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Wyldeviolet

Basically- Anyone else here have playlists and/or songs for characters/certain RPs/while writing in general e.g.to help set the mood for example?
I tend to find it helpful when writing to have music going that matches the mood or theme of what I'm writing. Some if my favoured, long term characters and RPs have earned thier own, specific playlist.
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Nico

I do! Sometimes it helps to set a certain mood, indeed. ~nodnod~

SithLordOfSnark

I don't really have a playlist for roleplaying, but if I don't have music playing in the background, I simply cannot write.
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I might choose noir music for a noir RP... Or not.
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HannibalBarca

I use music in many ways for my writing.  I play various playlists while writing.  I also sometimes embed a link to a particular song when I post in a RP, because the music will help set the tone of the scene.
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midnightblack

Quote from: RedRose on December 22, 2017, 10:18:25 AM
I might choose noir music for a noir RP... Or not.

Oh? I have this rp going on for which the works of Bohren & Der Club of Gore make the perfect soundtrack! I mean, just listen.  ::)



That aside, I do have quite varied practices as well. Some things work best without music, others are written when listening to a specific style, or even a very specific song. Whatever gets the words flowing with least resistance.
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RedRose

Quote from: midnightblack on December 23, 2017, 12:22:48 AM
Oh? I have this rp going on for which the works of Bohren & Der Club of Gore make the perfect soundtrack! I mean, just listen.  ::)





Methinks it's perfect.

And then there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU_PuF59E5g
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Cassandra LeMay

I (almost) never use music when RP-ing. When it comes to pen & paper games I may use a few sound effects now and then, but I stay away from music. Music can stir up emotions, but you never know what emotions it might trigger for a player. For example: There are some instrumental pieces I absolutely love, but I could not play them during a roleplaying session, as they remind me of my dead father. No one else would be affected like this, but who knows, maybe something else that seems perfectly fine to me will trigger some strong emotions for someone else?

Now, when it comes to writing for an online RP I might very well use music for the very same reason - to trigger an emotional response on my part. But I don't use it while actually writing. I'll listen to "mood music" before I start writing, or sometimes late in the evening when I plan on writing the next morning. While I am writing I need to focus on the words - and the act of writing. When I type, my fingers set their own rythm and I actually find my writing being affected by music, my fingers dancing over the keyboard more to the tune of the music than to the tune of my thoughts. That's just not for me. But using music to get into the mood I need to be in when I start writing? Absolutely!
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Lyron

I have to have a playlist for every character I'm using, otherwise it's like they're missing a finger, probably because music feels like such an important part to my life, so they don't truly come into being until I hear their tunes. Sometimes that means dipping my toes into genres or earlier decades of music that I otherwise don't (or in some cases, didn't) drift toward. Like, one character is into some of the classic rock songs, and another enjoys blues and jazz. It's even better when the characters identify songs they especially relate to.


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Endorphin

I've been using soundtracks for my tabletop games for several years and find that it's one of the quickest, easiest ways to set the mood. I prefer thematic music rather than character-specific music and find that the key is to keep the music ambient and played at a low enough volume that it conveys the feel but doesn't distract and detract from the session. Even more effective when paired with appropriate lighting.

I also like to listen to ambient music when writing, plotting or doing anything requiring concentration (including work) as it helps to get into a nice rhythm.

More physical pursuits (construction work, housework, working out) require a more active 'soundtrack'.
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somanycharacters

I have a 51 hour Synthwave playlist I've compiled because I am a huge nerd that I use when I'm writing anything cyberpunky.  I am not sorry.

Skynet

As I play online, I use YouTube links and Roll20 Jukebox to assemble soundtracks. I have a few generic go-to jigs for things like combat, spooky dungeons, and the like. Lyrics-based music is usually a distraction unless you're doing text-based games, where it won't get in the way of your own voice. I found that Final Fantasy's Fanfare themes are a welcome addition in my groups :D

whimsy

I really love this Harry Potter mixer. There are others for each of the houses, and a few locations, too!
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VashtiDreamer

I live for music. Silence messes with my head too much. If I'm writing, I've got music going on. I do tend to gravitate towards a genre of music depending on the character I'm writing as. I love Pandora for this, I've got so many stations, and I cycle through them based on who is running around in my head. If the wrong song comes on, or I'm on the wrong station. I stop and have to switch it. It will completely derail me.

Once upon a time, I did instrumental tracks...but I find that they distract me more than something with lyrics.

Most recently, the novel I was working on. Country...I don't normally listen to country but "before he cheats" was on the radio, and it ended up being the fuel for the novel for the whole month I was working on it. And rediscovering Reba and Dolly Parton, and a bunch of other classics was fun.

The only other station I made that has stuck out is the bluegrass one I made when I was writing about a story set in Tennessee. It sticks out because my roommate hated me so much for that period. :D

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I do!

Almost all my characters have their own favorite music which they listen through a story. And I also use a lot of music for my own stories. I think music is a basic thing all people enjoys, and so do my characters.

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Kaspider

Yes. No vocals. Instrumental rock or metal. I have a playlist on Spotify. For Darker themes, I listen to dark ambient or ambient rock with some drone like music. Here is one of my favourites.

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Baphomett

Definitely, I like to make playlists attached to locales, helps give them a mood.

ZephyrInk

Quote from: Wyldeviolet on December 21, 2017, 10:52:06 PM
I tend to find it helpful when writing to have music going that matches the mood or theme of what I'm writing. Some if my favoured, long term characters and RPs have earned thier own, specific playlist.

Exactly that ^ for me sometimes it helps with penning down a scene that I'm stuck at or when I listen to a song in a cafe or anywhere else I tend to come up with scenes that would match the mood or genre even. I like background sounds when I'm writing, helps to give some sort of weight to the scene/s and I alternate between instrumentals and even ambient sounds. If particular lyrics fit a character's personality I tend to save those for them as well.

"If music be the food of love..play on" =)

Life in Color

It's not an official thread/pairing/character until it has a playlist.

Chewy

Quote from: Life in Color on March 02, 2018, 11:21:51 PM
It's not an official thread/pairing/character until it has a playlist.

I'm going to agree with Life In Color. For me, it's not an official thread/character until it has a playlist.

I've had whole characters based off of a specific song/band/playlist and I've got certain music I listen to depending on what I'm writing and such because for me it just helps me zone and lose myself in a roleplay and/or a character.

Lilias

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Quote from: Lilias on February 06, 2018, 07:32:38 AM
Thank goodness for all the composers who put their work up for free, and even make longer mixes so we don't have to.

Derek & Brandon Fiechter
Adrian Von Ziegler (especially the complete albums)
Peter Crowley's YouTube Collections

ThePrimeCronus has compiled a ridiculously long list of long mixes for all effects.

Peder B. Helland's Dark Music World specialises, unsurprisingly, in the spoopy stuff.

For ambient and nature sounds, rather than music, there's always Guild of Ambience.

The Black Yo)))ga Mixes work well when the mood is 'meditation music with bite'.
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Luciferia

I can't listen to anything while I'm writing and that saddens me greatly considering I was in orchestra for years, even went to college for it. It doesn't matter if there are no lyrics, as soon as the music is on I'm not listening to anything else.  :'(

However, I love to get inspired by music and use them to enrich my characters!
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Wyldeviolet

Quote from: Lilias on March 06, 2018, 06:01:42 AM
Cross-posting this from the members area, for any unapproved peeps that may be looking for resources. All SFW, unless you crank the volume up to 11!

I'm going to come back to these later! Most of my own playlists are decidedly NSFW  ;D ::)
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Cryptic

I need to have music when I write. I find it helps me to get in touch to more of the emotion behind my characters.
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Chewy

Here's something I often wonder when it comes to roleplaying and music; am I the only one who feels like they listen to strange music when they're roleplaying? Or you find yourself listening to music that doesn't seem to really fit what you're writing but somehow it just fits?