Reply With QuoteCool. I would say that Darkhawk and I have very similar music tastes.
I was talking to a friend of mine recently and he said he was struggling with finding the voices for a couple of characters in a comic he was writing. I suggested he trying using music find their motivations and he told me he can't listen to music when he writes. I'm the same way actually, I need dead silence when I write, and explained that I listen to music before I write, to help get me inside a character's head.
What I do is look at what's coming up on my schedule and what I'll be writing on any given day. Then I'll create a playlist for a specific script or character I'll be working on. I put myself in that characters shoes or situation and figure out what music and bands they like and would be listening, not only in that setting, but in their lives in general. A lot of it's personality based too. Then I'll pop on my iPod and go for a walk around NYC or go and sit in a bar and listen to the mix while thinking about the story and the character(s). I find this gives me a better understanding of their personality and internal motivations, helps me better grasp their emotional state, and helps me work through their feelings and decisions. It also makes the dialogue flow more easily. Sounds crazy, I know, but it works.
I made specific mixes for all of the Loners characters as each issue is told from one of their perspectives. As an example, I thought I would share Darkhawk's playlist here, featuring a selection of sonds that got me into Mr. Chris Powell's charcater. Enjoy!
Break Stuff - Limp Bizkit
My Hero - Foo Fighters
When I Grow Up - Garbage
Name - Goo Goo Dolls
2000 Light Years Away - Green Day
Faint - Linkin Park
Shamrocks And Shenanegins (Butch Vig Remix) - House of Pain
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Rudderless - The Lemonheads
Shadow On The Sun - Audioslave
Juke Box Hero - Foreigner
Symphony Of Destruction - Megadeth
Adam's Song - Blink-182
Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
Big Dumb Sex - Soundgarden
Kickstart My Heart - Mötley Crüe
Epiphany - Staind
All Apologies - Nirvana
Head On - The Jesus & Mary Chain
Don't Follow - In Chains
I'm working on my Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm special now so have Nico's Goth playlist in heavy rotation!
Cool. I would say that Darkhawk and I have very similar music tastes.
This is neat, thanks for sharing.
I would have thought that the first two lines of 'Grind' by Alice in Chains would be very appropriate given Darkhawk's recent re-emergence...
Hey C.B. - here's some tunes from my playlist that you might find inspirational/useful for a character/mood.
I always dig hearing about a good song from artists that I might not normally be exposed to, so I thought I'd play it forward.
A Thousand Kisses Deep - Leonard Cohen
American Witch - Rob Zombie
Clown - Switchblade Symphony
Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy
Dirthouse - Static-X
Earth Intruders (Extended Mark "Spike" Stent Mix) - Björk
Get Behind the Mule - Tom Waits
I'm Afraid of Americans (NIN V.1 Mix) - David Bowie
I'm So Sick - Flyleaf
I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You - Tom Waits
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Insects - Osaka Popstar
Into the Void - Nine Inch Nails
It's Okay (One Blood) - The Game
Juke Joint Jezebel - KMFDM
Laid - James
Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
Liar - Rollins Band
Lie - Black Light Burns
Low Self Opinion - Rollins Band
Martyr - Fear Factory
Meds - Placebo
Mein Teil - Rammstein
Only (Richard X Remix) - Nine Inch Nails
Orgasmatron - Sepultura
Out Of Step (With The World) - Minor Threat
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Papa Won't Leave You, Henry - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Pretty Like Drugs - Queen Adreena
Raining Blood - Slayer
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Showroom Dummies - Leather Strip
Tear You Apart - She Wants Revenge
The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
These Things - She Wants Revenge
Umbrella - Rihanna / Jay-Z
Voodoo - Godsmack
Waiting Room - Fugazi
War Ensemble - Slayer
War Profiteering Is Killing Us All - The Suicide Machines
When I Reach For My Revolver - Moby
Wolf Like Me - TV On the Radio
Work It - Missy Elliott
You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
You Suck! - Strapping Young Lad
Rollins Band. I need to pick up an album of his. I have a friend who had a couple and I dug them alot.
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