Birdsong - Essay Writing Music

It wasn't going to be called Birdsong - the working title was "Vomit" courtesy of Wendi - but the birds were so freakin' loud when tracking that I felt I had to incorporate them into the final mix.

Birdsong is apparently incredibly good for you.  Our subconscious has evolved to keep an eye out for predators - the theory goes that birdsong is a great indicator that all is good in the world - on hearing it we can relax a little more.

So - if you're stressing about getting shit done or even if you're flowing hard - this track should open you up a little and allow you to allocate even more resource to the process.  

Cool huh!?

and yes - I was totally drinking Sapporo while recording...

Music to make you more productive

Thousands of people use music2work2

Sign up and join them today 

Introduction - Essay Writing Music

It's essay writing time - well, it probably is for you if you're reading this!

The music was created to help you sit down and actually start to write.  Think of it as a learnable response - when you hear the slow, opening notes of the introduction associate it with the act of writing, of beginning the writing process.   The more you do this, the easier it will become to start.

 At this point the playlist consists of the introduction alone - a fairly simple walk down that describes the core theme of the piece.  I know that there are three more parts but until I play them, I've no idea what they're going to be - kinda like where you are with your essay at the moment.

I've done my outline, I know where I am and what I need to produce - now it's just time to get on with it - good luck!

The amazing image was commissioned from artist Jody Bateman Johnston - I gave her two pieces of direction:

1/ that it had to convey the idea of flow

2/ that it had to convey the idea of essay writing

I left her alone for a month or so and this is what she came back with.  I absolutely love it and hope you do too!  You can check out more of Jody's unique perspective here: http://drasticjo.com

Music to make you more productive

Thousands of people use music2work2

Sign up and join them today

Proofreading - Music to Write to

Up to this point the music has pretty much followed the rules of writing – you’ve seen the theme originate and be developed – but traditionally at this point – I would be polishing and tweaking the previous piece – and that’s not what I want to do.

I have no intention of following the rules of writing.

Seriously – I suspect most of the rules are just common sense anyway – I mean really – you need 5 rules to help you write? Here’s one rule for you:

1/ Write

I’ll add a second:

2/ Read

There – that should just about do it.

I truly believe that someone who writes and reads their work five times over will produce a much better result than someone who writes once, learns a lesson and then applies it once and moves on.

I believe in my balls, that when it comes to the creative arts, there is no substitute for doing it.

Sure -- you should read and be aware of the canon, there is much to learn -- but when it comes to your own original work -- that can only come from you -- and how else are you going to learn your work unless you do it?

So -- you can of course use the 5 rules of the process to produce a piece of writing fit for the world and who knows -- maybe it is or maybe you just polished a turd.

This is the Music to Write to playlist and I am interested in serious writers -if you’re a writer and you want help writing – welcome – I wrote this for you.

Forget everything else…

put this on…

…and write.

You’re a fucking writer!

Image Credit: Creative Flow by Ian Hayhurst on Flickr

Music to make you more productive

Thousands of people use music2work2
Sign up and join them today

Sign Up Free