StoryOfMyLife
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Music has an effect on people. It moves the soul and invigorates the mind. A lovely melody can open up the imagination, cause your working fingers to move faster, or soothe you during times of stress. Without music, the world would be a rather dull place to live. So I wonder...
...what sort of tunes do you listen to when you need to feel inspired? What lifts your spirits on a droll workday and helps keep you from going out of your mind? If you're an artist or writer, do any specific genres or musicians help keep you in 'the zone'? Do you listen to music before you fall asleep or during? I'm curious...
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While I'm at work, I prefer the classic rock or mix stations. They keep up enough of a variety of upbeat songs that I like to bob my head and hum or sing along to [quietly *lol* unless I'm in a strange mood]. Though I get a bit annoyed when the manager turns our station to the 'all 70's, all the time' disco station. I like ABBA and all, but....
If I'm at home, trying to grasp that motivation I need to get my creative juices flowing, I'll usually pop in a soundtrack of sorts. Whether it be an anime soundtrack [Cowboy BeBop or anything that Yoko Kanno has done is always super amazing] or Broadway [like RENT, Wicked, or Grease...]. Sometimes I like to rock it out and play my J-Rock station on Pandora. It helps to wake me up and I feel the rhythm as I'm drawing. Something I can sing along to works best when I'm wanting to be artistic. Music I don't sing along to much [such as something in a different language or which has no lyrics at all] helps me while I write- such as the Lord of the Rings soundtracks, or a mix CD I have made specifically for the story I am writing. It lends a reminder of the sort of moods I need to write for the characters, of what reminds me of them.
Your turn.
...what sort of tunes do you listen to when you need to feel inspired? What lifts your spirits on a droll workday and helps keep you from going out of your mind? If you're an artist or writer, do any specific genres or musicians help keep you in 'the zone'? Do you listen to music before you fall asleep or during? I'm curious...
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While I'm at work, I prefer the classic rock or mix stations. They keep up enough of a variety of upbeat songs that I like to bob my head and hum or sing along to [quietly *lol* unless I'm in a strange mood]. Though I get a bit annoyed when the manager turns our station to the 'all 70's, all the time' disco station. I like ABBA and all, but....
If I'm at home, trying to grasp that motivation I need to get my creative juices flowing, I'll usually pop in a soundtrack of sorts. Whether it be an anime soundtrack [Cowboy BeBop or anything that Yoko Kanno has done is always super amazing] or Broadway [like RENT, Wicked, or Grease...]. Sometimes I like to rock it out and play my J-Rock station on Pandora. It helps to wake me up and I feel the rhythm as I'm drawing. Something I can sing along to works best when I'm wanting to be artistic. Music I don't sing along to much [such as something in a different language or which has no lyrics at all] helps me while I write- such as the Lord of the Rings soundtracks, or a mix CD I have made specifically for the story I am writing. It lends a reminder of the sort of moods I need to write for the characters, of what reminds me of them.
Your turn.