Like many writers, I usually listen to music while I’m writing. I set up a playlist last November when I decided to do NaNoWriMo and have been using that playlist, with a few additions, since (so far). I like a variety of types of music and my selections vary from time to time. My current favorites from my writing playlist are:
- Who Wants to Live Forever / The Tenors feat. Lindsey Stirling (and the video is a lovely gothic romantic one)
- Swan Lake, Op. 20: Scene (Moderato) / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (wonderfully dramatic and foreboding, a favorite since childhood)
- The Voice / Celtic Woman
- Unwritten / Natasha Bedingfield (inspiration to write)
- The Sound of Silence / Disturbed
- Vuelie / feat. Cantus, from Frozen
- Let It Go / Indina Menzel, from Frozen
And every now and then, I need to listen to some songs by Queen. 🙂
I can’t write to lyrics. I listen to rain storms and Tibetan Bells, other New Age stuff. Or if I’m writing something creepy I’ve got some horror soundtrack music. Lately though all it seems I want to listen to is thunderstorms, I’ve got a great album with them in full surround sound.
Oh, those sound wonderful! What great mood sounds.