Richard Dansky (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rdansky) wrote,@ 2009-07-03 16:55:00 |
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Perils of Background Music
Good writing music is important to me. It helps set the mood, reinforces tone, and drowns out the annoying hum of the tiny overworked fan inside my trusty computer.
This can lead, however, to some interestingly incongruous moments when working while jacked into an iPod with a rather...eclectic collection on it. One of these involves looking up at the tail end of a four-hour writing jag on a project (yes, I have more than one of those) that involves large guns putting large holes in large people, and realizing that for the last forty minutes, you've been listening to a series of synth-pop Jacques Brel covers.
And then carefully going back and rechecking your work to make sure you haven't suddenly decided to set the whole thing in a cabaret in Bruges.
Good writing music is important to me. It helps set the mood, reinforces tone, and drowns out the annoying hum of the tiny overworked fan inside my trusty computer.
This can lead, however, to some interestingly incongruous moments when working while jacked into an iPod with a rather...eclectic collection on it. One of these involves looking up at the tail end of a four-hour writing jag on a project (yes, I have more than one of those) that involves large guns putting large holes in large people, and realizing that for the last forty minutes, you've been listening to a series of synth-pop Jacques Brel covers.
And then carefully going back and rechecking your work to make sure you haven't suddenly decided to set the whole thing in a cabaret in Bruges.
