Lately, I have been writing my novel set in the Philippines to an internet-radio station of Philippine music. I love it; it gets me in the right frame of mind and setting. The only drawback is I am getting homesick for all things Filipino.
How about you, what music do you write to?
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I usually have a soundtrack set for whatever it is I’m working on. Fantasy is almost always Celtic or instrumental. Sci-Fi is punk-rock, Depeche Mode and such. I’m very, very motivated by music.
My mom and sisters and I used to lay on the floor and listen to classical music, then talk about what pictures the music conjured for us. Usually there was a whole plot to the score by the time we were done. Music can be very powerful, and I find it a great tool for my writing!
I love Depeche Mode’s eighties songs (do they have any new, good stuff?)