Music and Writing

The Writers’ Gym Podcast

In this edition of the Writers' Gym Podcast with Rachel Knightley and Emily Inkpen we'll look at the relationship between music and writing. We'll explore music as inspiration and motivation, music as a creator of moods and as an accompaniment to your work and books inspired by or suggested by music.

Artists mentioned in this podcast include

• Thomas Bergersen
• Mogwai
• David Bowie
• Sigur Ros
• Allen Stroud and his soundtrack for The Dex legacy
• Pink Floyd
• The soundtracks to Fantasia, Lord of the Rings, How to Train Your Dragon and Wind River.
• The Soundtracks of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
• The soundtracks of Jonny Greenwood

Rachel would like to add Penguin Cafe Orchestra to the list of artists that have inspired her

Books mentioned in this podcast include

• Exile Music by Jennifer Steil
• Espedair Street by Iain Banks
• Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
• Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes

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The Writers Gym Podcast is an Alternative Stories production for The Writers' Gym.

Find out more about The Writers' Gym and Rachel Knightley by going to https://www.rachelknightley.com/

Find out more about Emily Inkpen and her work by going to https://www.emilyinkpen.com/

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