The redemptive power of Music
I have wanted to write a story about music for a while now. It is incremental to my life and my working state. I always need music to get me going on a project, to drown out background noise and mostly to lift my spirits when things go a little south. I always know if things are seriously bad, when there is no music which can soothe me.
It has come to Dissertation season, and I am preparing to forge into this gargantuan project with the hope that I can add just a little flavour of the redemptive power of music into my work. I aim for my young characters to be as infatuated with music as I am. I want the music which they listen to throughout the narrative to be music which is distinct for their generation; music which perfectly sums up how it feels to be graduating Uni at the moment, with no idea what to do with your life; music which feeds the souls of people like me.
So this is really a call to anyone who is reading this, what music do you like? What one song would you say sums up your early twenties/adolescence/encapsulates how you feel leaving University if that is where you are now?
I am planning to create a playlist of music to listen to whilst writing so when I need a song to be inserted into the narrative it will be whatever the playlist can suggest for me. So if you have an excellent song which you think could fit, I would love your suggestions!
And of course, to update my reading list:
Nocturnes- Kazuo Ishiguro
Homeland- Sam Lipsyte
Penelope- Rebecca Harrington
That's all for now, just my soundtrack choice, the wonderful Astronautalis who I saw in Brighton last night & WAS AMAZING.
Have a great weekend!
It has come to Dissertation season, and I am preparing to forge into this gargantuan project with the hope that I can add just a little flavour of the redemptive power of music into my work. I aim for my young characters to be as infatuated with music as I am. I want the music which they listen to throughout the narrative to be music which is distinct for their generation; music which perfectly sums up how it feels to be graduating Uni at the moment, with no idea what to do with your life; music which feeds the souls of people like me.
So this is really a call to anyone who is reading this, what music do you like? What one song would you say sums up your early twenties/adolescence/encapsulates how you feel leaving University if that is where you are now?
I am planning to create a playlist of music to listen to whilst writing so when I need a song to be inserted into the narrative it will be whatever the playlist can suggest for me. So if you have an excellent song which you think could fit, I would love your suggestions!
And of course, to update my reading list:
Nocturnes- Kazuo Ishiguro
Homeland- Sam Lipsyte
Penelope- Rebecca Harrington
That's all for now, just my soundtrack choice, the wonderful Astronautalis who I saw in Brighton last night & WAS AMAZING.
Have a great weekend!
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