Comments on: Music to Write By: authors share their playlists for summoning The Muse http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BillStewart2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1585998 BillStewart2012 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1585998 A few science fiction / fantasy authors mention their music playlists in their book credits.  Rachel Caine listens to a lot of Joe Bonamassa but also an extensive list of other people.  Seanan McGuire mentions Counting Crows and a number of filk singers. There's some music I like that doesn't work well at all for doing work.  Anything with lyrics tends to be distracting if I'm doing anything verbal, including programming.  Long jammy instrumentals like The Grateful Dead can be ok, but I'll periodically notice that I've been out in space listening to the music rather than focusing on my reading or work. A few science fiction / fantasy authors mention their music playlists in their book credits.  Rachel Caine listens to a lot of Joe Bonamassa but also an extensive list of other people.  Seanan McGuire mentions Counting Crows and a number of filk singers.

There’s some music I like that doesn’t work well at all for doing work.  Anything with lyrics tends to be distracting if I’m doing anything verbal, including programming.  Long jammy instrumentals like The Grateful Dead can be ok, but I’ll periodically notice that I’ve been out in space listening to the music rather than focusing on my reading or work.

]]> By: pKp http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1584255 pKp Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1584255 Looks like a Yamaha TRB-6II :  http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-basses/trb/trb6ii/?mode=model Looks like a Yamaha TRB-6II : 
http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-basses/trb/trb6ii/?mode=model

]]> By: Genre Slur http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1584058 Genre Slur Fri, 16 Nov 2012 04:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1584058 Paul Schutze. Almost any time I write I can find an lp by Paul Schutze that 'propels' the act. JS Bach is a given for me, by the way. Paul Schutze. Almost any time I write I can find an lp by Paul Schutze that ‘propels’ the act. JS Bach is a given for me, by the way.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583808 timquinn Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583808 Bach would have totally been a chapman stick dude, or Warr Guitar. Monster organ master would not have pudgy pinkies. Bach would have totally been a chapman stick dude, or Warr Guitar. Monster organ master would not have pudgy pinkies.

]]> By: Steve Silberman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583724 Steve Silberman Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583724  Love that album, Werther!  Love that album, Werther!

]]> By: Werther deGoethe http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583679 Werther deGoethe Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583679 My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by David Byrne and Brian Eno has always put me in the writing/creative mood. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by David Byrne and Brian Eno has always put me in the writing/creative mood.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583658 Lobster Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583658 Darren Korb and Jesper Kyd come to mind.  Their music gives a wonderful sense of place and movement without lyrics. Darren Korb and Jesper Kyd come to mind.  Their music gives a wonderful sense of place and movement without lyrics.

]]> By: Egypt Urnash http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583651 Egypt Urnash Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583651 Lately I've been using video game soundtracks to create a space of being ON TASK and having THINGS TO DO. Specifically, ones from shootemups; music for making your little spaceship dodge patterns of enemies and bullets seems to really work for cranking out another page of my graphic novel. Right now it's just R-Type Delta and Radiant Silvergun; I need to go grab a few more. Writing, though? When I'm writing I seem to prefer silence. Lately I’ve been using video game soundtracks to create a space of being ON TASK and having THINGS TO DO. Specifically, ones from shootemups; music for making your little spaceship dodge patterns of enemies and bullets seems to really work for cranking out another page of my graphic novel. Right now it’s just R-Type Delta and Radiant Silvergun; I need to go grab a few more.

Writing, though? When I’m writing I seem to prefer silence.

]]> By: Marty M http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583644 Marty M Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583644 I like listening to Muse when attempting to conjure up a muse. I like listening to Muse when attempting to conjure up a muse.

]]> By: Steve Silberman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583623 Steve Silberman Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583623 They're mostly science writers, Paul -- from the New York Times, Discover, etc.  If you don't keep up with science writing (or, for that matter, poetry), that would explain it.  These are not novelists. I tried. They’re mostly science writers, Paul — from the New York Times, Discover, etc.  If you don’t keep up with science writing (or, for that matter, poetry), that would explain it.  These are not novelists. I tried.

]]> By: sigismund http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583608 sigismund Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583608 Mr Bach's bass guitar is very nice :  what's its brand ? Mr Bach’s bass guitar is very nice :  what’s its brand ?

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583605 tristan eldritch Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583605 "Not, mind you, just any music. I love me some Elvis Costello, but trying to eke out an apt phrase while being throttled with the thesaurus of his post-coital tristesse would be impossible." He must have had This Year's Model blaring when he cranked out "the thesaurus of his post-coital tristesse"! “Not, mind you, just any music. I love me some Elvis Costello, but trying to eke out an apt phrase while being throttled with the thesaurus of his post-coital tristesse would be impossible.”

He must have had This Year’s Model blaring when he cranked out “the thesaurus of his post-coital tristesse”!

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/11/15/music-to-write-by-authors-sha.html#comment-1583583 Paul Renault Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194424#comment-1583583 Man alive, I must be so out of the loop.  I don't recognize any of these authors.   Man alive, I must be so out of the loop.  I don’t recognize any of these authors.  

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