Breaking Up to a Beat (2012's Prompt)
Breaking Up to a Beat was a contest I hosted last year over the course of February for writers to pick a song, any song, and use it as a platform for a tale of love gone awry.
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Here we are on March 5th, 2012 and we have reached the end of the 1st Annual (did I say Annual? Well, who knows?) Breaking Up to A Beat contest. All total the site presented 14 different stories (excluding my own) by 11 different writers (again, excluding me). All of us hope that at least some of our tales tickled your funny bone, plucked at your heart strings, or sent chills up your spine. We also hope that not too many of them made you think, “I totally have experienced that.”
Read More…Februay 28, 2012: How Will I Know
By: Tim Stevens
Song: How Will I Know
Artist: Whitney Houston
Album: Whitney Houston
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 27, 2012: Customer
By: Jeff
Song: Customer
Artist: The Replacements
Album: Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 24, 2012: Ashes and Wine
By: Laura Wirpsza
Song: Ashes and Wine
Artist: A Fine Frenzy
Album: One Cell in the Sea
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 23, 2012: Four Conversations and One Kiss About a Tape With Stairway to Heaven On It
Title: Four Conversations and One Kiss About a Tape With Stairway to Heaven On It
By: Emily Brown
Song: Stairway to Heaven
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin IV (alternatively: ZoSo, The Hermit, or The Runes)
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 22, 2012: The Commuter
Title: The Commuter
By: Tochi Onyebuchi
Song: By the Way
Artist: Theory of a Deadman
Album: Scars & Souvenirs
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 21, 2012: How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?
By: Stephanie Jerzy
Song: How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?
Artist: Prince
Album: The Hits/The B-Sides
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 20, 2012: Palaces Of Montezuma
By: Jeff
Song: Palaces Of Montezuma
Artist: Grinderman
Album: Grinderman 2
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 17, 2012: At the Bottom
By: Karla Kale
Song: At the Bottom
Artist: Brand New
Album: Daisy
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 16, 2012: Invisible
By: Megan Inbody
Song: Invisible
Artist: Clay Aiken
Album: Measure of a Man
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 15, 2012: Intergalactic Space Girl, Chapter 32
Title: Intergalactic Space Girl, Chapter 32
By: James Hatton
Song: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1
Artist: The Flaming Lips
Album: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 14, 2012: Second Chances
By: Tim Stevens
Song: Second Chances
Artist: Peter, Bjorn, and John
Album: Gimme Some
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 13, 2012: Don't Go
By: Heather Weinberg
Song: Don’t Go
Artist: Bring Me The Horizon
Album: There is a Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There is a Heaven, Let’s Keep It a Secret.
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 10, 2012: The Dumbing Dumb of Love
By: Magali
Song: “The Dumbing Down of Love”
Artist: Frou Frou
Album: Details
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 9, 2012: Gravity
By: Laura Wirpsza
Song: Gravity
Artist: Sara Bareilles
Album: Little Voice
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 8, 2012: Against All Odds
By: Tim Sheridan
Song: Against All Odds
Artist: Phil Collins
Album: Hits
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 7, 2012: Sleep All Summer
By: Emily Brown
Song: Sleep All Summer
Artist: St. Vincent and the National (Crooked Fingers Cover)
Album: SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 6, 2012: I'm Too Sexy
By: Tim Stevens
Song: I’m Too Sexy
Artist: Right Said Fred
Album: Up
Listen to the song of inspiration here
Read More…February 3, 2012: Go On, Say It
By: Tim Stevens
Song: Go On, Say It
Artist: Blind Pilot
Album: 3 Rounds and a Sound
Listen to the song of inspiration here
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