The Magician Murders - Playlist

In the initial stages of writing, I usually listen to a Pandora channel my nephews refer to as the "Funeral Channel" or the "Death Channel". (Outside my family circle it's actually known as "Meditation by the Sea".) Sometimes I listen to the "Wind Chimes channel," which the nephews assure me is indistinguishable from the "Funeral Channel," though I beg to differ. Sometimes I listen to classical music. Basically I listen to stuff that does not have words.

But eventually I always hit a point where I am longing for something a bit peppy--and emotional. I go back to One Republic and Lifehouse and Muse and start to develop a playlist that keeps me in the right mood for each phase of the story. I'm at that point in the creative phase of The Magician Murders. The point where I am driving the SO and Marlowe the Mutt crazy playing the same songs over and over. ;-)

I like this phase though because it means the story is becoming real to me and I'm thinking less about the order of words and more about how the characters feel about each other and all the dreadful things happening to them.

Anyway, here's the official unveiling of The Magician Murders playlist.

The Conjuring - Megadeth 

Feel Again - One Republic 

Buried Treasure - Grant Lee Phillips  

Still - Matt Nathanson  

Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Ruby's song) - Englebert Humperdick

Reborn - Stone Sour  

Hold Onto What You Believe Mumford & Sons  

Only You're the One - Lifehouse

Unpack Your Heart - Phillip Phillips  

Wherever I Go - One Republic  

Five Magics - Megadeth