Do you make music playlists for stories/comics?

[WinterRobinhood]

I make music playlists made up of songs that remind me of certain characters or the story as a whole, and I listen to the playlists on repeat while writing. I was wondering if anyone here does the same.

[VibrantFox]

I haven't made specific playlists but I do tend to keep certain songs or soundtracks in mind when I'm writing or working on comics. Sometimes the song may relate to a specific character or the setting or ambience of a scene. I'm also a fan of using certain sound generators for certain certain atmospheres like a rainy night in the middle of the forest or a quiet afternoon in a cafe.

If anything I consider it to be a great way to get a better feel of a story or scene while working on it

[yondoloki]

Yea, there were a recent discussion some weeks ago about music to comic on Twitter's #comicbookhour event. And I made the playlist for The Changeling's Sister on Youtube (I personally use Spotify, but I don't know how to share playlists there...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1adnfIBOYeE&list=PL02EF12ABB41C2724

My playlist is mostly to get in the mood of the story. Some songs remind me vaguely of scenes or characters, but it is mostly just the mood. I mostly use it for writing, for drawing I can listen to other things.

[YangKoete]

Playlists, soundtracks, or just songs I'd play during them; Sure. ^w^

[fighterxaos]

Drawing my comic to a playlist I made for it right now. I also tend to give my characters specific theme songs.

[nelmathyria]

Yes, absolutely! I love having playlists for my characters. And whenever I hear a new song, I'm always thinking in the back of my mind if it would be a good fit for a character/story. All my character playlists are here! (although I'd like to find a better way to share them, since listening on 8tracks is pretty limited now...)

[Shanny8]

At first I thought the concept was kinda silly, but after a while I warmed up to it. Think I might do it once I start building my website- as something that readers can listen to while reading/looking at stuff.

[XzynderVexymous]

Of course. I have an inspirational playlist, a hype playlist, and a drawing playlist cx.

Earth's Immigrants | Tapas

[joannekwan]

I just started compiling playlists for my series on spotify. It's easier with the really atmospheric stories I must say though. I listen to them for inspiration when writing.

[rmdooley]

Heck yeah, man! There are even certain scenes where one song will just be put on repeat until it is finished

[caltravos]

I have a playlist for when I write as well! Just some heavy metal and hard rock to get the creativity flowing!

[Canis]

I always do <3 Especially for my serious work.

[J.Lovelace]

Yeah I do the same. They're great because I have multiple comics, and I need to be in a certain mood to work on each of them (like one's a horror and another is a sci-fi for example, I'd pick eerie instrumentals or electronic music for the respective genre), so I just put the playlist on and draw.

[scarlet_wings_kaili]

I don't have playlists for certain characters or a certain story, but I do organize them by mood. So if I need a certian mood I just put that on repeat XD

I give my playlists fun names too XD Like:
Violent Water
Swallow the darkness

and so on XD

[sarahrebecca58]

Not for the novel itself, but I'll often listen to music while I'm writing.

[punkarsenic]

ohhh yeah i totally do this. i have a few available publicly, but mostly theyre private playlists i play on shuffle while drawing and writing. i have ones for relationship, for the general story, for particular arcs, for characters... i love making playlists

[Sanz]

I can't say I make Playlists for the stories themselves but there are alot of songs that I can say "hey this song really describes (insert character) like super well" or like "this is so (insert character)'s song!!!" sometimes I will listen to a song that I feel describes on of the characters really well and write about it. i never really put that in the comic but it's fun for brainstorming, and i might have a song in my head while writing a certain episode.

GodTown | Tapas

Los Esmeraldas | Tapas

[indagold]

I actually go one step beyond and have been composing an album for one of my comics. It's really fun to to try to set a mood for an art piece through trying to find which songs that I made suit the comic the best.

[Catspacesailor]

I don't make playlists or choose songs that I can identify my story with (though sometimes they do) but, I usually end up creating AUs or extra stories based on the songs, and sometimes I end up creating characters or stories based on the songs.

[N1ghtm4r3]

i don't have particular playlists for specific things, i just made a long playlist of some of my favorite songs and occasionally it matches up , helps make it more enjoyable to work on it