‘Kay see, I gotta have something loud going when I write. Doesn’t have to be anything special, but has to be loud, be it TV, the CD player, hell even the kids yelling (as long as it’s not crying or hitting).

I can’t write when it’s quiet–I don’t like quiet. (Just ask Ames after being locked up in a car for 16 hours, though I did do a hell of a lot better on the ride home–I tried to give her some peace!) I need the noise to be able to focus. If it’s quiet, I think too much. My brain goes into a “what should I be doing” mode rather than the doing mode it can get in when it blocks out noise.

I can only image what my neighbors must think. My desk is at the front of the house and yesterday I had the music practically busting the speakers. The faster the beat, the faster my fingers type! It almost reminds me of that Ipod accessory . . . never mind, won’t go there. And the louder the more I can focus (Yeah, I know covered that already).

I have a compilation of songs ranging from Michael Bublé, to Gary Allan, Tobi Keith and Chris Cagle, to Nickleback, Fergi, Fall Out Boy and Daughtry, to Emerson Drive and Rascal Flatts–plus a few more you don’t really wanna know about–like I said a total compilation! I listen to the same songs over and over which drives the family insane, but I find that if I need to back out of the story and think for a sec, to fix a point, I can focus in on a song I have heard a hundred times and pop right back into the story without too much transition–but that’s probably another post all together (I think it’s a little of my OCD!).

Am I alone here? About the need for background noise. I know I am weird. Trust me it’s pointed out to me frequently! (by just about everyone) Surely, I am not the only need-noise-writer. What do you use for the background?