What I like to listen to while I write

[Laura]

Sometimes I like to have quiet but others I like to have music in the background. I wonder if the music influences the way I write. I've always wondered if certain musicians effect my brain and the way my poetic voice comes out. Ah well, here are the artists I listen to most when I write:

• Tori Amos
  
• Emm Gryner
  
• Tantric
  
• Ani DiFranco (I swear a lot of poets I know listen to her just because she's incredible)
  
• Heather Nova
  
• Pearl Jam (it's hard to write to them because I end up just listening or singing ... but when I get in the right mood, they're actually quite inspirational)
  
• Sarah Slean
  
• Collective Soul (usually puts me in a good mood)
  

[Sharon]

[glow=purple,2,300]hm... i think it depends really... i've written some stuff while listening to classical stuff... and JAZZ oh and instrumental stuff, but I don't think I've ever really written while listening to songs with lyrics. That's probably mainly because I HAVE to hear what I write. I'm very auditorial I have great difficulty reading "silently" when I'm in class and my teacher asks us to read silently i usually have to hold a hand to my ear and whisper the words aloud. Sometimes though a lyric may inspire me to write... especially if a song is saying something I'm really trying to express during that particular moment. [/glow]

[fightingirishman]

Yeah, I find it nearly impossible to write (lyrics anyway) while I'm listening to music. I have to concentrate on the beat I'm going for, and music distracts from that. When I'm doing homework, I usually listen to The Trews, Melanie Safka, Phil Ochs, the Philosopher Kings, The Killers, Sam Roberts or The Harlots. Anything harder is usually quite distracting.