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Music Monday–Auschwitz and Sabaton
The Historian and His Metal Habit Greetings all. Welcome back to another edition of Music Monday. Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with this one. Then “Ye Olde Sentient Ipod” decided for me by randoming to Sabaton’s “Final Solution.” Why did this resonate? Well on 18 January, I went to the Auschwitz Exhibition…
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Music Monday–To Valhalla!
Today’s selection is another song by Miracle of Sound. Originally inspired by the latest iteration of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Miracle of Sound put out a harder, metal version that harkens to the TV Show Vikings. https://youtu.be/mh8FZZc6r2o
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Music Monday: A Classic Gets the Epic Treatment and Some News
It’s the third Monday, and you know what that means–SCORE DAY! A big trend in trailer music lately has been to update classic, recognizable songs and give them the “Epic” treatment (i.e., soaring instrumentals and drum tracks). If you can hear the “Trailer Voice” guy narrating your book trailer to one of these songs, that’s…
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Metal Monday: The Last of the Romanovs [sic]
One of the more romanticized hoaxes of the 20th Century was that of Anastasia Romanov. Basically, for those who are unfamiliar (and don’t want to click on the link), there were numerous women who claimed to be Tsar Nicholas II’s youngest daughter. While their versions of survival differ, all basically rested on the fact that…
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Metal Monday: Exodus and Metal…
So fans of the blog may remember I’ve mentioned how heavy metal lends itself well to certain historical events. You know, things like Biblical Plagues. Well today on Metal Monday, we’re going back to the well. Folks who were around in the 1990s might remember The Prince of Egypt. One of the musical numbers covered…
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Music Monday–It's Epic!
This is another song I’ll put on heavy rotation when it’s time to get some writing done. From the “Epic Score” stable of composers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh8ERImE-d8&w=560&h=315]
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Music Monday-Sabaton Rides Again
Sorry I let this lapse—things got kind of hectic in editing To Slip The Surly Bonds. Which, by the way, has completed editing, is with Chris Kennedy Publishing for layout, and is expected to drop on 13 September. Which is why I picked today’s song. “But wait, wasn’t Those In Peril the naval alternate history?”–Peanut…
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The One Time Mussolini and Ghandi…
…both got mentioned in the same song. In Living Colour’s classic “Cult of Personality” is both lyrical gold and cautionary tale: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0&w=560&h=315]
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One for the Protoculture Addicts…
Robotech Third Generation had a character called Lancer / Yellow Dancer. The former was his [male] official name. The second was his cross-dressing rock star alter ego. Robotech was a strange time, but it did produce some good music like the in universe song “Look Up (The Sky Is Falling).” The one below has been reproduced…
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Dire Straits
Often time in a book, the mood needs to be set that this action is what the whole book hinges on. Today’s music selection is my go to track with regard to getting myself into that mindset for my characters. Plus, I also love Hans Zimmer. 😀 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3iAzdbg3mo&w=560&h=315]
