Inspiration...

I've been thinking about what inspires me recently, and while the visual certainly moves me (check out my Pinterest if you don't believe me http://pinterest.com/amberafterglow/) music really is the key to my soul and to my writing.  If you're my friend on Facebook, you'll already know that I post music like crazy!  So in honor of the music that touches me, I thought I'd post a few videos of my favorite songs and list my playlist as it is right now.

Please Don't Go by Barcelona

All You Wanted by Alison Sudol & Sounds Under Radio

Bloodstream by Stateless

What The Water Gave Me by Florence + The Machine

Fade Into You by Mazzy Star

Poison and Wine by The Civil Wars

Turning Page by Sleeping At Last

Sail by AWOLNATION

This next video I want to preface with saying that it is my villain song.  I heard this one night while watching Malice in Wonderland on Netflix, and it was like magic.  It just fit the scenes I was writing.  The Hubs upon hearing the song and how much I loved it, "You scare me sometimes, you know that?"

Bring Back Her Head by Angelica

My full Playlist is heavy on all things Florence + The Machine and The Civil Wars…I heart them both beyond comprehension. Both are amazingly talented and I've yet to hear a bad song from either,  but for the list below I've only added a few of my favorites from them!

Please Don't Go - Barcelona

All You Wanted -  (TVD soundtrack) Alison Sudol & Sounds Under Radio
Black Tables - Other Lives

Skinny Love - Birdy

Shelter - Birdy (Actually can't wait for her cd to be released in US, all of it is so good!)

Bloodstream- (TVD soundtrack) Stateless

What the Water Gave Me - Florence and the Machine

Binding - Florence and the Machine

Only If For a Night - Florence and the Machine

Heavy in Your Arms - Florence and the Machine

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (Breaking Dawn soundtrack)

Turning Page - Sleeping At Last (Breaking Dawn soundtrack)

Requiem On Water - Imperial Mammoth (Breaking Dawn soundtrack)

Cold - Aqualung & Lucy Schartz (Breaking Dawn soundtrack)

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (Breaking Dawn soundtrack)

Arms - Christina Perri

Tragedy - Christina Perri

The Funeral - Band of Horses

Slow Life - Grizzly Bear

Poison and Wine - The Civil Wars 

Falling - The Civil Wars

Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

Safety Rope - Mick Flannery

Turn to Stone - Ingrid Michaelson

Changes - Stars

Sail - AWOLNATION

How It Ends - DeVotchKa

Wake Up - Arcade Fire

Breathe Me - Sia

Lullaby - Sia

My Love - Sia

I Go to Sleep - Sia

Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg

So Cold - Ben Cocks

Human - Civil Twilight

Cut - Plumb (TVD soundtrack)

This Woman's Work - Greg Laswell (although I love the Kate Bush version just as much)

Down - Jason Walker (TVD soundtrack)

Head Over Heels - Digital Daggers (TVD soundtrack) (remake of Tears for Fears that I love)

Wires - Athlete

The Story - Brandi Carlise

Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie

Mad World - Gary Jules

Possibility- Lykee Li

Tonight - Lykee Li

Falling Slowly - The Swell Season

Need - Hana Pestle

The Greatest - Cat Power

I also want to link a recent post by Daisy on Rules for Dialogue because it was so good and helped me immensely! So head over to Fresh As A Daisy and check it out!


Also two awesome giveaways:
1. Carrie at Where I Get Wordy is having a giveaway for Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
2. Sparkling Reviews is holding a $500 Amazon Gift Card giveaway. This is not a joke….go enter!


Hope I've managed to inspire you even a teensy bit.  Be sure to let me know if you liked any of these songs, or if any are already on your playlist.  Till next time...