Musical Chairs by Jennifer Knox

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I'm always curious about how other people do it. How they write, that is. How consistent they are, how many journals they go through, how they find inspiration and the atmosphere they crave. I'm not saying I want to find a formula for the best writing conditions, but I am curious as to whether there's a correlation between tone in writing and the way we write.

For this reason, I'll be spending all of my writing time (this is free-writing, not revision time) with a soundtrack. I've asked for recommendations, and here's what I have so far:

Anya Marina
Bartock
Bach
Bill Evans
Bon Jovi
Black Veil Brides
Cage
Cut Copy
Decemberists(Recommended by a few people)
Dexter Gordon
Godsmack
Goodie Mob
Ingrid Michaelson
Iron and Wine
J.J. Johnson
Josh Ritter
Kings of Convenience
Lady Gaga
Metallica
Miles Davis
Motley Crue
My Chemical Romance 
Paramore 
Steve Reich
T-Rex
The Clash
The Cure
The Smiths
Twelve Girls Band
Two Steps from Hell
Yeahsayer


Eclectic mix, no? 


I'm going to try all instrumental, then rock, jazzy stuff, rap and so on. I hope to write a new story each go-round, and to add to my vague experiment, I'll keep my pieces separatate, just to see if any discernible pattern emerges. I think I'll keep my novel to silence, unless I become enamored by a certain tune--the way it mixes with the process of writing. 


I'm sure this is a highly subject thing, but I feel that writing and me... well, we've been going out for some time now, and we need to mix things up.