Some people when they make a soundtrack for the book pick maybe 20 songs--the idea being to play it when you're not writing, to inspire you, to find ideas, keep you in the book's mood.I tried that this time but just ended up with a mess on my hands. I need multiple lists for the various moods of the book, and some just for background music (Eg. a bunch of Rat Pack songs for when I'm writing a particular character). I know what the "core" songs are and I go to them when needed; but I need a mch bigger pool to play in.
Having finally found my heroine and my hero, I fixed up my playlists this past week. There's 837 songs.
Ahh relief. Now I can work. By the way, for those who want to make soundtracks but have trouble finding songs, I often just start with what I'm listening to at the moment. Often the music mood I'm in corresponds to the mood of the book. Or it helps set the tone for it, even.
Here are three songs from my heroine's files.
Love Joan Armatrading - impressed she wrote something this good late in her career.
Very romantic song by Buffy Ste Marie.
I met him on a pow wow trail
He was singing and I was a dancer
To the heart beat drum, heart beat drum...
And a french song I like.
3 comments:
Wow 837 songs. That's phenomenal.
I like French songs even though I don't know what they're saying. The mood is infectuous somehow.
An impressive playlist indeed!
It's working so much better now. Phew.
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