Many of my fellow writers
rely on music to set the tone. I am no different, except perhaps in musical taste.
Instead of atmospheric instrumentals
such as most of my friends choose, I prefer hard driving rock tunes whose words
are engrained on my brain. Mouthing the provocative lyrics by the band Korn is
not distracting. In fact, I find my fingers fly across the keyboard.
Yesterday a tease from my
partner about my obsession over Palaye Royale (“You’ve abandoned all your
pretty Japanese bands.”) made me decide to experiment. For a change of pace I pulled
up the visual kei concept album ‘merveilles’
by Malice Mizer.
As it turns out, the sometimes
sweeping violins and oft sentimental tone of Gackt’s sweet baritone actually
drove a main protagonist out of the room. To be fair, Nickolas was too ticked
off at Alexandra for reasonable conversation, anyway.
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| Late, Great Malice Mizer Drummer Kami He Also Inspires My Vision of Nickolas |
And I decided what to do
if the direction stalls out my National Novel Writing Month word count. I can
always have Nicky and Alex ‘make up’ after Johnny leaves the room. ~wink~ We
shall see. As I type this I’m in my key writing time and need to get back to
NaNoWriMo.
What should I experiment with
today? Any suggestions?
How about some oldie or country? haha.....Hoping you are doing well with you over thousand words a day in your writing. Me, I could not train myself to do that. You went with the writing in Nov..and I went with No Shave Nov....haha. Kidding, that would drive me totally nuts! Today, I am tired from the events of the day yesterday, a tad sore but I am doing just fine. Thanks for always checking.
ReplyDeleteActually, that's not a bad idea. Maybe I'll listen to Johnny Cash. ~grin~ I also own a Gene Watson album shared by a neighbor shortly before he passed away. It makes me sad to listen, though, for the most part. Glad you don't feel too bad!
DeleteHow about Christmas music? :)
ReplyDeleteHahahaha. I adore you.
DeleteAs someone who needs silence to write (so I can hear the cadence of the words), I can't help you. Perhaps you should get on one of those streaming services and pick a station at random.
ReplyDeleteInteresting take, my dear. I prefer to choose the source and not be surprised, though creation happens in silence in abundance, as well. Thanks for the suggestion!
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