first week to really settle into the right music for the mood.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 11 47
That's Not My Name (Forgot the name of this band too)
That's by The Ting Tings. Great album.
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Nov 3, 2009 - 23 17
This year much of my playlist will be
----------Gogol Bordello (you can't get sleepy listening to Gypsy Punk)
and
Jason Webley (just because his music makes people do strange things)
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