I'm super excited today, because tomorrow, I move to Denver, Colorado. And next Tuesday, Opeth will be in Denver performing at the Ogden Theater. Guess where I'll be? It's fate, really, and the fact that Opeth played on NPR today means that my little corner of the world is coming together nicely after a few days of uncertainty.
Okay, so that's a little dramatic. Anywho.
Probably my favorite band in the world, second only to another Swedish progressive metal band, Opeth is one of the few groups that can speak to every one of my moods.
Except happiness. There is a huge void where you might find "happy" in their albums.
Opeth inspired the opening scene of what was originally the beginning of "Waking The Dead" (which was worked and reworked until it resembled something entirely different). I turn to them whenever I need inspiration, particularly when my brooding male Alphas refuse to talk to me.
This song is something that's a bit different from their usual death metal growls.
Showing posts with label musical monday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label musical monday. Show all posts
Monday, October 17, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Musical Monday and Winners
I've been a bad blogger this week.
I moved from my employee housing on Saturday, and expect to move from my current apartment within the next two weeks or so. We're looking at Colorado, which I've never even been to, but I figure I can do anything for six months until I return to Arizona for work in the spring.
So please forgive the fact that I've left my autopostings to do all the work for me.
Winners of Evernight's BIG Birthday Bash!
$5 Giftcard to Evernight Publishing: Pommawolf
FIRST Copy of "Waking The Dead": Kathryn
Congratulations, guys! Kathryn, please e-mail me at your convenience, I'm not sure if my message made it to you!
Back to the music. What am I in the mood for today?
Swedish progressive ANYTHING. Rock, metal, you name it. The Swedish know how to write music.
A.C.T. is one of those rare gems I stumbled across completely by accident. They're super catchy, and their lead singer is adorable. Always helps. This song also was played on repeat after a particularly rough break-up, even though I'm fairly certain the concept of this album is about an insane groundskeeper, conniving landlord and a sentient apartment building.
Yep, those Swedes.
I moved from my employee housing on Saturday, and expect to move from my current apartment within the next two weeks or so. We're looking at Colorado, which I've never even been to, but I figure I can do anything for six months until I return to Arizona for work in the spring.
So please forgive the fact that I've left my autopostings to do all the work for me.
Winners of Evernight's BIG Birthday Bash!
$5 Giftcard to Evernight Publishing: Pommawolf
FIRST Copy of "Waking The Dead": Kathryn
Congratulations, guys! Kathryn, please e-mail me at your convenience, I'm not sure if my message made it to you!
Back to the music. What am I in the mood for today?
Swedish progressive ANYTHING. Rock, metal, you name it. The Swedish know how to write music.
A.C.T. is one of those rare gems I stumbled across completely by accident. They're super catchy, and their lead singer is adorable. Always helps. This song also was played on repeat after a particularly rough break-up, even though I'm fairly certain the concept of this album is about an insane groundskeeper, conniving landlord and a sentient apartment building.
Yep, those Swedes.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Musical Monday
Evernight's Big Birthday Bash is still going on! Scroll down or click here to enter my contest!
Okay, so just as a fair warning. This is my favorite band e.v.e.r., and therefore, their music is going to pop up. A lot.
Even midweek, I'm certain.
I'm not a very musical person, as in, I can't tell if something is in key. If you asked me to sing a note, I'd sing it flat, shatter a glass, and make babies everywhere in the tri-city region cry. Even so, I have a song for every mood. One that reaches so deep to the core that it becomes part of my life's playlist. (I don't have one of those yet, but I will.)
Pain of Salvation has about... oh, I'd say 30 songs that do that for me.
I was listening to this song about a week ago when I when I needed just the right mindset to write a scene with my hero trying to push the heroine away, and it is spot freakin' on. He's lost. He's broken. He just needs to be alone to find himself.
In the concept album Remedy Lane where "Undertow" is kind of the turning point in the story, the ending is not so happily-ever-after. But I write romance, so you bet this resolves itself eventually.
Enjoy. And try not to cry.
Okay, so just as a fair warning. This is my favorite band e.v.e.r., and therefore, their music is going to pop up. A lot.
Even midweek, I'm certain.
I'm not a very musical person, as in, I can't tell if something is in key. If you asked me to sing a note, I'd sing it flat, shatter a glass, and make babies everywhere in the tri-city region cry. Even so, I have a song for every mood. One that reaches so deep to the core that it becomes part of my life's playlist. (I don't have one of those yet, but I will.)
Pain of Salvation has about... oh, I'd say 30 songs that do that for me.
I was listening to this song about a week ago when I when I needed just the right mindset to write a scene with my hero trying to push the heroine away, and it is spot freakin' on. He's lost. He's broken. He just needs to be alone to find himself.
In the concept album Remedy Lane where "Undertow" is kind of the turning point in the story, the ending is not so happily-ever-after. But I write romance, so you bet this resolves itself eventually.
Enjoy. And try not to cry.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Musical Monday
Happy Monday, everyone!
I decided, thanks to a very convenient alliteration, that Mondays will be the day I share the music that inspires me the most when I write. Also because I'm afraid I'll run out of sentences for Six Sentence Sundays.
This morning, while my wonderful partner was watching a not-so-wonderful movie and I was struggling to get my 1,000 words in for the morning, I opted for this album.
Sigur Rós is one of my favorite bands to listen to, when silence won't do, and when I need to concentrate. Hard. It's ambient, smooth, melodic. Oh yeah, and in Icelandic, so I don't get distracted by the lyrics!
Besides, if you read the translation of "Starálfur," it would completely change the meaning of the song for you. Listen first. Then translate.
Please try to ignore the picture from Life Aquatic staring at you the whole time.
I decided, thanks to a very convenient alliteration, that Mondays will be the day I share the music that inspires me the most when I write. Also because I'm afraid I'll run out of sentences for Six Sentence Sundays.
This morning, while my wonderful partner was watching a not-so-wonderful movie and I was struggling to get my 1,000 words in for the morning, I opted for this album.
Sigur Rós is one of my favorite bands to listen to, when silence won't do, and when I need to concentrate. Hard. It's ambient, smooth, melodic. Oh yeah, and in Icelandic, so I don't get distracted by the lyrics!
Besides, if you read the translation of "Starálfur," it would completely change the meaning of the song for you. Listen first. Then translate.
Please try to ignore the picture from Life Aquatic staring at you the whole time.
Share your favorite writing songs. What gets you in the mood? What helps to cover up your better half's terrible movie noise?
Stay tuned for my first guest blogger on Wednesday, Evernight author Alexandra O'Hurley!
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