Nathan
from Louisiana (South of New Orleans) is reading Re-reading The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste, The Bone Weaver's Orchard by Sarah ReadJune 12, 2013 - 9:49pm
Love how you put that, "the zone." It's exactly how I describe it, but unlike you, I need the metal. I do have my moments during dead silence, but the metal and other music I listen to gets me there faster, and holds me there longer.
D.R.Parker
from Ogden, Utah is reading Finders KeepersJune 15, 2013 - 12:27am
I can come up with an idea for a story while listening to music. When I'm actually writing I prefer the golden sound of silence.
Scribbles
is reading a bookJune 28, 2013 - 9:55am
It depends for me. Sometimes, when I listen to music I really like, I end up writing something that's based on the music, which may or may not be a good thing depending on what I'm planning to do. In general, I don't listen to music that's too loud, acoustic maybe?
I do agree that the sound of silence helps me concentrate better when I need to, though.
Chris Johnson
from Burlington NC is reading The Proud HighwayJune 30, 2013 - 2:25pm
I sometimes have trouble writing while listening to music with lyrics, but I also know that if you're aiming for a specific atmosphere in your lit, what's playing on the radio/Ipod/Polaroid mp3 player from Big Lots can come through in your writing and effect the tone. Somebody here's probably pointed out the Fight Club/Downward Spiral connection. Stephen King talks about writing with Metallica or something fast and heavy playing. You get the idea.
I'm lucky. I like a lot of experimental electronic music, breakcore and stuff like that, so I don't have to worry about backtracking through a lot of sentences because I've written song lyrics in the middle of a paragraph. I like throwing that in sometimes in a Willy Wonka play hahahahaha ("Whoever heard of a SNOZberry?" -- "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.").....
Good IDM includes Autechre, Aphex Twin/AFX/The Tuss, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, Wisp, Last Step, Xanopticon, Boards of Canada, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Caribou (SOME), Microphyst, Qebrus, Battles, Bexarametric, and the like. As for the classical I find worthwile; Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Mahler.
Love how you put that, "the zone." It's exactly how I describe it, but unlike you, I need the metal. I do have my moments during dead silence, but the metal and other music I listen to gets me there faster, and holds me there longer.
I can come up with an idea for a story while listening to music. When I'm actually writing I prefer the golden sound of silence.
It depends for me. Sometimes, when I listen to music I really like, I end up writing something that's based on the music, which may or may not be a good thing depending on what I'm planning to do. In general, I don't listen to music that's too loud, acoustic maybe?
I do agree that the sound of silence helps me concentrate better when I need to, though.
I sometimes have trouble writing while listening to music with lyrics, but I also know that if you're aiming for a specific atmosphere in your lit, what's playing on the radio/Ipod/Polaroid mp3 player from Big Lots can come through in your writing and effect the tone. Somebody here's probably pointed out the Fight Club/Downward Spiral connection. Stephen King talks about writing with Metallica or something fast and heavy playing. You get the idea.
I'm lucky. I like a lot of experimental electronic music, breakcore and stuff like that, so I don't have to worry about backtracking through a lot of sentences because I've written song lyrics in the middle of a paragraph. I like throwing that in sometimes in a Willy Wonka play hahahahaha ("Whoever heard of a SNOZberry?" -- "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.").....
Good IDM includes Autechre, Aphex Twin/AFX/The Tuss, Squarepusher, Venetian Snares, Wisp, Last Step, Xanopticon, Boards of Canada, Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Caribou (SOME), Microphyst, Qebrus, Battles, Bexarametric, and the like. As for the classical I find worthwile; Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Mahler.