Tag: soundtracks
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What Music Do Writers Listen to?
While I was writing No Sleep till Doomsday (Dru Jasper series, book 3), much to my surprise, I found myself listening to a certain Ukrainian pop music album over and over. Here’s why. My book features an evil crystal sorceress named Lucretia, and there are subtle references throughout the book to the song “Lucretia, My Reflection”…
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How to Create the Perfect Writing Soundtrack
Before I became a full-time writer, I thought music was too distracting to play while I was writing. I thought I needed absolute silence. Then I got a job as a staff writer, and suddenly I couldn’t hear myself think. Stuck in the middle of a bustling open-plan office, I quickly discovered that if I…
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How to Create Your First Booktrack (and Get 2,000 New Readers)
When I first heard about Booktrack.com from my literary agent, Kristin Nelson, I was fairly skeptical of the idea. Ebooks with music and sound effects, really? But then I tried the Booktrack of the short story Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft. I’ll be honest—I was blown away. Hearing the waves lap against the side of the castaway’s lifeboat, hearing his…
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Midnight Syndicate: Halloween ambiance on demand
The two gentlemen comprising Midnight Syndicate make what is possibly the scariest, most evocative music in the world. I know this firsthand, ever since the night I was driving down a particularly lonely stretch of fog-shrouded highway and popped their 1998 album Born of the Night into the CD player. Besides a world-class case of…
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Midnight Syndicate
Looking for some spooky music to set the Halloween mood this year? Look no further than Midnight Syndicate, one of my favorite bands of all time. (And that’s no joke, by the way. I have nearly every one of their albums. And a tee-shirt. Even a coffee mug. I’m practically a groupie.) Anyway, sample any…
LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON 