Okay, I should have been writing the second chapter to the story I'm working on but then I did this instead. Pretty simple stuff. I could call it a theme song.
While some would say it was unnecessary, I find listening to music while I write very helpful. I could even make the argument that all my writing comes from musical inspirations.
Angel In the Snow is the most obvious since it has the same title as the Elliott Smith song it was inspired by but my other 10 minute plays also have music in their roots. Sorry About the Mess was inspired by a song called Help Yourself by Sad Brad Smith and the director of it in YPF even considered playing parts of the song at the beginning and the end of the performance. Grey Matter was inspired partly by the movie Hurricane starring Denzel Washington but mainly by the song Hurricane by Bob Dylan.
UPDATE: I just realized Angel In the Snow and Help Yourself were both featured in the same movie, Up in the Air. Interesting...
I really like the way you draw your ideas from music and I think making music as a sort of theme song for writing has more benefits than drawbacks. I'd love to make my own music based around my writing but lack the talent you have, JC. Would you ever be willing to do this kind of thing for me?
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