Mixtapes for NaNoWriMo
This was so fun to compile! Like Mr. Baty, the creator of National Novel Writing Month says, “The universe loves novelists.” In the months before November, he says, the universe will drop bunnies and give you dialogue to overhear, scenes to observe and everything will ring with more meaning than ever before.
The world of music will do that to you too. Suddenly, all songs will seem perfect to explain a feeling, offer encouragement or curse the Muse. Love songs suddenly become about the love for the written word, break up songs become heart-wrenching angst about the story or the inspiration doing you wrong.
What I have collected here is a song for each day of NaNoWriMo that will hopefully translate to at least how some of us feel about the month ahead. Songs to get you pumped, to commiserate with you, to urge you on, to tell you the jealousy you feel for the people who sweep right past you is perfectly natural. And in the end songs to sings your praises.
Some of them, like some of us, speak in metaphor, some will probably only make sense to a few--or perhaps only me. But they were all chosen with love and affection for those hearty and touched-in-the-head-enough to attempt this monumental feat with me!
Enjoy.
Song List for the first Mix Tape:
NaNoWriMo--The First Two Weeks
The Anthem
Mr. November by The Nationals
A given right?
I'm the new blue blood, I'm the great white hope
I'm the new blue blood
I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr. November
I'm Mr. November, I won't fuck us over
Day One
I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
Day Two
Here it Goes Again by OK Go
Day Three
Who Needs Sleep by The Barenaked Ladies
This is when you’ll begin to think that you do. It’s been three days, TAKE A NAP!
Day Four
Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)by Florence and the Machine
Day Five
Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
Day Six
Time to Pretend by MGMT
Day Seven: Time for an inspirational story…
It is rumored, a literary legend if you will, that one day Jack Kerouac sat down with his typewriter, a chair, a ream of paper and a lot of words swimming around his head. Three days later, when he rose from that chair for the first time, he had “On the Road.” Perhaps him whispering in your ear will give you a bit of inspiration, a push to let you know that what you are doing is within your reach to accomplish!
Day Eight
Good Days Bad Days by Kaiser Chiefs
Day Nine
Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars
Day Ten
Wishing Well by The Airborne Toxic Event
Day Eleven
The Pretender by Foo Fighters
Day Twelve
Hero/Herione by Boys Like Girls
Day Thirteen
I’ve Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth by Fall Out Boys
For those days where you just got to tell everyone to SUCK IT!
Day Fourteen: Time for another inspirational story. Another legend. This is the story of how Bob Dylan one day walked into a recording studio and sat down and began strumming his guitar, blowin’ on his harmonica and humming a little tune. Then he started singing this song. This is a song to remind you to turn off your inner editor, that sometimes the gems are in the humming and the strumming.
Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
Song List for the second Mix Tape:
NaNoWriMo--The Last Two Weeks
Day Fifteen
Don’t Upset the Rhythm by Noisettes
Day Sixteen
Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park
Day Seventeen
Falling on by Finger Eleven
Day Eighteen
The Missing Frame by AFI
Day Nineteen
Prayer for the Refugee by Rise Against
Day Twenty
Substitution by Silversun Pickups
Day Twenty-One: Some more inspiration for you to remind you what awaits you in the daytime hours…and for a bit of drive to make something of yourself already. Yeah, week three Is all about kicking your butt and learning to survive in a depressive funk. The whip sound effect is a nice touch I think.
Minimum Wage by They Might Be Giants
Day Twenty-Two
Crazy Baby by Joan Osborne
Day Twenty-Three
This is not the House that Pain Built by Dar Williams
Day Twenty-Four
Dream Again by Franz Ferdinand
Day Twenty-Five
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by She & Him
Day Twenty-Six
Why Can’t I be You? By The Cure
This one is to be sung with sarcasm for this will be about the time where your first friends will rub it into your face that they are done and you are not. GRRRRRRRRRR!
Day Twenty-Seven
Let’s Hear it for Rock Bottom by The Offspring
Day Twenty-Eight
Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne
COME ON! You can do it!!
Day Twenty-Nine
Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
Day Thirty
Remember the Name by Fort Minor
FUCK YA! YOU DID IT! YOU ARE A LEGEND!
Disclaimer: This is where I tell you that while I'm offering these for free for your inspiration, you should definitely go out and purchase the rest of the album from the artists you liked. Or at least a song or two! Just so I won't feel bad giving their stuff away for free! :)
The world of music will do that to you too. Suddenly, all songs will seem perfect to explain a feeling, offer encouragement or curse the Muse. Love songs suddenly become about the love for the written word, break up songs become heart-wrenching angst about the story or the inspiration doing you wrong.
What I have collected here is a song for each day of NaNoWriMo that will hopefully translate to at least how some of us feel about the month ahead. Songs to get you pumped, to commiserate with you, to urge you on, to tell you the jealousy you feel for the people who sweep right past you is perfectly natural. And in the end songs to sings your praises.
Some of them, like some of us, speak in metaphor, some will probably only make sense to a few--or perhaps only me. But they were all chosen with love and affection for those hearty and touched-in-the-head-enough to attempt this monumental feat with me!
Enjoy.
Song List for the first Mix Tape:
NaNoWriMo--The First Two Weeks
The Anthem
Mr. November by The Nationals
A given right?
I'm the new blue blood, I'm the great white hope
I'm the new blue blood
I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr. November
I'm Mr. November, I won't fuck us over
Day One
I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
Day Two
Here it Goes Again by OK Go
Day Three
Who Needs Sleep by The Barenaked Ladies
This is when you’ll begin to think that you do. It’s been three days, TAKE A NAP!
Day Four
Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)by Florence and the Machine
Day Five
Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
Day Six
Time to Pretend by MGMT
Day Seven: Time for an inspirational story…
It is rumored, a literary legend if you will, that one day Jack Kerouac sat down with his typewriter, a chair, a ream of paper and a lot of words swimming around his head. Three days later, when he rose from that chair for the first time, he had “On the Road.” Perhaps him whispering in your ear will give you a bit of inspiration, a push to let you know that what you are doing is within your reach to accomplish!
Day Eight
Good Days Bad Days by Kaiser Chiefs
Day Nine
Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars
Day Ten
Wishing Well by The Airborne Toxic Event
Day Eleven
The Pretender by Foo Fighters
Day Twelve
Hero/Herione by Boys Like Girls
Day Thirteen
I’ve Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth by Fall Out Boys
For those days where you just got to tell everyone to SUCK IT!
Day Fourteen: Time for another inspirational story. Another legend. This is the story of how Bob Dylan one day walked into a recording studio and sat down and began strumming his guitar, blowin’ on his harmonica and humming a little tune. Then he started singing this song. This is a song to remind you to turn off your inner editor, that sometimes the gems are in the humming and the strumming.
Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
Click to viewSong List for the second Mix Tape:
NaNoWriMo--The Last Two Weeks
Day Fifteen
Don’t Upset the Rhythm by Noisettes
Day Sixteen
Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park
Day Seventeen
Falling on by Finger Eleven
Day Eighteen
The Missing Frame by AFI
Day Nineteen
Prayer for the Refugee by Rise Against
Day Twenty
Substitution by Silversun Pickups
Day Twenty-One: Some more inspiration for you to remind you what awaits you in the daytime hours…and for a bit of drive to make something of yourself already. Yeah, week three Is all about kicking your butt and learning to survive in a depressive funk. The whip sound effect is a nice touch I think.
Minimum Wage by They Might Be Giants
Day Twenty-Two
Crazy Baby by Joan Osborne
Day Twenty-Three
This is not the House that Pain Built by Dar Williams
Day Twenty-Four
Dream Again by Franz Ferdinand
Day Twenty-Five
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by She & Him
Day Twenty-Six
Why Can’t I be You? By The Cure
This one is to be sung with sarcasm for this will be about the time where your first friends will rub it into your face that they are done and you are not. GRRRRRRRRRR!
Day Twenty-Seven
Let’s Hear it for Rock Bottom by The Offspring
Day Twenty-Eight
Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne
COME ON! You can do it!!
Day Twenty-Nine
Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
Day Thirty
Remember the Name by Fort Minor
FUCK YA! YOU DID IT! YOU ARE A LEGEND!
Disclaimer: This is where I tell you that while I'm offering these for free for your inspiration, you should definitely go out and purchase the rest of the album from the artists you liked. Or at least a song or two! Just so I won't feel bad giving their stuff away for free! :)