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APRIL 1 QUESTION: If you had a play list (or one put together) that either gets you in the groove or in the mood to write or fits with one of your books, what is it? What type of music or what songs?
To be honest, my play list is the 1970s and 1980s hits on Accu Radio or the country/western hits of those or current eras. I usually play them when I'm doing chores around the house. I enjoy country music since it often uses the "storytelling" form in its lyrics. My son lived in Fort Worth, Texas, and worked as a flight navigator for the National Guard before leaving with twenty years of service. We spent a lot of time there until he left the Guard and moved to South Carolina. It's easy to get hooked on western music when you are surrounded by cowboys, horses, rodeos, longhorn cattle, guitars--and the glitz and glimmer of the "Old West." And who doesn't like George Strait and Willie Nelson?
I really don't have a play list that gets me in the groove or in the mood. However, if I'm creating, writing, or editing, I often put on the Accu Radio listing called "beautiful music," which is soft, instrumental theme songs, or movie scores from "Gone with the Wind," "Oklahoma," or "The Body Guard." When I'm writing, I don't like distractions. But soft music is calming when creating.
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I also like to work in quiet. I used to put on music when cleaning house, long, long ago. My first-born had trouble with that sort of thing, and I got out of the habit. Now I clean house to audio books :)
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm impressed. I don't think I could do double duty like you can. I'd probably get distracted and forget about listening to the audio book if I was focused on a cleaning task. Hats off to you!
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