Music to the Writer

As with my blog. I always have music going in the background. There are a couple of songs on my playlist that deal with being a writer.

Metallica "Broken Beaten and Scarred". It reflects the writing cycle. "You rise. You fall. And you rise again"

Nick Cave "We Call Upon the Author to Explain" Everyone who creates anything wants their work to be engaged on some level. Everyone who creates wants a chance to explain and defend their work.

I could not find this track. "Guardian Angel" by Lou Reed. This is from his "The Raven" album. The music is based on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe.

The song for me represents the "dark side" of writing. It is the lone time with the work. The questioning and rewriting whatever I am writing.

Watch the performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo3EKB-QgtU