Music Monday 5/30

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend!  Today's bit of musical inspiration is actually visual too.  I had planned to use something else more pertinent to a book, but this is too gorgeous to resist, and the music could work very well for a romance, I think.  I absolutely love violin.  Complete sucker for it.  In FACT, I had a string trio at my wedding, I love strings so much:-)  As for the video...it honestly just took my breath away.  This, my bloggy friends, is Iceland in all its glory.  I had no idea it was so full of light.  Sometimes, it's nice to be reminded that there are still places like this on earth, little touched and full of beauty. I think my idea of heaven might look a bit like this.  Enjoy.  And to see it a bit larger (well worth it) simply click the first link beneath the vid.


Raw Lightscapes from Enrique Pacheco on Vimeo.

Music Monday 5/23

Thought I'd kick off my Music Monday thing with a song that has been part of the soundtrack for every Scottish hero I've written (and there have already been a few in my short career).  From Call of the Highland Moon's Gideon MacInnes to Dark Awakening's Tynan MacGillivray, my Scotsmen have a sweetness at their core, even if it's not readily apparent at first.  And though they would never admit it, being the sorts of men who aren't into discussing such alien concepts as "feelings" except under extreme duress, they want very much to love and be loved in return.  This also scares the hell out of them, but you know...they're men.  Supernaturally powerful men, but that doesn't make a lot of difference in this area.  In their more vulnerable moments, this lovely song by a favorite band of mine, the appropriately Scottish band Travis, always seems to apply.  I've loved it for years now, so it seems like a good one to share.  Hope you enjoy it too!