Music Monday - JT Bruce

Welcome to another instalment of Music Monday.
Today we're going to be talking about JT Bruce. So far, he is my most favourite artist on Jamendo, since it's no secret that I like guitars, especially electric ones. Upon visiting the page, you will immediately notice that he only has three albums. Hopefully this will encourage you to listen to all of them.
If I had to pick only one album for you to sample, I'd pick The Dreamer's Paradox since I consider this Bruce's best work to date (of those on the website so far).

Problems during writing

Since it's NaNoWriMo, I've been doing lots of writing. Sometimes I feel as if I write too much in a particular scene or too little for another.
It actually bothers me as character and world development is either hindered or lost when a scene is stretched or shorted. I'm doing a story about a group of people who are conscripted into the army and are sent to the City in order to learn and serve.
The main problem is that I have a hard time actually coming up with the lessons themselves. Sure there are rewrites, where I can basically add or chop pieces from the story, but I am kind of stubborn I guess.

Music Monday - SaReGaMa

Ah, Monday; dubbed as Music Monday on Twitter. It's also November, so there are plenty of people who are busy hammering away at their keyboard in order to reach the fabled 50,000 words by November 30th.
When writing, I often try to find something to inspire me. Some sort of soundtrack to block out the other noises in the house. Last year I found Jamendo. Jamendo is a website which hosts music that has been uploaded by the original artists under the creative commons license. In a nutshell, free music for you to listen.
One of the first artists I found on the website is the strangely-named SaReGaMa. SaReGaMa can not be classified under one category because each and every album has a different feel to it. Upon visiting the page, one may immediately notice that there are several albums to download, an might be discouraged. In my opinion, the album Honkey Fonky is a good place to start, just don't be afraid to try the other albums or other artists for that matter. Now, back to writing...

Stop-motion animations!

I was going to post this on Twitter, but I'll be damned before I'll post this without commenting.

CARDBOARD a cardboard animation! is an excellent short animation filmed in public places utilizing the stop-motion technique. I found it quite bizarre but the animations were so intriguing that I had to continue watching!

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU is another excellent short animation this time painted and filmed on public walls! It's quite long, and in my opinion much less interesting than the previous one, but kudos goes to the people that worked on it. Their effort is noticed and appreciated.

November is coming and with it NaNoWriMo

Well, November is fast approaching and I have selected the novel that I'll be working on during that month.
I only have one problem left: I have a partial outline of the story and a partial outline for the world. Most of the organisations that will be present are already there, unfortunately I still have to implement details like proper names (I want northern-like names to fit my chosen settings), hidden organisations and some form of legal mechanism. Hopefully I will have enough time on my hands that I will be able to hammer the world design issues out in class (Google docs, y'ere a life saver!)
Those of you who want to read my (rather poor) synopsis, can do so on my NaNoWriMo profile. I really should expand it a bit more though, I don't believe it catches the "feel" of the story just right.