That Voodoo You Do

                                        
Dark holiday--Dommin
                                         Remember--Dommin
                                         Until the End--Breaking
Benjamin
                                         Calling You--Blue October
                                         Trouble--Hope Sandoval
                                         Bad Things--Jace Everett
                                         Apocalypse Please--Muse
                                         Uprising--Muse
                                         Sister Rosetta--Noisettes
                                         Facing Hell--Ozzy Osbourne
                                         Raise the Dead--Phantom Planet
                                         Zombies Ate My Neighbors--
                                                                             Single File
                                         Breathe--Collide
                                         Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing--
Collide
                                         Graves--The Benjy Davis Project
                                         Living Dead Girl--Rob Zombie
                                         Small Town Witch--Sneaker
Pimps
                                   
                                         A Good Day to be Alive--
Ben Taylor                                                                             Band
                                         Gravity of Love--Enigma
                                         Greet Death--Explosions in the
Sky
                                         Heart on my sleeve--Michael Johns
                                         Infected--Rides Again
                                         It's Not My Time--Three Doors
Down
                                         The Last Beat of My Heart--
                                                                            DeVotchKa
                                         Life is Beautiful--Sixx:A.M.



                                           The Seven Year Witch

                                         Alive--Avalon
                                         Comfortably Numb--Collide
                                         Hungry Like the Wolf--Duran
Duran
                                         Seven Lives--Enigma
                                         Addicted to Love--Florence+
                                                                           The Machine
                                         Howl--Florence +The
Machine
                                         Walking After You--Foo Fighters                                           Another Round--Foo Fighters
                                         Never Say Never--The Fray
                                         Orchard Of Mines--Globus
                                         I'm Bad--The Last Vegas
                                         Breathe In Breathe Out--
                                                                          Mat Kearney
                                         Amazing--One Eskimo
                                         Body and Soul--Tori Amos
                                         Don't Stop--Innerpartysystem
                                         Vicarious--Tool
                                         When Everything Is Beautiful
                                                                          --Aaron Shust
                                         Letters From the Sky--Civil
Twilight
                                         Closer--The Gracious Few
                                         Make You Mine--Heather
Nova
                                         What's Wrong--The Gracious Few
                                         Nothing Ever Hurt Like You--
                                                                         James Morrison
                                         Love Lockdown--Kanye West
                                         Closer--Kings of Leon
                                         Sweet Dreams--Marilyn
Manson
                                         The Ballad of You and I--Melee
                                         Nothing But Love--The Gracious Few
                                         Glory Box--Portishead
                                         Breathe--Ryan Star
                                         With Or Without You--Sarah
Darling
                                         Past Mistake--Tricky
                                         Soldier of Love--Sade
                                         Cosmic Love--Florence+The
Machine
                                         Away From the Sun--3 Doors Down
                                         Bring Me Home--Sade
                                         Changing Your Mind--Bob
Schneider
                           
                                        

                                        



 

Inspiring the muse

Music plays a vital role in my creative process. In fact, I can't even start a book before putting together a soundtrack for it. Some songs are obvious choices for me. For others, I have no idea why they inspire a particular scene. Below is a working playlist, by no means complete.
                






 
                                        Playing With Fire

                                         Love Like a Fire--Cathy Lemons
                                         Arc of the Sun--Assembly of Dust
                                         Bad Moon Rising--Ann Wilson
                                                                  & Gretchen Wilson
                                         Wheels--Foo Fighters
                                         Wicked Game--Giant Drag
                                         You Give Me Something--James Morrison
                                         Sex On Fire--Kings of Leon
                                         Help I'm Alive--Metric
                                         Beast Of Burden--The Rolling Stones
                                         You're Gonna Want Me--Shane Dwight
                                         Just Say Yes--Snow Patrol
                                         Possum Kingdom--The Toadies
                                        More Human Than Human--White Zombie
                                         Cure--Wild Colonials
                                         I Love You--The Benjy Davis Project


                                        

                                         Vanessa Unveiled
                                                
                                                 
Everything--Alanis Morissette
                                          Just Like Everyone Else--Ben Taylor
                                                                             Band
                                          Tighten Up--The Black Keys
                                          Pistol Grip--The Blakes
                                          Blue Sunshine--Blue Giant
                                          Breathe--Collide
                                          Creep--Collide
                                          I Feel You--Collide
                                          Go Your Own Way--The Cranberries
                                          Twenty Miles--Deer Tick
                                          My Heart, Your Hands--Dommin
                                          Gravity of Love--Enigma
                                          Principles of Lust--Enigma
                                          Drive--Melissa Ferrick
                                          Ooh La La--Goldfrapp
                                          There Is a Way--NewWorldSon
                                          Feelin' Love--Paula Cole
                                          How We Operate--Gomez
                                          Charms--The Philosopher Kings
                                          Satisfied--Prince
                                          She Hates Me--Puddle of Mud
                                          Let My Love Open the Door--Pete
                                                                                  Townsend
                                          You Wouldn't Like Me--Tegan & Sara                                          
                                          
                                         
                                          

                                          Lover Enslaved

                                         
Slave to Love-- Bryan Ferry
                                          Feelin' Love-- Paula Cole
                                          Strict Machine-- Goldfrapp
                                          Dancing with Mephisto-- Enigma
                                          Time of the Season-- Ben Taylor Band
                                          I will possess your heart-- Deathcab
                                                                               For Cutie
                                          Untouched-- The Veronicas
                                          Glory Box-- Portishead
                                          Got You-- The Flys
                                          2 Hearts-- Kylie Minogue
                                          The Garden-- Mirah
                                          Je t'aime Till My Dying Days-- Enigma
                                          Mystify-- INXS
                                          Wicked Game-- Giant Drag
                                          Wish in This World-- Edwin McCain



                                          
Lover Enraptured

                                          
Bleeding Love-- Leona Lewis
                                           Breakable-- Fisher
                                           Calling You-- Blue October
                                           Closer-- Kings of Leon
                                           Principles of Lust-- Enigma
                                           She Brings Me Love-- Bad Company
                                           Strange Boy-- Kerli
                                           Unseen-- Katie Armiger
                                           Walking After You-- Foo Fighter


Taking Liberty


Sound of Madness-- Shinedown
Bad lands-- Psychopomps
The Best Things-- Filter
Earthcrosser-- Verunca Salt
Second Chance-- Shinedown
I'd Come For You-- Nickelback
In Space-- Ludo
Major Tom-- Shiny Toy Guns
Please Don't Leave Me-- Pink
Since You've Been Gone-- Theory Of A Dean Man
Someone Like You-- Safety Suit
Somewhere Out There-- Our Lady Peace
Waiting For The Night-- Rabbit In the Moon
Walking After You-- Foo Fighters
Where We Are-- Neverending White Lights
Without You-- Kevin Rudolf
You Gotta Go-- Chase The Sun










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