Write Anyway

Hello and welcome to another week here at Write Anyway. As always, I’m starting the week with a bit of musical inspiration to get your creative mind going.

Love him or leave him, Joe Cocker’s unique voice came into my little world a couple years ago with his version of ‘Have a Little Faith In Me’. This week he is spotlighted as my featured singer.

According to Wikipedia:

“John Robert “Joe” Cocker OBE (born 20 May, 1944) is an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idosyncratic arm movements while performing and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his song “Up Where We Belong”, a duet which he performed with Jennifer Warnes.”

Enjoy.

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Hello and good morning (or whatnot, depending on your time zone) everyone! Another Monday, another Musical Monday…

A few of you out there probably aren’t going to like me for putting up this week’s singer, but I really can’t help myself. I am a slave to my shuffle, and this is what the shuffle landed on.

So, without further ado… Alanis Morissette

According to Wikipedia:

“Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She has won twelve Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards. Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Her international debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, which remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide in music history, selling 30 million units worldwide. Her following album, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998 and was a success as well.”

Enjoy…

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Okay, so this one is going up a bit late… I promise it has been one heck of a week for me. Only important stuff keeps me from posting on time.

Anywho, by now you may have guessed I have a wide assortment of musical tastes that may or may not make sense when put together. But that’s okay. It’s still my pleasure to focus the spotlight this week on…

The Police

According to Wikipedia:

“The Police were an English rock trio, from London, England, formed originally in 1977. The trio consisted of Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar, vocals) and Stewart Copeland (drums, vocals, percussion). The band became globally popular in the late 1970s and are generally regarded as one of the first New Wave groups to achieve mainstream success, playing a style of rock that was influenced by jazz, punk and reggae music. Their 1983 album, Synchronicity, was number one in the UK and the US and sold over 8,000,000 copies in the US. The band broke up in 1984, but reunited in early 2007 for a one-off world tour lasting until August 2008, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their hit single “Roxanne” and also, to a lesser extent, that of their formation as a group.”

Enjoy…

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Hello and welcome to another Musical Monday.

This week I am turning it down a notch in the peppy department (a department I hang around in way too much) because writing - and life - is not all happy and sunshine.

The videos I am featuring this week will help you tap into the darker places in your mind. Anger, rage, fear, tears, regrets… All of these themes are present in Breaking Benjamin’s videos, music, lyrics, etc. If you need to get into a darker place for your writing, then Breaking Benjamin is a good place to get started.

That being said, the last video - Rain - isn’t quite as ‘dark’ as it is a sad melody. Rain is the first Breaking Benjamin song I ever heard and is one of the songs I listened to repeatedly during some bad times in my life a few years ago. It’s definitely good for getting into the less pleasant parts of your mind for writing, so I wanted to include it.

Enjoy.

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Is it Monday already?

This week, it is my pleasure to present a singer who I have been listening to most of my life. While he may not be the best known singer in some circles, he will always be a fond part of mine.

Collin Raye

Collin Raye is one of those singers who always somehow managed to have songs on the radio that reflected how I was feeling at any given time of my life. His upbeat songs energized me, his love songs made me pause and hope for that kind of love in my life…

Not to mention the fact that he has a distinct voice great for singing.

I apologize in advance for some of the videos. For some artists it’s just plain really hard to find videos that don’t have the embedding code disabled. I take what I can get.

Enjoy the music…

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

If there was ever a song that I would love to have the nerve (and the singing voice) to sing in public, it would have to be ‘Open Arms’. I have been well and truly in love with that song since I was a young girl.

Ah, dreams are lovely things, aren’t they?

This is another random pick from my music player on shuffle, but it is a very happy random pick. Journey hasn’t been a big part of my life, but there are definitely songs I can remember hearing at specific points in my life that will always stand out to me. Especially with the songs I am featuring today.

I’m not going to put up a biography or anything like that because I’m sure most, if not all, of you know plenty about Journey already. To all the ‘true blues’, I did include one song with the ‘new guy’, so forgive me for that.

Enjoy the music.

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Monday, Monday, Monday!

Can you tell I am feeling a bit bouncy today? And on a Monday, too. I must be coming down with some weird illness to be so cheerful on a Monday of all days.

As always, it is my wonderful pleasure to present you with your musical inspiration for the week:

Fall Out Boy

I started to listen to Fall Out Boy when I was still at university, but they have become even more popular since then. Many of their songs have become top hits on Australian charts. Like with quite a bit of the bands, groups, etc I follow, I can’t remember how or what got me into Fall Out Boy.

But, I am pretty sure it all started with a song called Mr. Brightside…

Enjoy the music!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Today I have the pleasure of featuring an artist my husband gets to take the credit for introducing me to. We have plenty of his CDs, which are absolute musts on the road trips the husband and I go on.

Mike Batt

Until my husband - then boyfriend - sent me ‘Lady of the Dawn’ as a present, I had never heard of Mike Batt. Apparently, though, I was one of the few people who hadn’t heard of him. Mike Batt is one of Britain’s most well known singer, composer, songwriters. His amazing career includes many CDs, many pairing ups with other artists, movie sound tracks and heaps more.

Enjoy the music! I definitely know I will.

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Mmmm. Sexy voice…

Oh! Sorry. I was just listening to some of the songs for this week’s Musical Monday and got a little distracted… Sorry about that.

This week I am very pleased to feature the talented:

Nickelback

I honestly don’t remember who or what song got me paying attention to Nickelback, but I have been listening to their music (and enjoying it!) for quite a long time now. Somehow I even managed to get one of their CDs.

I picked a couple videos for Nickelback as well as a couple videos of Santana featuring Chad Kroeger. I’m a fan of Santana’s music as well and I just love the songs featuring Chad, so I figure it won’t be a big deal to throw them into to the mix

I hope you enjoy the music!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

I so was not ready for the weekend to end. Were you? Then again, my readers in the US get to enjoy a long holiday weekend, so they’re not complaining. The Queen’s Birthday holiday is coming up in a couple weeks, so I can hold out until then for a long weekend.

Enough of that! It’s time to get into this week’s Musical Monday so you can have your musical inspiration for the week.

I have my dear friend in Canada to thank for my introduction to this week’s spotlighted artist:

Natasha Bedingfield

Hawke first sent me Wild Horses, and I have been enjoying Natasha’s music ever since - even thought I don’t hear a heck of a lot of it here in Australia. I have put up some of my favourites from her array of songs for your listening pleasure.

These aren’t the greatest videos, but Musical Monday is about the music - not the videos - so it’s all good.

Enjoy!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Another Monday, another crazy week about to start, another Musical Monday.

Have to love it.

I decided that I wanted to switch things up a bit by putting up a few videos of music of a different kind… Nearly all of us watch television at some point - even if it is just the news or five minutes of something or other when you’re passing by.

I’m putting television show themes as an inspiration for this week because those shows have writers, and those writers need inspiration, too. It’s good to be reminded every now and then that there are writers working in a wide variety of roles in many different industries.

Enjoy!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

It’s Monday again already? That just doesn’t seem possible. Ack.

That’s what you get when you are behind on your work.

A new week means a new focus for your Musical Monday inspiration. With another spin of my iTunes put on random, it is my pleasure to introduce some music from a woman I am sure you have already heard of.

Enya

I know that Enya and Enya listeners occasionally get a bit of crap from other people, but I suppose that’s just life. For me, there is a relaxing quality to some of Enya’s music that is greatly appreciated in the mostly hectic, stressed out, crazy ball I call my life. If someone wants to give me crap for appreciating relaxing music, well, it’s hardly going to make me angry…

I’m not going to feature all relaxing songs, so have a listen and may it inspire you to create wonderful things…

Enjoy!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Good day all!

A new Monday, a new month…

I love May. There are a couple reasons why, but mostly it’s because May is when I get to celebrate my wedding anniversary (5th). There is nothing like a celebration of love to make a month lovely.

I have no idea who or what got me into musicals, but I have been a fan of them since childhood. From the classics to more modern plays, I just can’t get enough of them. Heck, perhaps they helped inspire me to join the theatre group back in school.

Not all these videos are from the stage performances, but they are from stage musicals.

Enjoy!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

No, that doesn’t mean Write Anyway is under construction…

I know I have kind of featured these guys on a previous Musical Monday, but I didn’t feature the group, so that’s my excuse for listening to their music videos again!

Men at Work!

I have many fond memories of riding the bus home from school (hard to believe it was that long ago) and smiling whenever this came on the radio. (Maybe it was a sign from the future about my husband. *cue strange music*)

Anyway…

Enjoy the music and the rest of your week!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.

Hello and welcome to another Musical Monday here on Write Anyway!

This week I am introducing one of my more ‘vintage’ groups. They aren’t really vintage by any means, but I have been listening to (and enjoying) their music for a long time. 3 Doors Down

According to their official website: “Formed in Escatawpa, Mississippi, the resilient fivesome has blazed a trail as the quintessential rock band, attaining massive mainstream success but somehow never losing that small town identity that has branded them rock’s truest underdogs. They’ve reigned as a genuine force of nature, boasting rock n’ roll’s most earnest work ethic – ‘The thoroughly modern American band’ - crows Billboard, one part swagger/one part tireless road warriors, brandishing an arsenal of battle-tested radio gems like their breakthrough anthem, “Kryptonite.” Unleashed at the beginning of the decade, the song seemed to capture the band’s heroic climb and steadfast refusal to be pigeonholed as just another rock band.”

Enjoy!

And there you have it! Your musical inspiration for the week.

There are a lot more songs out there, so do some hunting! I hope you find this music inspirational.

If you have any suggestions for singers or bands you’d like to see featured, let me know in the comments. I won’t promise to put all selections up, but I do promise to take a look. Besides, I’m always open to falling in love with a new band or singer and adding more music to my massive collection.

Have an excellent week filled with inspiration, time to write and a very generous muse.