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23 March 2018 @ 07:20 am
ATTF: If music be the food of love...  
 Hellooo Bar! 
 
For this week's ATTF, let's talk about music! For me, listening to music is a huge part of my writing process, especially when I'm trying to achieve a specific mood in a certain scene, or when I hit the worst part of writing: looking for a title. I tend to gather songs for things on working on; for example, I made on for the radio AU I wrote, and right now my spotify account features a boat-themed playlist because i'm attempting to write that yacht fic for crystallitanie :) Even when I'm not writing, I love finding fanmixes that either give tone to a relationship or are just stuffed full of songs that perfectly represent characters.
 
So! 
-Do you listen to music while you're writing, and if so, what/what kind? 
-Is there music you listen to specifically when you write about our favorite assassins, or just a song that you think represents them? -Do you make fanmixes, or have a favorite bookmarked somewhere? (And can we hear them)? 
-Also, if you have any music-related headcanons, throw those out there, too!
 
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crystallitanie[personal profile] crystallitanie on March 23rd, 2018 06:31 pm (UTC)
OK, first things first: *whooping ecstatically*

*still whooping...*

*...*

*coughs* So, music. :D


I draw inspiration from anything really, but the first time I was truly inspired by one single song to write a whole story was in this year's Secret Santa, with Don't Go to Strangers by Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller (and this was the result). It was kind of a revelation, because the music seemed to set the pace for the whole narrative, and it also made it much easier to capture the tone of the voices as I wanted it. So I was hooked to the point that now I have a WIP that literally revolves around four or five specific songs, which I have playing in a loop when I'm writing.

I don't have any music streaming accounts, and YouTube playlists are like Russian roulette, but I frequent an amazing local website with mixtapes from virtually every music genre, and the dude has even sorted them by mood, activity, time of the day etc. So if, say, it's raining and you want to listen to something cozy and fluffy, someone's already set it up for you. It's like really good radio, but without the commercials. (If anyone wants the address, send me a message - not sure if it's against the rules to post the link here.) I'm a rather optimistic person, so it proves particularly useful when I want to dial up the angst!

For some unfathomable reason, I'm convinced that Clint likes country music and metal - the latest being a constant point of friction with Natasha, who for the life of her can't understand why anyone would subject themselves willingly to this kind of torture (alright, maybe I'm projecting a bit here). :D

franztastisch: winchester[personal profile] franztastisch on March 23rd, 2018 06:46 pm (UTC)
The idea of Clint Barton liking metal really amuses me. :D
crystallitanie[personal profile] crystallitanie on March 24th, 2018 09:52 am (UTC)
I know, right? It just seems so... natural.
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on March 23rd, 2018 06:57 pm (UTC)
I have him listen to Springsteen, like, RELIGIOUSLY (see, inter alia, The Pool
), and also to John Mellencamp (this latter thing is entirely Betty's fault :P ).
cassie[personal profile] kiss_me_cassie on March 23rd, 2018 07:26 pm (UTC)
I agree. Good solid basic 80s musicians. Not hair bands or pop, but the solid keepers. U2, INXS. ::nods::
crystallitanie[personal profile] crystallitanie on March 24th, 2018 10:01 am (UTC)
Springsteen, yes! YESS

And U2!

Edited 2018-03-24 10:02 am (UTC)
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on March 25th, 2018 07:29 pm (UTC)
No U2 after Rattle and Hum, though. They lost their raw edge and went commercial, and Clint is still all huffy about the time he found a dozen songs on his iPod he didn't ask for.

"Like that time Sitwell left that vodka in the safe house in Ljubljana?" he grumps to Natasha. "Looks like a nice gesture to visitors, and then you discover it's roofie-flavoured."
crystallitanie[personal profile] crystallitanie on March 25th, 2018 08:14 pm (UTC)
Hahahaha!
bettybackintheday[personal profile] bettybackintheday on March 25th, 2018 01:51 pm (UTC)
Accidental influences are awesome (sorry, so not sorry). <3
alphaflyer[personal profile] alphaflyer on March 25th, 2018 07:24 pm (UTC)
All is forgiven! Heck, I got a whole story out of it ... :P
gabrielle[personal profile] gsparkle on March 23rd, 2018 10:31 pm (UTC)
I'M WORKING ON IT!! Slowly, but I'm officially on spring break for a week so hopefully some magic will happen :D

That music website sounds amazing! I love playlists for different times of day and moods and stuff like that, especially when writing! I used to have an app sort of like that (Songza) but they got absorbed by Google :\
crystallitanie[personal profile] crystallitanie on March 24th, 2018 10:53 am (UTC)
I'm really looking forward to it!

And yes, aren't the surrounding conditions an important factor when you listen to music? That's the challenge of live radio, I guess - matching up your music with the weather and the rhythm of the city. I used to listen to a local station with quite decent taste in classical rock and indie, but they seemed to simply play tracks at random (like "November Rain" in a glorious May morning). And mood playlists are the.best.thing when you're writing,I agree!