I tend to write to music. In fact, I like to create playlists specifically tailored to the story I am writing. Since I’ve already posted the playlist for Pay Me, Bug!, I figured I should do the same for The Points Between.
Pay Me, Bug!‘s playlist was pretty simple and direct, and I would play it straight through in order the whole time I was writing. The Points Between is a little different. Depending on my mood, I will start with one of three songs, but the entire list is always randomized, so each time I write I’m listening to a slightly different set.
I suppose some of the music I chose might be considered a little spoilerish, so… if that would bother you, don’t keep reading.
When I start writing I open with one of the three songs below:
Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around
Lyle Lovett
Icewater/Flyswatter Blues
Guster
Airport Song
After that the list automatically jumps to a random track and continues from there. Here’s the rest of the list, which plays in no particular order:
Big Sky
Siberia
The Dismemberment Plan
Crush
Time Bomb
Robyn Hitchcock
Mr. Rock ‘N’Roll
The Philosophers Stone
Judas Sings (Jesus and Me)
I Often Dream of Trains
The Abandoned Brain
Vibrating
Chinese Bones
A Globe Of Frogs
Arms of Love
The Wreck of the Arthur Lee
Goodnight I Say
The Fly
Never Stop Bleeding
Lady Waters & The Hooded One
The Black Crow Knows
Cynthia Mask
Queen Elvis
Executioner
Linctus House
Glass Hotel
Satellite
Aquarium
Seal
Crazy
Prayer for the Dying
Robert Jansen
My Oasis
Lyle Lovett
If I Had a Boat
Pontiac
Simple Song
In my Own Mind
She’s Already made Up Her Mind
North Dakota
Blatimore
The Fat Girl
moon on my Shoulder
Just the Morning
Old Friend
Kate Rusby
I Am Stretched On Your Grave
Johnny Cash
I Walk The Line
Hurt
Hung My Head
Dead Can Dance
Garden of the Arcand Delights: Carnival of Light
Garden of the Arcane Delights: In Power We Entrust tthe Love Advocated
Garden of the Arcane Delights: The Arcane
Gardne of th Arcane Delights: Flowers of the Sea
yulunga [Spirit Dance]
Tell Me About the Forest (You Once Called Home)
The Spider’s Stratagem
Emmeleia
So there it is, the musical backdrop for The Points Between.
