tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post334878759021037731..comments2024-03-18T19:00:03.047-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Music to Write ByLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90285733796257767532019-09-11T18:08:00.613-04:002019-09-11T18:08:00.613-04:00Hey Barb. Sorry I'm late to the party. I par...Hey Barb. Sorry I'm late to the party. I particularly love the Somewhere in Time soundtrack, and almost anything else by composer John Barry.<br /><br />Interesting post!John Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001712728130488485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39366357418969736142019-09-10T19:45:12.260-04:002019-09-10T19:45:12.260-04:00Thanks, everyone, for sharing your inspirations. R...Thanks, everyone, for sharing your inspirations. Rob, I especially liked yours. :)Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50017010555196845932019-09-10T18:10:08.801-04:002019-09-10T18:10:08.801-04:00On first drafts, I used to play baroque, or at lea...<br />On first drafts, I used to play baroque, or at least instrumental because the words to vocals got in the way. I had a few favorites: Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn's concerti grossi, and a CD of Bernard Hermann's scores, mostly for Hitchcock. Sometimes I would play period music (jazz, rock, blues) to set a mood. Obviously, I still use many rock and blues allusions.<br /><br />For editing, on the other hand, I avoid music. A few years ago, I discovered that I couldn't listen to the iPod my daughter gave me while on cardio machines at the health club. That's where I do a lot of my thinking about various projects, and it interfered with the voices in my head. <br /><br />Now, I can produce a somewhat coherent first draft with anything or nothing in the background. It seems to go more quickly as I get older, too. I often write the first draft of a blog here in an hour or less. And when I'm playing with a short story, 2500 words in a couple of hours isn't unusual. But editing still needs nothing beyond the ambient noise outside my window. <br /><br />I suspect that the editing is more LEFT-brain (sequential) than the creating, which is RIGHT brain, and more patterns than logic. But that's just a guess.<br /><br /><br />Steve Liskowhttp://www.steveliskow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-57143553121649668812019-09-10T10:39:59.629-04:002019-09-10T10:39:59.629-04:00I don't understand people who need absolute qu...I don't understand people who need absolute quiet when they work.I am great with good oldies playing, (60's mostly) some pop,(give me Italian male singers and I'm good), upbeat classical (Chopin, for instance), or even Irish music, (bring on the revolution!) <br />British Invasion is great, though, as a contradiction to the Irish.I can sing away with early Beatles and Stones and still listen to my characters dictate to me. <br />Tonette Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282619985489614075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-84973406487882786152019-09-10T10:34:16.813-04:002019-09-10T10:34:16.813-04:00I usually have an assortment of my favorites runni...I usually have an assortment of my favorites running but when I really need to concentrate I find that movie soundtracks work well. The various Star Treks and Batman albums, especially.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-61338566885161619372019-09-10T10:32:41.207-04:002019-09-10T10:32:41.207-04:00I usually have an assortment of my favorites runni...I usually have an assortment of my favorites running but when I really need to concentrate I find that movie soundtracks work well. The various Star Treks and Batman albums, especially.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-33384481202992957452019-09-10T09:46:52.981-04:002019-09-10T09:46:52.981-04:00I write mostly in silence. Sometimes I listen to ...I write mostly in silence. Sometimes I listen to medieval music, Gregorian chant, various Native American, Southeast Asian, etc. - the key is it has to be instrumental. I can't listen to anything with lyrics. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74239106915884520422019-09-10T08:52:00.480-04:002019-09-10T08:52:00.480-04:00Silence is golden as far as I am concerned.Silence is golden as far as I am concerned.janice Lawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-8824732807028513892019-09-10T04:56:56.541-04:002019-09-10T04:56:56.541-04:00I used to like writing to music, Barb. And sometim...I used to like writing to music, Barb. And sometimes I still do. Different kinds of music for different kinds of pieces. But if I want a sort of general background music I like baroque. That said, these days most of the time I write in silence. I don't know why that changed and maybe it will change back. But that's where I'm at today.Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-16919756092031073662019-09-10T00:32:56.533-04:002019-09-10T00:32:56.533-04:00I like the Renée song, but when I think of Ally Mc...I like the Renée song, but when I think of Ally McBeal, I think of Barry White. Some girls get all jelly-like at the sound of his voice.<br /><br />Sometimes only silence works, other times music, either baroque/chamber or fusion/progressive/ambient/head rock, say Tangerine Dream, Hyperborea, or Vangelis.<br /><br />You're right that soundtracks can unexpectedly work such as Cloud Atlas or selected works by Danny Elfman. I can't recall details beyond Virginia Woolf about the plot of The Hours, but Philip Glass, besides being a classically-trained artist and composer, is noted for his soundtracks.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com