music and such
so, this post has been boiling and rolling around in my head for a good year or so. see how lazy i am?
music has always been a big part of my life. playing an instrument, or singing in a choir...i've done both and would continue to do so if i had the opportunity. i love listening to music, and it inspires my writing greatly. it also can bring me back to a particular emotion, or memory. some smells do that too.
for example, whenever i hear dire straits, the brothers in arms album, i remember the summer after third grade and the apartment we lived at in tulsa. i remember eating a chicken sandwich from mcdonalds with my mom on her lunch break. she brought lunch and a swim suit and towel for me for the summer. i would listen to music all day, and watch movies and tv while she was at work.
because music is an inspiration for my writing, and even my daily life (i always have a song in my head), there are some songs that won't leave me.
this doesn't make a lot of sense, but eventually it will. i promise.
here's the gist of it:
there are some songs out there, that i have been wanting to use as inspiration for a fic, but have been unable to. i can feel the song and the emotions of the fic, but i just can't seem to put pen to paper to write it the way it should be written.
so i'm putting this out there for you.
no bravery, by james blunt. listen to the lyrics. it's such a harry potter almost dystopia kind of fic. of course it would be h/hr, but just the fear and dark mood of the song really speak to me. too much. i wanted to write this fic since ootp, but it even holds up throughout dh. that's why it's still so chilling to me. every single time i hear it, i can see what i want to happen. there are children standing here, arms outstretched into the sky, tears drying on their face, he has been here
chameleon boy, by blue october. here's another one that has been in my head since ootp. it still holds up after hbp. again h/hr. i actually tried writing this one, more than once. i've never been satisfied with what i've written. a little dark, but not as sad as no bravery. i try to think of all the people i looked up to, while growing up who would i be, now the twisted part, where did all my idols end up, they've all passed away
(i can't remember which song it is right now, lol, but i know it's from make yourself), by incubus. this one is one of the oldest i haven't been able to write. i thought of this one as a battle between harry and voldemort, around ootp when they're connected. i thought of this one before i really started writing in fandom. (i can hear the song, and i know the lyrics had to do with something about being in the head, and it's frustrating to listen to all the songs like i'm doing right now...i'll come back to this one later...)
more recently...
weight of the world, by blue october. draco-centric, hbp. the scene in myrtle's bathroom especially. dealing with his parents, and the dark lord, and just the hopelessness of his situation. my father's here to scare me, and my mother she sits beyond the door, curled up crying on the floor, look at what her son's done, when the weight of all the world's gone wrong
my never, by blue october. zutara, all the way. how much he needs her, more than he realizes, and her too. how hopeless their situation is, and how right they are (new fandom yay! i'm totally obsessed right now, too). will you think of me in time, it's never my luck, so nevermind, i wanna say your name, but the pain starts again, it's never my luck, so nevermind and i'll stop the lyrics there, but siriusly...listen to this song.
...i love blue october apparently. i've written quite a few songs while listening to them. lots..... my most recent fic was because i was listening to approaching normal on repeat.
anyway...
feel free to write me something.
or...
what songs have you wanted to write to? leave me a comment about it, and maybe i'll be inspired.
i'm in the mood.
oh, and if i can think of the other songs i had in mind before i got distracted, i'll add to this. or i'll just post again. :)
hi kelly!
music has always been a big part of my life. playing an instrument, or singing in a choir...i've done both and would continue to do so if i had the opportunity. i love listening to music, and it inspires my writing greatly. it also can bring me back to a particular emotion, or memory. some smells do that too.
for example, whenever i hear dire straits, the brothers in arms album, i remember the summer after third grade and the apartment we lived at in tulsa. i remember eating a chicken sandwich from mcdonalds with my mom on her lunch break. she brought lunch and a swim suit and towel for me for the summer. i would listen to music all day, and watch movies and tv while she was at work.
because music is an inspiration for my writing, and even my daily life (i always have a song in my head), there are some songs that won't leave me.
this doesn't make a lot of sense, but eventually it will. i promise.
here's the gist of it:
there are some songs out there, that i have been wanting to use as inspiration for a fic, but have been unable to. i can feel the song and the emotions of the fic, but i just can't seem to put pen to paper to write it the way it should be written.
so i'm putting this out there for you.
no bravery, by james blunt. listen to the lyrics. it's such a harry potter almost dystopia kind of fic. of course it would be h/hr, but just the fear and dark mood of the song really speak to me. too much. i wanted to write this fic since ootp, but it even holds up throughout dh. that's why it's still so chilling to me. every single time i hear it, i can see what i want to happen. there are children standing here, arms outstretched into the sky, tears drying on their face, he has been here
chameleon boy, by blue october. here's another one that has been in my head since ootp. it still holds up after hbp. again h/hr. i actually tried writing this one, more than once. i've never been satisfied with what i've written. a little dark, but not as sad as no bravery. i try to think of all the people i looked up to, while growing up who would i be, now the twisted part, where did all my idols end up, they've all passed away
(i can't remember which song it is right now, lol, but i know it's from make yourself), by incubus. this one is one of the oldest i haven't been able to write. i thought of this one as a battle between harry and voldemort, around ootp when they're connected. i thought of this one before i really started writing in fandom. (i can hear the song, and i know the lyrics had to do with something about being in the head, and it's frustrating to listen to all the songs like i'm doing right now...i'll come back to this one later...)
more recently...
weight of the world, by blue october. draco-centric, hbp. the scene in myrtle's bathroom especially. dealing with his parents, and the dark lord, and just the hopelessness of his situation. my father's here to scare me, and my mother she sits beyond the door, curled up crying on the floor, look at what her son's done, when the weight of all the world's gone wrong
my never, by blue october. zutara, all the way. how much he needs her, more than he realizes, and her too. how hopeless their situation is, and how right they are (new fandom yay! i'm totally obsessed right now, too). will you think of me in time, it's never my luck, so nevermind, i wanna say your name, but the pain starts again, it's never my luck, so nevermind and i'll stop the lyrics there, but siriusly...listen to this song.
...i love blue october apparently. i've written quite a few songs while listening to them. lots..... my most recent fic was because i was listening to approaching normal on repeat.
anyway...
feel free to write me something.
or...
what songs have you wanted to write to? leave me a comment about it, and maybe i'll be inspired.
i'm in the mood.
oh, and if i can think of the other songs i had in mind before i got distracted, i'll add to this. or i'll just post again. :)
hi kelly!