Time to get your groove on!
We all love music, whimsical lyrics and melodic tunes. Music is all around us soundtracking our lives and our experiences. Songs and singers have a way of expressing things in a way we wish we could. They stir up emotions and memories, placing us in certain moments in time or imagining things yet to come. This prompt is an adaptation of an assignment I used to do with high school students, but I've always thought adults would have even more fun with it. And, because we're all experienced writers, we don't need any assignment parameters. We're not being graded, after all!
For prompt #30, you are going to create a musical playlist, the soundtrack to your life. With the list, you will create a set of liner notes for your selections. Think of it as a collection of micro memoirs or poems or tiny texts, about your life. Of course, you can write a combination of any of these or other forms you think might work for you. The point is to keep each one brief enough that you would be able to include them all in an album insert... think the old days of a record album.
The playlist does not have to be a compilation of all your favorite songs. Some of the selections might just be representative of a period of time in your life, or a specific memory or a dream or a feeling you get when you hear it. The whole project is about utilizing the songs to evoke emotions and memory images in your writing.
You may or may not create the actual playlist on a CD or through one of the music apps. That's your choice. It might be helpful to have it to do the writing. But present the list of songs and the artists who perform them (especially if there is a specific rendition you prefer of songs that are covered by multiple artists), and include the liner note with it. If you really want to add extra flair, choose an image for your album cover too!
Feeling groovy? Time to get started!
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