inkstains

Hey Zurie, can we read it? =3

I'm always inspired by music. It's my other release vaulve besides writing and I find I have certain cds for different moods.

Sometimes I'll create a playlist for a character or story. This can be hard though, because the lyrics and music itself has to line up.

I am very picky. :P

Recently I downloaded two cds: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns and Florence + the Machine's Lungs. Oh. My. God.

LP's album (which has drawn cries of protest from fans) is simply amazing. It's a concept album about nuclear warfare. There are quotes laid over music (the Bhagvad Gita, Martin Luther King Jr., J. Robert Oppenheimer, and another I can't remember right now). It's the type of cd you need to listen to start to finish, in order (no shuffle, please). It really reminds me of the score from a broadway play the way it manipulates my emotions--and I mean that in the best possible way!

Secondly - "Lungs" - I discovered Florence + the Machines during her performance at MTV's VMAs (UK singer). Her voice IS her instrument. She's one of those people who can emote in tone, not only lyrics. Her instrumentation serves to strengthen the messages of her songs and her voice. Plus, her single (Dog Days are Over), totally hooked me. Who names a song that (a past writing prompt, no less!). I was HOOKED.

*Pimps*


I plan on writing a piece to LP's new cd. When I do, I'll definitely link you guys to it! :)