Comments on: Music and the Writer: My Playlist http://shannawynne.com/2009/08/15/music-and-the-writer-my-playlist/ Horror Fanatic, Broke Writer, Mom. Not necessarily in that order. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shanna Wynne http://shannawynne.com/2009/08/15/music-and-the-writer-my-playlist/#comment-231 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:49:37 +0000 http://shannawynne.com/?p=558#comment-231 I took forever to reply, but I’ve wondered the same about my Zune. Mine has just about the exact variation as yours does. (Seriously, from the classic rock to the classical, to the death metal and the heavy metal, the comedy, pop and even the show tunes. Just. Wow. We definitely would make awesome friends!)

Anyway, thanks for commenting! Sorry it took so long for me to reply!!

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When I carried a gold badge, I found that classical or techno helped focus me. Yeah, techno. Maybe it’s the repetitive beat, I don’t know.

One of my fav albums to write reports (or play video games) to was the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. “Halycon On and On” by Orbital is especially effective at putting me into chill mode.

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To be perfectly honest though, I haven’t really kept up with music in years. Music always attaches itself to emotions/eras, and I went through a few really rough patches since 2002. Makes it easier to forget if you’re not constantly reminded. Classical doesn’t attach itself to emotions though. Guess that’s why it’s classical.

That’s not to say I haven’t been trying from time to time. I listen to things ‘the missis’or the kids bring to my attention. I have Jonas Brothers, Ashley Tisdale, Camp Rock, High School Musical, and, of course, Hannah Montana. A lot of those are actually good.

I was a bit distraught last night when I learned that iTunes doesn’t carry The Beatles. I listed to Jason Lewis (to supplement Rush Limbaugh) and he does “Beatle-bumper Fridays”. It got to the point where I found I actually like them and went to download some last night……and was hit with reality. Commie bastards!

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I guess it’s no surprise most of what I’m writing is comedy. One of my favorite artists is Weird Al. Or that I found a new (and much better) take for my political fiction, since I listed to talk radio so much.

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You talk about music setting scenes. Lol, I have a few scenes where music is a factor, but I attached it to characters inside the book, not to the general mood of the scene.

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I’ve always wondered what my iPod would say about me. I have everything from Aerosmith to Eazy E to Bach to Rob Zombie to Weird Al to Dethklok to Goo Goo Dolls to the soundtrack to Wicked on there.

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