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Brittany. Oh God, not you lot again. Darlings, don’t you have a cage or something to be in? Your little balls to play with? Hmm?
Brittany. All the better to amuse yourselves with then darlings. Now then what is it you want to know? So long as it’s not will I ever be a nice Georgian housewife, how to instruct a servant, or can you have one of my fags, or any of my booze, we’re good.
Brittany . But I do, darlings. So? Playlist? Well when she was writing the Viking and the Courtesan which I understand is about my granddaughter Malice…
Shey listened a lot to the first piece on this list, probably because she plays and has taught it several times too. So obviously when writing more of the series it was her starting point, just as Mitchell and I are. I think she found the epic scope of it inspiring, although our story was not nearly as epic as all the things Malice went through, a shipwreck, a convent raid nearly being burned to death in a Valhalla style funeral in Viking times, being kidnapped, locked up and then incarcerated in a lunatic asylum in Regency times, all the time just trying to find her way to where she wanted to be.
The rest though? Well, these were ours, pure and simple. As to why darlings? Well, you’ll just have to listen won’t you? Any lines about smiling like you mean it which I do all the time, sort of anyway, being far apart on this old carousel, and people rather being lonely than being by someone’s side, are of course incidental….
Great music… Attack on Titan Stunning… oh to be able to play like that!!!!
Shey can you amend that to attack on Titan… Attack on Tit OMIGOD do I have to reduce everything to porn!
LOl Paul….. Only you. I will go do that xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx It is a wonderful piece that one. Hee hee.. I just played it a wee while ago. xxxxx
Oh, okay Shey – so you play the piano too (‘How great she art’) is there no end to your talents? I wonder if we have ever been working to the same song at the same time – wouldn’t that be cool dudes!
Hee hee. I ran a biz for many years teaching piano and doing some drama privately. I have done a lot of things in music, drama and writing. I play quite a few instruments. (I never like to teach anything unless I can play it so when this piece came in one day –always a prob when you let your pupils choose whatever they wanted— I thought okay….) It wasn’t as bad as the time The Piano came out and that one got wheeled in. Well. If I were really talented which I ain’t I’d have nailed that straight off the bat BUT bear in mind that music was quite innovative. It was the sort of first of its kind. I had never come across anything like it. Now of course with Einaudi and all there’s a lot of music structured that same way. But back then I said to the Mr, I am so gonna have to pack this up. But hey, I got it. Gosh that would be cool if we did sometimes work on the same song at the same time xxxxxxx
I guess that’s what happens when you put an English composer and a New Zealand film maker together – Innovation 🙂 It’s very cool that you got it – I remember hearing so many attempts at it – mostly from the students where I taught – that were pedestrian to say the least. Dark movie! Your play list features many cross overs from mine and as that is just a small selection I’m sure there are many others. I’ll be at the easel today. xoxo
Well The Piano was an awkward one. Like you had to kind of understand about the ‘,middle’ hand. The bit which is accompaniment but in the right while the pinkie kind of has the tune, while the left rattles along to a specific pattern. Even a lot of my best pupils –I did have some!–would bring it in and it would be a shambles, but once they got that concept they managed fine. Goodness. I am thrilled this list has crossovers with yours. Truly! Hope that is great minds think alike eh! I really love a lot of this list. Obviously I was listening to songs, to words I felt gave me the book, the idea of being separated by centuries in every way, the idea of it being far simpler not to get involved, the enormity of what that would lead to, so it’s easier not to be together just to get back to where you believe you belong but….. then, well, you can’t help who you fall for. I hope you are listening to music at your easel. There must be a lot more we jointly love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Billie Holiday. Magic!
I love Billi . And I especially love her version of that song. When my older lass got married last year they asked everyone to put in a fav love song and these songs were played during the meal. I pulled rank and picked two, This was one.
When growing up I hated those old songs as kids often did back then. Now, when the singer is outstanding as is Ms Holliday, listening is like squeezing history out of thin air…the bonus, a pinch of romance.
I was raised on these songs. Once raised never forgotten. But you are right. perfume scent of an era that’s gone.
The Sparrow: Edith Piaf always does it for me. Before I got old I thought Joni heralded the rise of the solo female in music terms. Certainly, she played a massive part in changing the rules of engagement, yet there were others before her. They maybe had to work harder for their money, but they were there.
Oh I love Edith Piaf. What a voice, what a woman and what a story too. I mind reading how she would sing, ‘Up your arse,’ in French as the words to several songs to the Nazis who didn’t know that was what she was saying. She is sure to be on a playlist of mine at some point. That she hasn’t been so far is certainly not down to my love of her. When I do focus on a song it’s the fit of the words in some way, or the music if it is orchestral to the story. The Henry Lee choice which is folksy dark was the idea of the kind of beguilement that Britt fair lays on Mitch eventually which of course he makes every effort to step back from.
Oh yesss! I could listen to Leonard Cohen all night.
He wrote so many wonderful songs. There are so many of his I love. And I have long loved this song. I have a great jazz version, on a cd. https://youtu.be/AqpOFQvMM1A It was this version I was listening to so the fit was fine for the book. But I had no idea at all Leonard Cohen it till very recently. I had even les idea of the reason he wrote it and when you do know the reason it makes a whole different sense of the words. His youtube version is stunning for me and makes the words even more powerful x
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The Hamstah Dudes have written another post for Shehanne Moore (I really must get myself a couple to write mine).. Anyway Shey likes to write to music and one of her characters explains why. Do you have a playlist to write to.. Check out Shey’s and add your own..I have songs for my progress at the time. For writer’s block – It’s Impossible by Nat King Cole to Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen when I have been sat for too long and It’s a Miracle by Culture Club when I have finished! Head over and share yours. #recommended
AW Sally, firstly thank you thank you for reblogging. I must send yah a few dudes, between the whining they fair write the posts. Secondly, I rather like your playlist there. That sure is a beginning, middle and end xxx
You are so talented Shey… Theatre director, author, musician and smexy too.. Does not get much better than that. xxxxxxxx
Hell no dinnae ask me to do anything scientific or that. (PS, did we agree 50 quid this time? ) xxxx
A great playlist, Shey, and thank you so much for the mention! I must say that Silv is certainly looking in the pink.
You are so so welcome Robbie. I was going to do it last post but I gave that one over to Marie and kept it for here. Silv is looking in the pink with that dye.
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Shehanne Moore shares her inspirational writing playlist and Silv is looking in the pink after falling into Sir Chocolate’s food colouring last week.
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Insanity with a purpose. Music with a purpose. It’s a shame it doesn’t work the other way around, like in me reading while I compose.
That could be difficult Lord George. Very very difficult x
PS maybe if you got someone to read to you ………
Great choices, Shey and I agree, you are fabulously multi-talented.
Cat…. 70 quid darling on the way xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Great music, thank you so much dear for good sharing as always
Kisses
AW lovely to see you Anita. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and have a lovely week too.
I love themed playlists, and I enjoyed this one very much. That Mika song reminded me of my time in Europe about 10 years ago when he was all the rage. I don’t know if he’s still around.
I can definitely see the connections with the novel, the flawed characters, and especially the part about locking someone up in a room… 😉
And I didn’t know you played the piano too! I wonder if you’ll use that one day to write a character who is a musician…
Ahem…..re locking someone in a room but at least there weren’t any lines about dousing someone under a water pump…. Glad you liked this Carolee. Truly. I always value your opinion. You’re so wise about books and film and music. I had so little time to write this book and I had no idea at all when I started about the situ Brittany would go to. I was quite a bit in with the deadline looming when I realised the focus was all wrong. and I had to rip a load up and go back, rewrite Mitchell entirely, rewrite what she was doing. , SO these songs were the ones that gave me the focus for what I should have had from the start re the choices for both. The notion it would be far easier to be without the other, the getting involved, the being without etc. The James Arthur song I never heard till I was finished but I thought that would have been there if I had cos bits were spot on so obvi I included it.
I think Mika had an album out a few years back and is still on the go. I really liked his creativity and that his work was a bit different so hoping he will do more. Piano? Oh yeah. I taught it too privately and some drama for a time, as well as some school concert work. I also play keyboard, organ, guitar, mandolin and a very little flute. Hell, one woman band. just don’t ask for violin,…. x
You certainly know how to pull a book out of hat, Shey. I didn’t know it was such an intense time-constraining rewrite. For me, usually music inspires me at the very beginning, before the idea for a story is even formed, but maybe I should try it during the writing phase as well. The James Arthur song really was spot on, so touching!
It’s awesome that you play so many instruments!
Hee hee, you are way too kind. I signed the contact on this book on the basis of two chapters. No synopsis. And no idea either . And I got in a muddle in that I had the wrong muse for Mitchell and the focus was wrong. It was a phony war between him and Fleming to keep Christian at bay while they had a bloody good time of living it up, until Brittany arrives and then that war becomes real. Now I don’t dispute there’s not a story there but the book was not about her choosing between two men. (Fleming was slightly older in this version and she was younger. So initially she has more in common with him.) But two worlds. End of. She had nowhere to go as a character and Mitchell while vaguely funny and endearing was not addressing the reasons his life was in this mess. He was actually a sneak really deliberately leading his son down the paths of dalliance so he can stay on in the house for as long as. SO yep a rewrite was required. And I did find these songs useful so I did NOT drift again. I do like that James Arthur song. And yeah it was pretty spot on. Oh I likes playing things I do xxxxx
Blow me away with a feather you weapon you! Spectacular music score and playlist. And oooh, I can’t wait til the dudes write a song for me! ❤ xoxo Fab darling!
Dearest Debby…neither can we
Love the dudes
Lol xxxxxxxxxxx
OOH glad you liked the playlist sistah !!!!! And it has made me a weapon xxxxxxxx
You always were a weapon, just stronger in force! 🙂 xxxxxxx
Lol… Love it xxxxxxx
What a fantastic playlist. I love Nick Cave and the Brian Ferry one. Makes me want to put up my playlist lol Love to you and the dudes. xxx
Get your playlist up. I challenge yah to do it so it’s ok! Seriously xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for that Adele, I was just trying to listen to music that gave me the essence of the bones of this book. I have always liked that Ferry one. Not on of his best known but nice and ideal for being far apart. Especially centuries apart. I love Nick Cave. That one was ideal for the kind of spell that Britt alas eventually casts……… Kind of needs to do that in a way but not for the most obvious reason x
Okay, you’re on lol I will post it up today. xxxxxxxxx
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So the hamstahs are singing, dancing and having laughs — This playlist promises to have some teeth marks in it, after they get done with devouring Robbie’s teats 😉 Lovin’ your humour, as always, Shey xxoo
Christy my darling, hope you enjoyed your birthday the other day. You looked as if you did. The dudes will soon eat the play list knowing them. They have eaten Robbie’s cakes after all so yeah, they will be looking elsewhere. Love seeing you here as always xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
An impressive playlist, Shey, and an even more impressive intro by the dudes. I must admit, the playlist was a bit of a denouement after watching the dudes’ interplay lol 🙂 Sorry, luv, guess I’m just partial to the little rascals’ shenanigans 🙂 Seriously, I loved the music and was delighted to interject it into my rather prosaic day. And gotta love that Brittany ♥♥
Well nothing compares with the dudes Tina, I fear. I am sure your day would be anything but prosaic my darling. Will get onto our wee blog later today and forward you the images. Just been hectic last few days. Brittany is quite dreadful actually. Easily the worst heroine I have ever written. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Her image looks risque and sassy, which always intrigues me. I tend to live on the edge of convention 🙂 ♥
She is very risqué and sassy. And she sounds like she does here too. No wonder poor Mitchell cannot get his head round her. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I will have to check out your playlist, She… Life without music will be so boring, don´t you think?. I wanted to recommend you Lana del Rey´s album “Honeymoon”. Almost all songs are slow, smoothly ones & I listen to it when I have to work online on papers for work. Here is the short link in case you want to check it out: https://goo.gl/9BDDyf Sending love to you, Debie spotlighted here… and (last but not least, of course), the dudes xx
Life without music would be awful. Truly. I do like Lana and I will certainly be checking out her album. Lots of love to you my angel and do NOT work too hard . Go listen to more Lana xxxxxxxx
Nice one ;)… best advice ever… xx ❤ Gracias, She!
I like to give good advice on certain close to my heart subjects xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For some reason, I have to write in silence (apart from to the sound of the wind in the trees, or the birds, but any “people” sounds hurtle me out of my fictional world). The music listening comes in between writing sessions, when dreaming scenes or for just letting off steam to. These days, I particularly love traditional folk music. I also admit to listening to Radio 2 in the kitchen, just to hear some of the golden oldies. Being married to a musician and doing quite a bit of singing myself, the silence thing is quite important to me at times, especially after hours of having to listen to Mister practising on his various keyboards, ranging from a harpsichord to a 3-manual church organ!
It’s a lovely idea to make a playlist though. I will check it out, as it’s yours. There are some familiar and well-loved names there, so no doubt some decent nostalgia will kick in during the listening xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well Sarah… you have my understanding re the listening. Put that hammer away girl. I love all sorts of music, In fact there’s little I don’t like. Love the dreaming sessions! You are a darling. I wasn’t going to do this post but Jean Lee talked me into it so… xxxx
My music listening is a bit like my reading habits, in that I have a wide taste but have to be in exactly the right mood for a particular idiom/genre. Anything from rap to Henry Purcell or romance to horror!
It’s a fine post for Jean Lee to have persuaded you into doing. When I was first blogging, there was this wonderful monthly music challenge, when you were given a theme and posted a YouTube video of a piece of music that matched that theme. If you’re interested in hearing some of the tunes that took my fancy for that challenge, type Music Passion into “search” on my blog. But you can find my all-time quirky favourite one here. I think it will make you laugh xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://sarahpotterwrites.com/2013/07/03/music-passion-12/
Glad to meet a fellow music lover that way in terms of anything. I think it is good to blog it occasionally to. I did the five tunes that mean something challenge and these were not necessarily my fav–tho two were– so much as five defining moments in my life in terms of music. But it was a challenge to boil that down. I am going to search your blog xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Gee! I have made up “book” soundtracks for years. Great wheeze!
Sorry Fiona-J, just getting through the email mountain here. LOl, it is indeed great fun. You have to share some of your favs now xxxx
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Aw and that is nice of you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I started reading TW&TR last week so am still learning Ms. Carter’s personality but I can see the dudes know her well. Great sidestepping on their part to soften her brassness. But I will give her a high five on the music list. Cool selections.
She is not known was Brash Brittany for nothing, my darling, always so good to me, Ann. She is very brassnecked but in addition to having to be a foil for Mitchell who has been round the park somewhat and never let a woman under his skin before, she does have her reasons. I say nothing about them or whether in reality she is truly what she seems. She chose music that reflected a lot of the aspects of the book as it goes on. I am thrilled you liked them xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
LOL 😀 The Dudes are hilarious, sheer wonderful work! Take a bow, you are a genius, multitalented writer. I normally like to write and work in silence, but I absolutely love your playlist. Well done.👍🏻
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HEY! Don’t blame me! Well…actually, I guess you can, seeing as we did talk about this stuff without the hamstah dudes’ permission. Naughty us, Shey, I guess! 😀 But I love the mix here of lyric and instrumental, and even Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have their place!
And you know, I’m still struggling with finding the right music to see me through my latest. Sometimes I’ll just go to the library and grab random soundtracks to see if anything strikes me–no luck as of yet. 😦 The search continues!
(Without Silv and the gang, though. It sounds like they’ve had their fill of songs for the day. 🙂 xxxxxxxxxx
Sorry my Lady J. but the dudes of course got ratty. So I am glad you liked it. Oh yes, that Nick Cave is there cos this Time Mutant book was harder for me to write in that it needed one of the parties to start to get emotionally involved fairly quickly which my leads categorically always refuse to do. It wasn’t so had in the Viking book cos Malice could see that she really had sod all life in her time but this book, when neither lead was giving an inch, I just don’t do froth and Brittany would never trade the present day for anything? I found the song and accompanying vid an interesting one of beguilement. It was not to say that Mitchell did not act on that beguilement afterwards by squashing it for all he was worth but it gave me that concept and that was all I needed to spring board onwards. Obviously you can squash with every ounce of your being. once certain things are there you’re kind of closing the door after a bolted horse, no matter how you kid yourself.
. As for the rest–except for the Cohen one in terms of what that song is really about and the version I was listening to had slightly diff words, I also didn’t know the real meaning of that song at that point — well the words all spoke for themselves re this book. Glad once again you liked it. Playlists are not something I have often. I just found it helpful for the reasons I’ve said I hope you can find a list soon xxx
Thank you, Shey–me, too! How curious that your music choices come from your characters more than plot. I think I’ve moreso used music to press my plot forward, but lately I, too, am finding music befitting the heroines and villains and not necessarily the plot. And I don’t often know the meaning behind the music, either–whatever song or melody contains the emotion. that’s all that matters to me. xxxxxxxxxx
Plot? What plot? LOL/ Throw the plot out the window. it is the only place for it. Right now I am 45 thou words in on my new book and I have not a scooby where it is going. Oh I always see the first scene and the last but do not ask me how I will join these dots. I have characters and they will surely do that. I know I say that and I don’t know folks believe it but if I was to sit down and plot I would never write a word let alone a book. That is the truth. So yep, I never thought about these choices before but they are from inside both characters’ heads. I could break the list down and say who had which song too !!
What a great music dear, thank you so much for good sharing
Kisses
Aw . have a lovely lovely day and week my darling xxxxx
Loving the playlist, so varied and inspiring. I hope it kept the hamsters under control xxx
My darling Sparkles, I am thrilled you liked this. It is not Country so I am doubly thrilled. These were the songs that helped me keep the focus after it had gone off xxxxx
Music I think is our saviour and each genre works its own magic within our heart ❤️ I’ve found Gregorian Chant has kept me calm during periods of great stress xxx
You are so right Dawn. Music does work its magic and is often balm for the soul. Gregorian Chant is amazing at times. There’s other times you want something with a bit of beat. These ones I felt gave me the huge rift and the stakes of living in two separate worlds xx
a wonderful playlist, such variety. Btw I used to play violin. Can you imagine.
I once went to classes But I got heaved out for laughing at the serious faces and the dreadful noise. It is one instrument I do not play…. But I can imagine you playing it in golden fields. Thrilled you loved the list. I know you love your music For me the songs summed up a lot of what the leads were thinking xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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