{"id":14222,"date":"2018-05-10T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=14222"},"modified":"2020-04-16T19:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T23:36:03","slug":"the-soundtrack-to-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=14222","title":{"rendered":"The Soundtrack to My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often use music to block out distractions as I write, but it has to be the kind of music that won’t itself be a distraction. That means that it can’t have any words. When writing Morning Pages and blog posts, I usually listen to classical music, such as Debussy’s La Mer.<\/em> When writing for my novel, I favor spacey electronic music. The Interstellar<\/em> soundtrack is just about perfect.<\/p>\n

I tend to stick with what works, so La Mer<\/em> and Interstellar<\/em> are what I’ve been listening to for weeks. I don’t mind hearing the same music over and over, as long as it’s good music. The more I listen to it, the less distracting it is.<\/p>\n

The only problem is that it tends to get lodged in my brain. Now, no matter what I’m doing, the music is playing in my head. So La Mer<\/em> and Interstellar<\/em> have become the soundtrack to my life. I’m always either adrift on the sea or floating into outer space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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