Comments on: Hearing Your Story

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:37:50 +0000

When I was in Iceland it totally reminded me of Sigur Ros. I guess that makes sense right?

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:07:14 +0000

I’m totally gonna check those out! Thanks:)

By: Edith Cohn

Edith Cohn — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:10:30 +0000

Nice! I am totally going to check out Sigur Ros. My two new bands are The National & Bon Iver. Music=Love

By: Rita

Rita — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:31:19 +0000

Oh my goodness . . . I cannot write without the soundtrack to my novel playing! And I post-process photos to music, too! It’s just like Lee said, above: when the tone of what you’re creating matches the tone in the music, you feel it. (It definitely affects how the photos turn out!!)

I love the idea of music doing the same for pies and cookies, too. Mmm. It only makes sense!!

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:29:58 +0000

Monique… I love this idea that listening to the same song while writing would produce the same story:) I bet it’s a wonderful story though and a wonderful tone!

By: Monique Ruiz

Monique Ruiz — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:53:08 +0000

The tone of one song totally helps me write the short story. Funny thing is, the stories are too much alike. :o) Now I know I need a different song for each one.
Thank you so much.

By: Lee Wind

Lee Wind — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:56:16 +0000

I love this tip – finding the music for each book really gets me in the mental place for writing it – I love knowing that it’s something other writers do as well! There’s a tone thing that when you nail it, it’s so great… And funny, I’ve found I listen to the same song so many times, just to get myself back in that space!
Thanks for sharing this, (and now I have to go listen to some Sigur Ros to see what you’re up to!)
Namaste,
Lee

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:23:08 +0000

I _have_ heard GO and I love it! One of Jonsi’s songs is the credit music to How To Train a Dragon… which I also love:) So I became a fan. It’s actually most likely how I found my way to Sigur Ros, now that I think about it.

GO is a little too upbeat for writing to and some of the words are in English, so that doesn’t quite work for me. But it’d perfect for baking an epic pie;) By the way, I always try to put on appropriate accompany music whenever I’m cooking something. So it’ll be infused with just the right flavors:)

By: irvin

irvin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:12:29 +0000

I love this post. I listen to music constantly, and it informs me whenever I am creating…not matter if it is design, writing, baking or something else.

Also, I ADORE Sigur Rós! If you haven’t heard it, check out the lead singer Jonsi’s solo album GO. It’s equally fantastic. It’s more upbeat than Sigur Rós’ stuff, while still sounding epic.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:43:29 +0000

i remember my first high school alien crush. the memories are still bittersweet.

this is an amazing post, and it made me remember why i love listening to music so much while i work. and i’m so glad you found sigur ros! it sounds exactly like your book :)