Do you need music when you write?

If you do, please say what kind.

For me, musicals and electronica are the most conducive to my creative juices.

once in a while I'll put on the Vivaldi or Dvoak or Bartok something, but normally i want to write when it's quiet.

most of the time i like it quiet, but sometimes i get my inspiration from songs...
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Edward: "and so the lion fell in love with the lamb.."
Bella: "what a stupid lamb"
Edward: "what a sick, masochistic lion.."
Quoted from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

You're right, sometimes quiet is better. But sometimes I need a beat in my ears to bang my ideas into cadence.

hehe, i like those too. but mostly classical.
my radio does this creepy thing, where it starts to play whatever CD happens to be in it at midnight, and once i left a Beatles CD in there...
Do you have any idea how scary love me do can be when it wakes you up at midnight?

hehe, what's your favorite? or, are you not that nerdy ;) i use nerdy in a good way, just to let you know!
i personally am a huge fan of holst's planets and pretty much anything by dvorak!

I love Tchaikovsky. And Mozart. Ever seen "Amadeus"? That is a brilliant movie.
I am extremely nerdy.
And I've actually never heard Dvorak, but I'll look him up.

no, i want to though! my dad says it's all fiction... but if it's that good...
yes, you must look up dvorak... his famous is the new world symphony and it rocks! :) :)

Yes! do it!
so now, tomorrow, you'll be raving about Dvoak and I'll be raving about Amadeus! (can i spell?)

Right now I'm listening to the playlist on this page:
http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/an-mp3-mix-for-your-memorial-day-beers...
but I'd never heard any of it before. It helped me write something, though.
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The only way to achieve clarity is through confusion.

Sometimes it sets the right mood for me, but it has to be right. I listen to music all the time, and I have different playlists and artists for different moods. Actually..... I've had writers block for a couple weeks now and I'm thinking maybe it's because of the music I'm listening to..... Tokio Hotel, Panic at the Disco, and The Used aren't exactly the most happiest of bands..... Hmmmm. I'll try a different playlist.

But yeah, I like listening to Panic at the Disco's album Pretty. Odd. when I write, or stuff like Death Cab for Cutie, or anything that's alternative and doesn't sound like pop or rock. But normally I do like rock, just I don't think it's the best for when my two selves collide.

Now I have to explain that. One side of me is alternative (I associate emotions, labels, and general.... things.... with genres of music) and writes, loves the outdoors, and is a generally happy, carefree person. The other side of me is rock, emo, dark, etc. Tokio Hotel is sort of the darker side, and Death Cab for Cutie is sort of the happier side.

That was really off- topic, and now you all think I'm totally crazy and weird, but that's how it is.

I can't not listen to music and write, it's impossible for me. I listen to a lot of alternative rock (Panic at The Disco, Fall Out Boy, etc.) and Classic rock (the Beatles, the Byrds, The Grateful Dead) and some heavy rock (The Used, Tokio Hotel). My favorite thing to listen to while I'm writing is the "Across the Universe" soundtrack, because it really makes you think (especially if you've seen the movie and have some context to put it with) but then sometimes I'll turn on some classical stuff because it's pretty calming. But sometime s I'll just put "Hey Jude" on replay for two hours and write to that (thats my favorite song)
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-Greg

They really are, although I just found out that they did drugs..... :( ...... that was a disappointment. But they're still good. I just watched Across the Universe last night, and I fell asleep after I Am The Walrus and woke up during Strawberry Fields Forever. I woke up and it was around midnight and there were all these strawberries floating everywhere and then they started bleeding...... and then a few minutes later you see Jude with blood all over his face and I thought he died, so I started crying. It was a sad movie. I cried during the funeral of Lucy's boyfriend. That was really sad.

it really depends. if my poem is frivolous, i'll probably have itunes on random. if i want my poetry to mean something, no music.