Do you listen to music when you write?

[howIing]

...so do you? Or do you find it distracting? :]

[Maskee Noodles]

Mhmm, I never listen to music with words though. I usually pick a soothing, instrumental lullaby. Listening to someone sing chases away forming thoughts I plan to write or type out. That or I end up writing the lyrics.

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iKilledzYerNoodlez

Mhmm, I never listen to music with words though. I usually pick a soothing, instrumental lullaby. Listening to someone sing chases away forming thoughts I plan to write or type out. That or I end up writing the lyrics.

I totally agree with you, but in different circtumstances. I'm afraid that it will mess up the mood of the scene that I am writing. For instance, if my ipod shuffles to a classical song, and i'm writing a violent scene, it usually makes me change the mood of my writing. sweatdrop

[Cogent Dream]

Certain songs have certain effects on me. Some make me want to dance or sing, others make me feel creative. I like listening to DJ Okwari and Nujabes while I write.

[Sir Icehawk]

If I do, which lately is rare, I listen to classical, The Black Mages, Celtic Woman, that sort of thing. Instrumental soundtracks. You get the idea.

[Moral Gutpunch]

Eurythmics, final fantasy with lyrics, Van Canto stuff, and some book of Mormon. I'm trying to get my Brony music to work on my player.

[Bibbidi Bobbidi Boop]

If I do, it has to be instrumental because I tend to sing along to every song with lyrics.. Which is something I find quite impossible to do while trying to write at the same time.

[Kairi Nightingale]

I used to listen to music a lot while I wrote but nowadays it seems to slow my writing process a bit. If I turn it low enough, it doesn't seem to bother me as much.

[marshmallowcreampie]

Naw, it distracts me.

[Sanjifanforever]

Yes! I hate it when I can't listen to music while writing. Music makes the words flow faster and helps me focus. I'm the opposite though. I need music with lyrics or else it's distracting.

[Eljah_Black]

I used to listen to music (with lyrics) when I was younger. However, now I just need some sort of background noise. It can be a TV, someone talking, music, a movie, anything really unless it's obnoxiously loud. Other times I don't need anything to write. I'm not a big music fan so I don't need it.

[Sakura Amethyst26]

Yes, sometimes I do. But then, I usually listen to music all the time.

[Miz Lina]

If I have a song that corresponds with a certain scene or character, I'll listen to it before I write or while I take a break to get to that place, but I don't listen while I'm writing.

Half because it distracts me, and half because I have to steal writing time when I can, and that might mean ten minutes while the kids are distracted by a toy or book or show, and any sound coming from my computer is going to break that reverie of theirs and they'll be on top of me in five seconds: Can I see, Mommy? What's that? Can I listen too?

[Evoblack]

ALWAYS! Hardly am I ever without it. :3

[Raspberry Rose Romance]

I always have music playing, usually I'm listening to ambient (Brain Eno, The Album Leaf, Explosions in the Sky) when I write. I find it's good driving music and good writing music.

I also listen to music in a playlist that I created that starts mellow and then works up to get really exciting and then calms down again.

I find I can't have movies or television on when I write because I start to copy what's happening in them. When I'm on a big project, I don't read or watch anything at all until I'm done so that I can't be influenced.