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PARANOID ANDROID is now available in paperback or an ebook.
I created multiple playlists as a companion piece to the novel. Head over to Spotify (my username is @taopauly) and check out various PARANOID ANDROID playlists.
I always create a special writing mix for every new project that I listen to while writing and editing. From that massive playlist, I narrow down an official soundtrack of songs that would be perfect as background music for specific scenes.
I also created character mixes. If these characters made a mixtape (or burned a CD), what would be on it? They graduated high school in 2001, so I listened to a lot of NYC bands featured in Lizzie Goodman's oral history Meet Me in the Bathroom.
PARANOID ANDROID: OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK
CHINATOWN ROOF PARTY RAGER MIXTAPE
JASPER ZEN
BOINK
LUNA
STEVIE
PIP
WRITING MIX: PARANOID ANDROID NOVEL
PARANOID ANDROID follows a friend group that graduated high school in 2001, so I spent a lot of time listening to music from that era. The soundtrack is heavily influenced by Radiohead, and the early-2000s NYC music scene with artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, and The Strokes shaping the atmosphere and vibes of the book.
Music is one of the most powerful triggers of memory. You can hear a song you haven't thought about in twenty years and suddenly you're back in a particular room, with particular friends, feeling exactly what you felt then. PARANOID ANDROID is about old friendships, nostalgia, and the stories we tell ourselves about the past.
Music is always an essential part of my writing process. It's the soul and backbone of the latest novel. These playlists and character mixes were woven into the DNA of PARANOID ANDROID. The songs shaped the mood, vibes, atmosphere, and emotional landscape of the novel. Music hasn't played such a pivotal role in the creation of one of my novels since FRIED PEACHES.
Listen to my playlists.
PARANOID ANDROID is now available in paperback or an ebook.
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