Instant Inspiration

Playlists that will get you writing immediately.

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These Youtube videos have the sounds — and sights — you need to get the creative juices flowing.

“Songs for an empty world” (from Cryo Chamber)

sci-fi, post-apocalyptic, emptiness, peace, loneliness, solitude, lost
58 min

The video is a still image of a person in a silver poncho, alone, standing amidst tall, dark trees in a mossy forest. The music is ambient, soothing and unsettling at the same time, with soft crackles of static throughout.

What are listeners saying?

• “The idyllic soundscape, the blissful goosebumps, the feeling of diving deep into my mind, losing myself.”
• “The first song is like a cross between a visceral past life memory and a post-apocalyptic video game. Hard to describe.”
• “Reading post-apocalyptic web comic with Nordic mythology elements and this is so perfect for it.”
• “I love listening to this while writing a Sci-Fi/Horror story, it really puts me into the setting.”
• “This music makes me feel like the last human alive. It is truly an empty world.”
• “I pretend I can hear and understand the whispers… they…