Like I’ve mentioned before, I’ll be posting creative things like this. When I’m reading or writing, I like to put on a few *modern-radio* songs that I love, or that relate to the mood of the story or scene, such as action/adventure, sorrow/grief, happiness/excitement, suspense, sudden realization, peace/relaxation, secrecy/betrayal, romance, horror/thriller, pretty much music for every scene you can think of. I even have apocalyptic music (warning: don’t turn the volume up too high for those)! I have a super-long playlist for each mood, so here are some top picks:
Action/Excitement
My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘Em Up) – Fall Out Boy
Chasing The Sun – The Wanted
Evacuate The Dancefloor – Cascada
I Dare You – Bea Miller
Roundtable Rival – Lindsey Stirling (I encourage you to watch all her songs, they are absolutely amazing.)
We Are Giants – Lindsey Stirling ft. Dia Frampton
Spooky/Suspenseful/Just Downright Depressing
Apologize – One Republic
Heathens – 21 Pilots
Shatter Me – Lindsey Stirling
Renegades – X Ambassadors
Glowing In The Dark – Girl and the Dreamcatcher
Centuries – Fall Out Boy
Only You – Ellie Goulding (While this is a sort of love song, it does provide a spooky and/or suspenseful beat/rhythm/background.)
Clocks – Coldplay
Titanium – Sia ft. David Guetta
Moon Trance – Lindsey Stirling
30 Minutes of Instrumental Halloween Music – Peder B. Helland
Romantic
Two Young Hearts – Sabrina Carpenter (Many of Sabrina’s songs are romantic, so if you want, those a good to check out too.)
A Drop In The Ocean – Ron Pope
I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
Electric Love – Borns (This is a little more upbeat.)
Bright – Echosmith
Post-Apocalyptic (Listen at your own risk!)
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Young Blood – Bea Miller
Beggin’ For Threads – Banks (The lyrics may not be the best if you actually pay attention, but this background music just triggers an apocalyptic adventure-sort scene in my mind.)
Sail – Awolnation (Oh, yes, definitely. You ABSOLUTELY don’t want your volume up too high for this.)
Disturbia – Rihanna (Insanity >;D)
Something Completely Random
Fireflies – Owl City
People Like Us – Kelly Clarkson (This is very inspirational for writing speeches n stuff. Gives a good vibe.)
Everything’s Okay – Lenka
Something Wild – Lindsey Stirling ft. Andrew McMahon – from “Pete’s Dragon” (I know this is supposed to be hopeful but I just find this so emotional, so I just put it in the randomness category.)
Surrender – Cash Cash
Me and My Girls – Fifth Harmony (?????)
In The Rain – Miraculous Ladybug (This is a TV show with this instrumental that caught my attention.)
Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield (Perfect for writing. The lyrics completely capture what it’s like to be a writer, a speaker, a storyteller.)
So that concludes my list, for now. Obviously this isn’t everything, but I have hundreds, and these are just the top. There are so may songs I haven’t heard, too! It gets so hard to choose. I love them all..
If there’s anything you’d like to add, please comment below! I love hearing new suggestions. Different music sparks different ideas, you know, and eclectic styles lead to even better writing. Even when reading, there are so many different – and awesome – types of music that can enhance your reading experience! After a while you get used to it. And for all you silence readers out there – I used to read in complete silence, I could not have any music playing while I read. Then I began to listen to music more often, during which I picked up a book and started reading. Now, I can do hardly anything without desiring my music in the background! If I can do it, so can you.
This playlist looks great, and I love how you organized them! I’m definitely going to be referring to this sometime : )
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Thanks! Glad I could help.
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