Episode 22: Musical Cues in Preparation for Improvisation

Summary

Music can be a useful tool when playing an RPG, but in my experience, I have found it to be even more useful in preparation for play. In this episode, I survey some of the ways I have found to aid my preparation for improvisation with music and playlists. We also touch on, thanks to the interest of The GMologist Presents and Hindsightless podcasts, the use of the incredible Operation: Mindcrime in these pursuits.

At the bottom of this page, I have placed a BONUS EPISODE where we go into specifics about the use of Mindcrime in play in my World of Darkness days~

Part 1 – Context of using music for Improvisation and Example 1: character playlists 

Part 2 – Example 2: Using Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche on the metalevel for preparation and reference in play 

Part 3 – Using variations, covers, and remakes and Example 3: Tom Waits songs to inspire an NPC 

Further Example Playlists: 

Tom Waits: Delta Green – tRUST   

Icecream Man – God’s Away on Business – Murder in the Red Barn – What’s he Building? – 16 shells from a 30.06 

Tragically Hip: Delta Green – Seasons of Deepening Dismay 

She Didn’t Know – 38 Years Old –  Little Bones –  Locked in the Trunk of a Car –  Nautical Disaster  

Various Artists (re: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) 

Dimensional Shambles – Red Right Hand covers, variations, and remakes

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