Blog 23 Perfect Playlist: Erin Holbrook

A Perfect Playlist for writing:

I spend a lot of my time writing, and always find that music can help when the creative juices just aren't flowing. A perfect playlist for writing, for me at least, consists of:

1.)"Who Are You"by The Who

2.)"Eleanor Rigby"by the Beatles

3.)Tchaikovsky's"Nutcracker"

4.)Marquez:"Conga del Fuego"

5.)"Me Voy"by Julieta Venegas

The first song on the list is a song that is just one of my personal favorites. It mainly serves as a good song to sing along to, so that one can wake up and start thinking before actually setting down to work. "Who Are You" is a catchy song that is very easy to sing along with. Eleanor Rigby is also a good song to just listen to, but it serves here the purpose of a transition between old rock music to classical instrumentals. Classical instrumentals are the best music to actually write to, because they help one to focus on writing gracefully, or at least intelligibly. Any of the Nutcracker tracks have strong music with which to write to, as does "conga del Fuego" and most other classical music. Finally, "Me Voy" is a fun, light song that is perfect for anytime. It's a good song to get around to when writer's block or any kind of frustration sets in because of it's light and airy, but still catchy, tune.