1) Do we get a prize for reading that entire post?
2) Is *that* the book that you are purporting to be writing these days? Seems like a good candidate, judging by the length.
As a denizen of "Planet Canada" who once had perfect pitch (we're now within hailing distance), none of those musical references resonates with me, but that was my "brother" Oli Schroer's role. My long lost musical twin.
Hadn't you mentioned Dark Side of the Moon as a backdrop? I seem to remember a sliver of overlap in the Venn diagram of music.
Kidding aside, thanks for that tome. It's a frosty weekend and now I have something to do! ;) (aside from thinking up more puns).
A few years ago i bought A Lot of Sorrow on Vinyl - from the National, where they played the same song over and over for 6 hours. I listened all the way through. You can hear the band change and like you said, even they played different parts of the song differently and towards the end, the toll it took on them was audible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZZfVQ178EY
After a lifetime of writing story songs, I wonder how this is affecting me writing fiction? Maybe I should put You Look Like Rain by Morphine or Damn Sam by Ryan Adams on repeat for the section I'm about to replace? Thanks for the questions. I will give it a go.
I really like this piece. Very interesting take on the writing process. Thanks for sharing.
BTW - in my mind's eye I envisioned the retro group ABC doing their "The Look of Love" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEdxZURTaI) , not your Dusty Springfield song. Different triggers. Now I have an 80s earworm...cool.
I’ve made playlists for the different characters in each story. In this I know their personality.
For instance, a recurring character in my stories is obsessed with Metallica, Pantera, Megadeth etc because he himself is quiet and shy but inwardly he’s holding back a lot of rage expressed in the music he likes.
Simple but effective, listening to it helps me get into his head. It reminds me of his life, past, and desires for the future.
My brain is a little boggled though because my "gem" of the day on Facebook Bird Misidentification page had to do with "Diving Under the Influence." So we're on that similar wavelength, at least.
Around eight years ago my office had a karaoke night at a bar in downtown Toronto. Typical company mixer where people wear nametags. There was this one guy who worked in IT, and he looked like as stereotypical an IT employee as you can imagine: pudgy and pasty with bad skin and long stringy hair, and he wore the same leather carcoat all year round. Three different women I spoke with that night subtly pointed him out and said something like "that guy's a creep."
So the guy eventually gets up on the mic, and guess what song he performed?
I modeled a story I tried to write few months ago, on steps of the scientific method. So, I'm I right to understand that we can model a story on anything? despite what rules say do and don't. And is it best that the core of the story and the model that is structured on have some reasonable correlation? I hope this makes sense.
I listen to music while I write but different stuff at different stages. I like to make a playlist for my characters. What would they listen to? It helps me get into their headspace a little more I feel like.
That video was awesome. Listening to the same song that many times would crack me. If you ever need to make me reveal state secrets, that is the way to do it. Btw, some bands will write the lyrics first and construct a song around them. I don't know how that's possible because the words flow from the melody as you say.
It's mind blowing how the story, connected to music like you tell it, does undercover work, the way it naturally flows. I don't understand it but it has me. Do you ever hear that "voice / melody" out in public from a stranger and know that you have a story to run into? Have any of your books started that way?
Hey Chuck, I’d like to say thanks for introducing me to The Fictional Cafe which was included in a post at the beginning of the month. I submitted a micro-short story to them after discovery and I was told yesterday that they’d accepted it and it would be posted to their site in the near future.
Don't listen to music while writing for the same reason. Consistent mood.
Chuck, I have wondered in the past if I was crazy for listening to the same song on repeat for mood. It's nice to know I'm not the only one.
1) Do we get a prize for reading that entire post?
2) Is *that* the book that you are purporting to be writing these days? Seems like a good candidate, judging by the length.
As a denizen of "Planet Canada" who once had perfect pitch (we're now within hailing distance), none of those musical references resonates with me, but that was my "brother" Oli Schroer's role. My long lost musical twin.
Hadn't you mentioned Dark Side of the Moon as a backdrop? I seem to remember a sliver of overlap in the Venn diagram of music.
Kidding aside, thanks for that tome. It's a frosty weekend and now I have something to do! ;) (aside from thinking up more puns).
A few years ago i bought A Lot of Sorrow on Vinyl - from the National, where they played the same song over and over for 6 hours. I listened all the way through. You can hear the band change and like you said, even they played different parts of the song differently and towards the end, the toll it took on them was audible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZZfVQ178EY
After a lifetime of writing story songs, I wonder how this is affecting me writing fiction? Maybe I should put You Look Like Rain by Morphine or Damn Sam by Ryan Adams on repeat for the section I'm about to replace? Thanks for the questions. I will give it a go.
I really like this piece. Very interesting take on the writing process. Thanks for sharing.
BTW - in my mind's eye I envisioned the retro group ABC doing their "The Look of Love" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNEdxZURTaI) , not your Dusty Springfield song. Different triggers. Now I have an 80s earworm...cool.
both times I interviewed you I asked you that question.
the first time you were touring for Lullaby and you have answered “the Fixed EP by NIN”.
the second time you were touring for Rant and you have answered “How Soon is Now?” by The Smiths.
I’ve made playlists for the different characters in each story. In this I know their personality.
For instance, a recurring character in my stories is obsessed with Metallica, Pantera, Megadeth etc because he himself is quiet and shy but inwardly he’s holding back a lot of rage expressed in the music he likes.
Simple but effective, listening to it helps me get into his head. It reminds me of his life, past, and desires for the future.
Tune long, didn't read.
My brain is a little boggled though because my "gem" of the day on Facebook Bird Misidentification page had to do with "Diving Under the Influence." So we're on that similar wavelength, at least.
Around eight years ago my office had a karaoke night at a bar in downtown Toronto. Typical company mixer where people wear nametags. There was this one guy who worked in IT, and he looked like as stereotypical an IT employee as you can imagine: pudgy and pasty with bad skin and long stringy hair, and he wore the same leather carcoat all year round. Three different women I spoke with that night subtly pointed him out and said something like "that guy's a creep."
So the guy eventually gets up on the mic, and guess what song he performed?
I modeled a story I tried to write few months ago, on steps of the scientific method. So, I'm I right to understand that we can model a story on anything? despite what rules say do and don't. And is it best that the core of the story and the model that is structured on have some reasonable correlation? I hope this makes sense.
And speaking of Radiohead and the Choke film, I always wondered: Did you have any say in getting "Reckoner" on the soundtrack? Love that tune.
I listen to music while I write but different stuff at different stages. I like to make a playlist for my characters. What would they listen to? It helps me get into their headspace a little more I feel like.
That video was awesome. Listening to the same song that many times would crack me. If you ever need to make me reveal state secrets, that is the way to do it. Btw, some bands will write the lyrics first and construct a song around them. I don't know how that's possible because the words flow from the melody as you say.
It's mind blowing how the story, connected to music like you tell it, does undercover work, the way it naturally flows. I don't understand it but it has me. Do you ever hear that "voice / melody" out in public from a stranger and know that you have a story to run into? Have any of your books started that way?
Hey Chuck, I’d like to say thanks for introducing me to The Fictional Cafe which was included in a post at the beginning of the month. I submitted a micro-short story to them after discovery and I was told yesterday that they’d accepted it and it would be posted to their site in the near future.