Published the WARPAINT Soundtrack

WARPAINT SoundtrackIt took a while to find the right music for WARPAINT.

First, this is the music I have playing in the background while I write, so it has to fit the universe, the characters, and the “feel” of a lived-in place full of real humans, real needs, and the themes of the story. And it has to not grate on my nerves or distract me from my words.

It has to become subliminal, has to leak into my subconscious mind and feed the story I want to write.

So the soundtrack places HEAVY emphasis on Jim Tozier’s guitar work, which fits Cady like her skin.

The rest of the music in the soundtrack hits plot points, characters, or some element of theme or characterization I want to have in my head.

But Tozier is the backbone of the whole track.

So here’s the WARPAINT soundtrack.

(Link is to iTunes. It’s quick and convenient, and every other listing option I’ve tried has proven a giant pain in the ass.)

Consider it a sneak preview.

On a personal note, I still have the damn headaches and migraines. I’m getting some work done—putting the soundtrack together was a little bit of relaxation when my head hurt too badly to do anything else.

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By Holly

Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and indie-publish my new ones.

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Jessie Haynes
8 years ago

Holly, on the off chance you’ll see this, can you tell us the playlist?

Holly Lisle
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Reply to  Jessie Haynes
8 years ago

I have looked all over the place the last couple of days, and I can no longer find it. OR what happened to it.

It’s driving me nuts.

chalan
chalan
11 years ago

can you post just the artist and titles as I do not use or have itunes and thus no way to see the list

chalan
chalan
Reply to  Holly
11 years ago

Okay, thank you. I’m excited to see what songs set the tone for your story.

Kirsten
11 years ago

I do love a good playlist and thank you for this one! I had to smile when I came upon Nick Drake’s ‘Cello Song’–since I already have the Jose Gonzalez version (artist ‘The Books’ ironically)
I’m going to check out Jami Sieber as well, and of course the Jim Tozier. Time to load up the iTunes account. 🙂

Hope your headaches take a turn for the better soon!

R.C. Mann
R.C. Mann
11 years ago

Hopefully the stress of your novel isn’t doing it. If so, maybe you can take a day to write on something else? Just to see if it helps? Never mind, you know your own health. The only headaches I ever get are usually due to dehydration. Anyway, good luck.

R.C. Mann
R.C. Mann
Reply to  Holly
11 years ago

Someday I hope you put together a lesson for short story writers like me. I have already used a lot of what you posted on here. It helps, thanks. But I think I am coming up on twenty rejections about now, and nobody wants me 🙁 *sniffle*

Any way, thanks for the plotting and structural advice especially.

R.C. Mann
R.C. Mann
Reply to  Holly
11 years ago

Thanks:) That helps.

Danzier
Danzier
Reply to  R.C. Mann
11 years ago

Twenty times you had the guts to put your stories under the scrutiny of editors, hoping they’d put the stories under the scrutiny of audiences?! Well done! And crazy, but we like that around here, right? 😉

John
11 years ago

Ha! I do the same thing! I just finished my first novel, and the tone of the piece is kind of weary-but-dauntless. It’s an old, dead world crushed under fear and superstition, and a girl must walk miles and miles. Dead Man’s Bones’ song “Pa Pa Power” provided the backbone of the corpse-world setting, and Elisha Eagle’s “One” is my eleven-year-old protagonist’s private anthem.

iTunes didn’t pick up on my instrumental section, but here’s a selection from my core playlist.
http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/world-of-ash/id505901078
The full thing sprawled out to 30+ songs, but these are the heartbeat.

PS: Thank you for introducing me to Jim Tozier. This stuff is glorious!

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