I would be hard pressed to give you one type of music that I like. I'm fond of saying that I'm Beastie Boys to Beethoven. I like all kinds of music. Rock, techno, metal, classical, rap, folk, new age, even the occasional country song. So it's probably no surprise that when I write, I listen to music. I have several "writing mixes" on my iTunes that help me, for lack of a better explanation, relax into what I'm writing.
For instance, my current novel has space ships and space battles. When I'm working on those types of chapters, I will listen to the Star Trek II Wrath of Khan sound track. I also listen to a lot of Pandora. I love the ability to customize my stations.
It was a few weeks back that I was listening to Pandora, when I first heard The Yoshida Brothers. They play a three string instrument similar to a banjo. I loved what I heard. They have taken traditional and fussed it with the modern. I was listening to them tonight and thought I would share them with you.
I give you... The Yoshida Brothers
The Yoshida Brothers - Rising
Oh.. and their song "Kodo" was featured in the 2006 Nintendo Wii commercials... (Thats for all my fellow geeks and nerds out there)
The Yoshida Brothers - Kodo
Good listening to you!
-Red
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