From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2015-04-08 11:46:46 +0000, Kevin C said:   
      
   > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 9:04:17 PM UTC-4, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)   
   wrote:   
   >> What music inspires you? Does any resonate for you in my own stories?   
   >>   
   >> Let me know, if you would!   
   >   
   > I usually have a "running soundtrack" on a conscious or unconscious   
   > level, anyway, so it's hard to say. On the conscious level it's   
   > something like a tune stuck in my head. On an unconscious level it's a   
   > tune I might whistle. For example, a co-worker noticed I whistle "If I   
   > Only Had a Brain," when dealing with certain individuals. I'd never   
   > noticed it.   
   >   
   > The conscious "soundtrack" could be anything, from Willie Nelson to   
   > Lynard Skynard to John Phillip Sousa (just thinking about it makes   
   > "American Patrol" start running through my mind)   
      
   "American Patrol" ain't by Sousa. (On the whole, I prefer the "George   
   Washington Bicentennial March".)   
      
   >  to Scott Joplin to piano novelty songs to classical. I like symphonic   
   > and movie soundtracks for easy background music, unless I'm sleepy,   
   > then I break out the Rock and Roll.   
   >   
   > Where it all connects to writing is an interesting question. All my   
   > "near misses" have a musical influence, from the Blues to the C&W song   
   > "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" for one I'm working on at the moment.   
   >   
   > Fortunately, while lyrics are protected by copyright, song titles   
   > aren't, so if I wanted a drunk character to sing "Your Cheating Heart,"   
   > all I have to do is write he sang "Your Cheating Heart."   
      
      
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