I'm always somewhat in awe of you fan-mixy people. I can usually find a song or 2 that will relate to a char or a situation, but a whole album's worth? I don't think I've ever managed that.
Some are easier than others. With my Biker Mice From Mars: Wars Are Won series, I used songs in the text so it was a matter of expanding to include songs that represent characters or situations. Tin Man: Pirates of the Nonestic fits in here too.
BMFM: Evil Jack series, Tin Man: Dragons and Ninjas, Tin Man/Alice: Making Whole, and the unfinished one for my Legend of Zelda fanfic series are collections of songs representing characters and relationships.
But it does help me having a set playlist when you're focusing on the story. *Snort* When I was stuck on one scene in writing Turbo, I put the one song dealing with it on repeat and didn't change it until I got finished.
Usually I start with gathering songs or bands that fit for an inspirational music folder and then my choices solidify to that song is for that character. Stellar Gift of Death is heavy on female singers and techno. Biker Mice From Mars is predominately 60's and 70's hard rock and 80's hair bands. Except for Laissez Bon Temps Rouler, which is set in New Orleans so
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I think the larger part of my issue is that I don't make story-specific playlists. I have one playlist that I write to, almost no matter what I'm writing. It just gets me in the mental and emotional place where I can concentrate on the very act of writing. Sometimes if I need to evoke a certain mood or tenor I'll look for a specific song, but otherwise it's the same, I dunno, 50+ songs for anything I write.
I blame the unintentional song fics. Biker Mice From Mars featured musical shout-outs when they could, so when I started my Wars Are Won fanfic series, I found songs to quote. It grew from there.
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BMFM: Evil Jack series, Tin Man: Dragons and Ninjas, Tin Man/Alice: Making Whole, and the unfinished one for my Legend of Zelda fanfic series are collections of songs representing characters and relationships.
But it does help me having a set playlist when you're focusing on the story. *Snort* When I was stuck on one scene in writing Turbo, I put the one song dealing with it on repeat and didn't change it until I got finished.
Usually I start with gathering songs or bands that fit for an inspirational music folder and then my choices solidify to that song is for that character. Stellar Gift of Death is heavy on female singers and techno. Biker Mice From Mars is predominately 60's and 70's hard rock and 80's hair bands. Except for Laissez Bon Temps Rouler, which is set in New Orleans so ( ... )
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