I couldn't live without music. It is playing in the background at my house everyday, it is only off when the morning news is on, and there is nothing more inspiring than a song that paints the picture for a scene in my head. These particular songs seemed to stand out the most for me, besides my instrumental favourites from Jessita Reyes, Carter Burwell, Howard Shore, Beethoven, Mozart, Paul Cantelon and Yiruma.   
 
Beneath the Surface:
Song                                           Artist

Each book of in this series has a special theme song. This book has three:

Anywhere                                   Evanescence (The lyrics to this song are a dead ringer for how Rion feels about Liss. It gives me  
                                                                              the shivers when I hear it, and I love it so much!)
Glitter in the Air                        Pink (The song that started this whole book; the song I had to close my eyes and listen to before 
                                                               I wrote each night—Pink rocks!)
Crashed                                       Chris Daughtry (I'm sure some would feel the lyrics have a different underlying meaning,
                                                                                    but it screams BTS to me... I LOVE Chris Daughtry's music; he has an
                                                                                    incredible talent, which I've loved since his first audition on AI. This would
                                                                                    be the song I'd use if I was talented enough to make a book trailer, though
                                                                                    I know getting permission would be very hard and probably expensive!)

These are the other songs that had a lot of influence to scenes in this particular book:

I'm in Here                                  Sia
I'm With You                              Avril Lavigne  
E.T.                                              Katy Perry (Oh, I love this song)                       
Human                                        Civil Twilight    
November Rain                          Guns and Roses                               
Crash Into Me                            Dave Matthews                          
Broken                                         Seether featuring Amy Lee    
Weightless                                  City and Colour                      
Can't Help Falling In Love       Ingrid Michaelson (Elvis cover I couldn't get enough of)
Without You                               Three Days Grace  
Lost in You                                 Three Days Grace
Fade Me                                      Daniel Wesley
Ever the Same                            Rob Thomas
Sov Gott                                      Jewel
Oceano                                        Josh Groban
Woke Up This Morning            Nickelback (I'd like to say this is Rion's theme song)
One More Day                            New Edition


Beyond the Borders:

Theme song (again, there are two):


Relight the Fire                      Robyn and Ryleigh (this song has not yet been released on CD, but I had the pleasure of hearing it 
                                                                                      at the Wired Monk one night, and I was almost in tears, thinking how it
                                                                                      influenced three particular scenes in BTB, as well as some major character 
                                                                                      arcs along the way--more than just Rion and Liss'. I'm so proud to call these 
                                                                                      beautiful ladies my second cousins, they are so talented!!)  
                                                                                      Click here to watch it on You Tube. 
                                                                                      

My Last Breath                       Evanescence (Amy Lee's voice just resonates with me, and I've known for a while that this song
                                                                           would be a theme of BTB; it's lyrics helped me tremendously
                                                                           during the plotting of this book, especially because of the paranormal, horror, and 
                                                                           extreme darkness that envelope this book, which will be much darker than BTS)   

                                                                                
As I continue writing BTB, I'll add songs as they come into my scenes in the background. Here are a few:

Just Another Sundown         Robyn and Ryleigh 

Rain                                         Breaking Benjamin

Farewell, December              Matt Nathanson
Love Come                              Sarah McLachlan (the piano version--oh I LOVE this song. It is so BTB)
Sweet dreams                         Beyonce (Have you heard the acoustic/piano live version? Wow. Beyonce has the most
                                                                   beautiful voice and vocal range I've ever heard. She is amazing.) 
Hope                                        Misty Miller