The Importance of Soundtracks

In the morning, I drove to church. Well, I usually drive to church, but this time it was a little different. I plugged in my iPod to the car radio and I started playing Mario Kart music. DAMN. That was the best thing ever. I really felt like I was in Mario Kart. Which was good and bad. Good because it gave me the "in-game" feeling. Bad because I was so into the music I almost crashed. =P

I also tried this experiment with one of the Blue Yoshi authors, Ryan. So as many of you know, I like Lucky Star. So does Ryan. But anyways - and I may have talked about this before - in the Lucky Star anime, the characters mostly talk about trivial things on a daily basis. And when they do that, some music plays. It sounds like elevator music from the start, but it's a little jumpier than that. It was entertaining to watch, so I downloaded some of the background music, and went to school the next day. I put in an earphone, started up the Lucky Star music, and proceded to have a conversation with Ryan. It worked like a charm. Not only did it make the conversation more enjoyable, but it made me feel like I was in a TV show or an anime. Haha yeah.

It's freaken awesome when you're doing something and you have music to go along with it. It just exacerbates every experience you have while doing whatever you're doing. For example, try running with frantic horror music. You'd probably feel a little scared and run faster.

Some more practical applications:
- When you're doing your homework, play some heroic music. In reality, you're only doing homework, but in your head, you'll feel like you're slaying dragons.
- Set up some upbeat song as your alarm in the morning. You'll probably wake up happier and be ready to take on the day (I actually know someone that does this).
- In the shower, play the Psycho theme. Just kidding.
- At night, find some ambient music to play. Unless your intention is to NOT fall asleep. In that case, put on some screamo.

Experiment around. You'd be surprised.