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Inspiration from Music
When I'm trying to put myself in mind of a time period, I like to listen to music from that time period. That is probaby a pretty shallow thing, but it works for me.
When I was working on EVIL IS ALWAYS HUMAN, I didn't have any music to use. I did do some research on music of the period (1912) and ran across the song "All She Gets from the Iceman (is Ice.)"
The song itself (you can listen to a recording from the period) is innocent enough and, though suggestive, is nothing that would raise eyebrows today.
In my story, it becomes a bawdy song performed at the Fourth of July celebration. Then I refer to the reverent singing of "Dixie" by the people there.
Right now I am working on a story set in 1975. I am looking at using country songs from the period to introduce each chapter. I may drop them when I'm done; I don't know. It's just helping me set the mood for writing it.
It is interesting to me how a phrase plucked from an otherwise innocuous song a lot more creepy:
Oh to take his place forever
There's nothin' I wouldn't give
I'd prove to you daily
What a man really is
-“I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You” by the Statler Brothers
I am always impressed when a movie-maker makes good use of the soundtrack. I want to do the same with my writing.
When I was working on EVIL IS ALWAYS HUMAN, I didn't have any music to use. I did do some research on music of the period (1912) and ran across the song "All She Gets from the Iceman (is Ice.)"
The song itself (you can listen to a recording from the period) is innocent enough and, though suggestive, is nothing that would raise eyebrows today.
In my story, it becomes a bawdy song performed at the Fourth of July celebration. Then I refer to the reverent singing of "Dixie" by the people there.
Right now I am working on a story set in 1975. I am looking at using country songs from the period to introduce each chapter. I may drop them when I'm done; I don't know. It's just helping me set the mood for writing it.
It is interesting to me how a phrase plucked from an otherwise innocuous song a lot more creepy:
Oh to take his place forever
There's nothin' I wouldn't give
I'd prove to you daily
What a man really is
-“I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You” by the Statler Brothers
I am always impressed when a movie-maker makes good use of the soundtrack. I want to do the same with my writing.
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